Green Building for Homes

Yesterday’s

standard home

construction

Well Designed Homes of Today:

2011 Solar Decathalon

1st Place: University

of Maryland entry

Middlebury

College entry

Affordable Green Projects

Youthbuild: Akron Summit Community Action

Habitat of Greater Stark

and Carroll Counties

A Few of the

Green Home Certification Systems

At the YouthBuild Site

Noon on December 21st

Noon on June 21st

Sun Studies of South Elevation

of the

YouthBuild House

Sun Studies of a

Habitat Summit County House

Original concept for roof and porch

Roof lines modified for solar gain and shading

The Thermal Envelope

and its typical weak spots

Traditional Straw Bale Construction

Training with St. Gobain’s

Building Scientist

Installing Erosion Control

A Work in Progress

Energy Audit with a

Blower Door

New Basement Drainage System:

note the mildew in the formerly wet corner

Before