Building a Green Home

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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. Site 2. 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-eastern
  exposure, 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 met our
  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 Project Green
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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-Value Windows Doors
Extra-Thick Walls Permit More Insulation
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The Drill Rig
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Geothermal Heat Pump
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Geothermal Heat 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 to  Go 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 in Japan
• New types of Photovoltaics may be an option
  (rate-of-return on current systems too low)

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