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Once you pull up to the gas pump, on the other hand, it’s a whole other story.
Right now the general building industry is seeing a lot of red, not green. With the housing markets in free fall, homeowners finding out that their mortgage debt exceeds the value of their house and with the foreclosure crisis continuing to grow it doesn’t look good. But even with all this bad news there is one bright spot in the building world, green homes. A recent survey by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), new home buyers would spend almost an additional $9,000 on a home with effective energy efficient features. Another consumer study that indicated that 85% of recent home buyers would choose one home over another because of energy efficiency features. The study also reported that buyers are willing to pay an average of $19,000 more for a green home.
Recently the NAHB marked the 10th anniversary of its National Green Building Conference before a record crowd of more than 1,200 attendees. At the meeting some of the pioneering green builders reflected on how they have gone from being “the people no one wanted to sit next to” to being “the most popular guys in the room.”
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The Atlanta Journal Constitution had the original article that sparked my interest, you can read it here - AJC Green Burial.
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Does this guarantee that they will be the perfect green contractor, no, but it certainly is a check on the positive side for the contractor.
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The AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) created their annual top ten list of green projects. The information about the projects is contained on the AIA site.
The projects are pretty neat but somewhat disconnected, on the surface, from green homebuilding. If you dig a bit deeper you can find some things that do directly apply to homebuilding, the measurements they use to rate the various projects used to create the top ten list. These measures can help you on the journey to a greener home.
The high-level list follows:
1: Sustainable Design Intent & Innovation
2: Regional/Community Design & Connectivity
3: Land Use & Site Ecology
4: Bioclimatic Design
5: Light & Air
6: Water Cycle
7: Energy Flows & Energy Future
8: Materials & Construction
9: Long Life, Loose Fit
10: Collective Wisdom & Feedback Loops
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The National Association of Home Builders has a great publication available to the public for free. It is the Model Green Home Building Guidelines. While the primary audience is home builders it is also a valuable read for the average consumer. There is also a checklist available that is kind of the “Cliff Notes” version of the guidelines.
The Guidelines are a good way to get a quick overview of the key areas involved in green building practices. There are 6 main areas that the guidelines cover; Lot Preparation and Design, Resource Efficiency, Energy Efficiency, Water Efficiency / Conservation, Occupancy Comfort and Indoor Environmental Quality, Operation, Maintenance and Education.
In summary, the Guidelines can give you a jump start on understanding the key parts of green design and the associated construction processes. Best of all – it’s free.
Green roofs can take multiple forms, the one we will be talking about for this article are defined as: a building roof that is partially or completely covered with vegetation. While this type of roof isn’t used much in residential construction it is most popular in commercial construction (flat roofs are most adaptable to green roof practices). The idea and implementation of green roofs has increased greatly over the past few years. In 2007 green roof implementations in North America grew by 30% according to the “Green Roofs For Healthy Cities” organization. Among the benefits of green roofs are more cleaner air and carbon dioxide elimination, reduced energy consumption for the building and a cooler cityscape, less stormwater runoff, and more green spaces for people and animals.
A green roof is composed of multiple layers or components. The base is often some type of waterproof membrane. There also may be root barrier and drainage and irrigation systems. This is then covered by soil or some other type of custom growing medium. A flat roof is the easiest roof style for the implementation of green roofs.
There are a number of great websites out there that will provide you with more information on green roofs. They include:
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
Green Roof Project (residential)
Now go get green.
