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Session 5 Sustainable Residential Building Case Studies "If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.” Abraham Maslow

• What makes a house sustainable in the US? • EPA Climate zone 4

• The building fabric • Non-monolithic walls

(“thin”, low-mass, layered walls)

• Insulation, air sealing

• Ventilation - “build tight, ventilate right”

• Dewpoint, vapor drive

• Simplest moves are often the most effective

Copyright 2006, International Code Council, Washington DC

There’s no uniform “formula” for a sustainable building culture…

All shapes and sizes…

• What makes a house sustainable in the US? • Energy demand

• Water consumption

All shapes and sizes…

All shapes and sizes…

All shapes and sizes…

All shapes and sizes…

All shapes and sizes…

All shapes and sizes…

All shapes and sizes…

All shapes and sizes…

All shapes and sizes…

All shapes and sizes…

All shapes and sizes…

All shapes and sizes…

All shapes and sizes…

All shapes and sizes…

All shapes and sizes…

All shapes and sizes…

All shapes and sizes…

All shapes and sizes…

All shapes and sizes…

All shapes and sizes…

Radical Do-It-Yourself Home Energy Retrofit

840 Mohawk Drive, Boulder, CO USA 2004 Current

Professional Contractors

Boulder, Colorado (USA)

Building Envelope 2004 Current

Space and Water Heating 2004 2006

Space Heating, Ventilation, and Plumbing 2006

Preparation

Framing

Framing

Windows

House Wrap

Insulation

Insulation

Roofing

Lighting

Lighting, Ceiling Fans, and Finishes

Lighting, Ceiling Fans, and Finishes

Lighting, Ceiling Fans, and Finishes

Space Optimization

Space Optimization

Nature’s Insulation

Rainscreen and Siding

Miscellaneous

Critters

The Ugly Side

The Tank Debacle and the Flying Glass Incident

Future Plans

Radical Do-It-Yourself Energy Retrofit 2004 Current