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Building a Green Home
Its Easier Than You Thinkwith some Forethought!
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Agenda
Who Was Involved?
Ensuring Green Success
Making the Project Green
Challenges
What We Did Right
Whats Next?
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Who Was Involved?
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Who was involved?
Me: Tom Termini, the owner, and
eventually the General Contractor
Mairin Coleman, my wife and the ultimate
customer/boss
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Architect
Tom Shiner, AIA
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Sub-Contractors
Tim Bennet, Mason
Harvey Hottel, HVAC
Franklin Plumbing
MR Electricians
Corely Roofing
Christian Sanchez, general carpentry
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Ensuring Green Success
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Three Things Made this
Project Work:
1. Site2. Budget
3. Design
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First, a We Got a Site
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Location, Location, etc.
Patience we looked for more than a year
We knew roughly what areas we liked
We lucked out the property backs to a
park and has older trees
The site allows for excellent south-easternexposure, and is on a
hill top
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Second, Budget
Baseline: We priced houses that were
larger, wouldnt need work, and that we
could afford
We opted for reasonable size and
amenities that were not extravagant
We made green a goal, because it metour requirements for
efficiency and low
maintenance
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Finally, Design
We knew some things we wanted...
Efficiency, Low Maintenance
Simple, Modern Look
Something Affordable
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...And Some Things We Didnt:
Cost-Overruns
Cheesy
Half-Baked
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Green Came NaturallyWe
Got an Architect to Help
Cohesive, Big-Picture Approach
Design!
Technically Complex Expertise
Required
An Ally
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Making The ProjectGreen
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Design To Aid Cooling
High-placed Celestory
Windows Promote Convection
Sky Light that opens to
help make the
Central Stairwell a Chimney
Trees on site provide shade in
summer and from western sun
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Overhangs
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Reflective Membrane Roof
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Renewable Materials
Bamboo Floors
Linoleum
Recycled the
Concrete from
Demolition
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Gas-charged
High-R-ValueWindows +
Doors
Extra-ThickWalls Permit
More Insulation
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The Drill Rig
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GeothermalHeat Pump
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GeothermalHeat Pump
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Not Just a House, But a Home for My Family
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Challenges
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Retrofitting
is Tough
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What We Did Right
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What We Did Right
Got an Architect
Sized Appropriately Choose Three Things toGo Green With
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Whats Next?
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Whats Next?
We pre-wired for a residential Fuel Cell,
which is being tested by Ballard Power inJapan
New types of Photovoltaics may be an
option (rate-of-return on current systems
too low)
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