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Building a Green Home

Building a Green Home. It’s Easier Than You Think—with some Forethought!. Agenda. Who Was Involved? Ensuring “Green” Success Making the Project “Green” Challenges What We Did Right What’s Next?. Who Was Involved?. Who was involved?.

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Building a Green Home

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  1. Building a Green Home • It’s Easier Than You Think—with some Forethought!

  2. Agenda • Who Was Involved? • Ensuring “Green” Success • Making the Project “Green” • Challenges • What We Did Right • What’s Next?

  3. Who Was Involved?

  4. Who was involved? • Me: Tom Termini, the owner, and eventually the General Contractor • Mairin Coleman, my wife and the ultimate customer/boss

  5. Architect Tom Shiner, AIA

  6. Sub-Contractors • Tim Bennet, Mason • Harvey Hottel, HVAC • Franklin Plumbing • MR Electricians • Corely Roofing • Christian Sanchez, general carpentry

  7. Ensuring “Green” Success

  8. Three Things Made this Project Work: 1. Site 2. Budget 3. Design

  9. First, a We Got a Site

  10. 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-eastern exposure, and is on a hill top

  11. Second, Budget • Baseline: We priced houses that were larger, wouldn’t 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 met our requirements for efficiency and low maintenance

  12. We knew some things we wanted... • Efficiency, Low Maintenance • Simple, Modern Look • Something Affordable Finally, Design

  13. ...And Some Things We Didn’t: • Cost-Overruns • Cheesy • Half-Baked

  14. • Cohesive, “Big-Picture” Approach – Design! • Technically Complex – Expertise  Required • An Ally “Green” Came Naturally—We Got an Architect to Help

  15. Making The Project “Green”

  16. 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 Design To Aid Cooling

  17. Overhangs

  18. Reflective Membrane Roof

  19. Bamboo Floors Linoleum Recycled the Concrete from Demolition Renewable Materials

  20. Gas-charged High-R-Value Windows + Doors Extra-Thick Walls Permit More Insulation

  21. The Drill Rig

  22. Geothermal Heat Pump

  23. Geothermal Heat Pump

  24. Not Just a House, But a Home for My Family

  25. Challenges

  26. Retrofitting is Tough

  27. What We Did Right

  28. • Got an Architect • Sized Appropriately • Choose Three Things to  Go “Green” With What We Did Right

  29. What’s Next?

  30. What’s Next? • We pre-wired for a residential Fuel Cell, which is being tested by Ballard Power in Japan • New types of Photovoltaics may be an option (rate-of-return on current systems too low)

  31. termini@bluedog.net

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