Green Building Guidelines Overview
Written in plain language with complimentary illustrations, case studies, and check lists, the Guidelines is a valuable resource for builders and even buyers interested in producing or purchasing energy- and resource-efficient homes.
Each of the Guidelines’ six chapters reviews specific design strategies as well as offering construction and marketing tips, checklists, and references to many additional resources. Most importantly, the Guidelines encourage builders to think about these issues in an integrated and holistic way.
"Green Building Guidelines: Meeting the Demand for Low-energy, Resource-efficient Homes" is designed for home builders and homebuyers who are new to high-performance home design. The handbook provides hundreds of tips, references and contacts in an easy-to-read format.
It explains how to apply siting and orientation, energy efficiency, passive- and active-solar strategies, natural ventilation, water conservation and appropriate building materials to home designs early in the process, so that the finished product is truly "green." Builders gain a key selling point and owners learn what goes into a high-performance home.
Green Building Guidelines begins with a general discussion of better home design, green building and other introductory information in Chapter 1. Later chapters cover building-specific information that will help you design and build greater value into the home.
Energy efficiency and renewable energy are the cornerstones of green building and are discussed thoroughly. Water efficiency, indoor environmental quality, site planning, landscaping, and materials selection are also covered.
Most chapters contain examples of completed projects that illustrate the material in that chapter as well as rules of thumb, checklists and tips.
One valuable part of the book is a checklist developed by the EarthCraft House program in Atlanta, Georgia. This checklist uses a points system to helps you choose a set of appropriate features for your home. The resources section also lists green building programs around the country and useful web sites.
Please note: The Guidelines are intended to be national in scope, and as a result, the construction information and example details may not fit all climates or circumstances.
Green Building Guidelines
Introduction
The Green Building Guidelines© was originally developed by a committee of builders (both members and non-members of NAHB), architects, building scientists, product manufacturers and others over a 2˝ year period (1998 – 2001). Their work was supported by DOE’s Building America Program through the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The manual is published by the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council.
The Guidelines© can be used in a workshop or seminar setting or as a stand-alone document.
The fourth edition of the Guidelines©, released in early 2005, has been updated and reorganized to make topics easier to find. Two new sections have been added, "The Whole Building Approach" and "The Building Envelope." The text has been organized to acquaint the reader with basic concepts and provide resources where more detailed information can be located.
At the end of each section, readers find “Interactions,” references to other sections of the book that describe design strategies, systems, components, or materials that interact in important ways with the topic of the chapter.
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