Here is a flash representation of what it takes
for your home to become an eco home.
So please feel free to browse this interactive model of eco homes,
just click on the options in the box.
Back to The Trees
You enter the Hamptons house through two magnificent sliding doors salvaged from an 1880s barn. The built-in rustic-chic furniture is custom crafted. Secret wall panels open onto a back deck with drop-dead views. On movie nights, the owner (a private-equity CEO) touches a button and a 60-by-40-inch plasma screen glides down from a discreet ceiling console. It sounds like any other fabulous East End trophy house, and it is.
Most houses require hundreds of feet of electrical wire to connect light switches to a main power source, but not my eco-friendly dream home. I’ve installed a wireless lighting system called Verve that uses radio waves instead of copper wiring to command all the lights and outlets in my house.
BOSTON--For all the complex solutions proposed to lower building energy use, Simon Hare has a project to demonstrate the power of simplicity in green buildings.
The design-builder earlier this year began reconstructing an 1850 cottage in Boston's historic Roxbury Crossing neighborhood to be so energy efficient that it wouldn't need any mechanical heating.
Whether you're looking to save energy on your appliances, go vegan and organic or just live a low-impact lifestyle, we think you'll be rewarded by taking some time to click through our website. In addition to our comprehensive selection of eco-friendly products, you'll find a wealth of interesting articles, information, and a complete ToxipediaTM that will help you lower your environmental impact, reduce your carbon footprint, and make educated decisions about the products that you buy!!
1. Switch to Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs
2. Program Your Thermostat
3. Plug Air Leaks
4. Tune Up Your Heating and Cooling (HVAC) System
5. Choose ENERGY STAR® Appliances
6. Reduce Water Use
7. Switch to Green Power
8. Buy Local
9. Use Low-VOC Products
10. Use Wood Alternatives or FSC-certifi ed Wood Products
11. Use Rapidly Renewable Flooring Materials
12. Plant Trees to Provide Shade and Wind Protection for Your House
13. Use Native Plantings
14. Use Nontoxic Gardening Techniques
15. Carpool, Use Public Transportation, Walk or Bike When Possible
16. Buy a High-efficiency Car
Listed here are some Green Homes & Buildings that are LEED certified. Click on the provided link to find out more about these structures.
Tepeyac haven Pasco, WA
When Pasco Family Housing, a project of Catholic Charities Spokane, set
out to build its 44-unit affordable housing complex in Pasco, Wash.,
the organization had more than low rents in mind. Using the principles
of LEED®, Pasco Family Housing found many ways to do that by building homes that
will cost less to live in for years to come...
When New York City and state officials began plans for a new
affordable-housing project in the South Bronx, they knew they wanted it
to offer not just a place to live – but a place to thrive. The
resulting Morrisania Homes is just that: an innovative new living
environment with a strong focus on protecting the health of its
residents and of the surrounding environment...
Given the Grupe Company’s long history of building with sustainability
and energy efficiency in mind, it’s no surprise that its 144-home
Carsten Crossings subdivision in Rocklin, California, is the country’s
first to be built with a commitment to certifying all its homes under
the LEED® Green Building Rating System...
For Mort and Evelyn Panish, building their dream house was synonymous
with building a green house. They turned to Taggart Construction, a
builder with a longstanding reputation for high-performance,
high-quality homes, to help them build a new home on a hilltop location
in Freeport, Maine. Their LEED Silver rated, 2,250-square-foot custom home is beautiful, healthy, and good for the environment—and it saves them money...
Bronx Library Center replaced the nearby Fordham Library Center.The new
library is three times the size of the facility it replaced.The library
boasts more than 150 public-access computers in addition to more than
200,000 books, magazines, videos, audiotapes, CD-ROMs, and DVDs. When
it earned a LEED® Silver rating it became New York City’s first municipal building to achieve LEED certification...
Located in the heart of San Francisco, the Orchard Garden Hotel is near
the Financial District, Union Square, and the Chinatown gate. At 10
stories, the 56,000-square-foot building includes 86 guestrooms and a
56-seat restaurant and bar. It became the third hotel in the U.S. and
the fourth hotel in the world to earn LEED® certification from the U.S. Green Building Council...
Toyota Motor Sales South Campus Office Development Torrance, CA
Toyota is working to meet society’s growing transportation needs in
ways that won’t harm the Earth. The company applied the same philosophy
to its new South Campus Headquarters, which was developed to
consolidate several employee divisions into one area, reduce occupancy
expenses, and provide future flexibility. The 624,000-square-foot,
40-acre campus also serves as a tangible example of Toyota’s
environmental commitment ...
In 2004, Exelon Corporation began consolidating several Chicago-area
offices into 220,000 square feet of renovated space occupying ten
floors of the landmark Chase Tower. In April 2007, the flagship
headquarters became the largest office space to earn a Platinum rating
in the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED for Commercial Interiors rating system...
The U.S. Green Building Council—the nation’s leading organization supporting
environmentally responsible building—has been growing by leaps and
bounds, simultaneously driving and reflecting the booming interest in
green design and construction. When the organization began envisioning
a new, larger headquarters, it wanted to demonstrate that green design
can be both ordinary and extraordinary...
The Christensen Corporation’s goals to build an attractive,
resource-efficient commercial office building with superior indoor
comfort and occupant-focused amenities. The building also had to
compete in the speculative leasing market. At the very competitive cost
of $128 per square foot, the Banner Bank Building, proves that
high-performance buildings are good for business.
Day in and day out, Clearview Elementary School in Hanover,
Pennsylvania, has an important duty: educate 250 young minds, eager to
learn. In designing Clearview, the project team’s goal was to create an
educational facility that would protect the children’s delicate health
while teaching them how to protect their
delicate environment. Clearview’s innovative design does just that...
When building a new high school in Fort Collins, Colorado, Poudre
School District’s primary goal was to provide students with the
healthiest, most comfort- able learning environment possible. The
district chose to pursue LEED® certification
for the new Fossil Ridge High School. The result is a state-of-the-art,
290,000-square-foot building with capacity for 1,800 students...
calearth.org this film shows how a pile of earth, dug out from the building site, is turned into a small house called Eco- Dome (moon cocoon model), using the Superadobe technology.
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building
Rating System™ encourages and accelerates global adoption of
sustainable green building and development practices through the
creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted
tools and performance criteria.The
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building
Rating System™ encourages and accelerates global adoption of
sustainable green building and development practices through the
creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted
tools and performance criteria.
Brothers, Doug and Bill Storey are the partners of Two Storey Building. We created Two Storey Building because we love to build. Custom homes, additions, renovations, garages, barns, custom furniture - you name it, we've done it. We both have been building our whole lives. We have decades of experience in the building trade.
How does a preservation-minded architect make his own house greener?
By James Schwartz | From Preservation
March/April 2009
Finally, in 2006, he and Martin gathered up their courage (and marshaled their finances) to implement the first phase of a green restoration program. They started outside with the two areas that required immediate attention: the failing roof and the shingled exterior walls.
