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 What is Green?First, we define what "green" really means in green design and green remodeling. Green building is a comprehensive approach that: |
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During each stage of your project, the Smart Home Remodeling team will advise you on appropriate ways to integrate green components. We'll help you choose which are right for your home and your family. This list and the graphic above gives you an idea of the many options available to you when choosing Green Components for your remodeling project.
Green Components For Your RemodelingBuilding Shape and Orientation, including roof style and overhang details, can be designed to respond to sun angles for passive solar design and to prevailing breezes for natural ventilation. Dimensional Planning, for material efficiency, leads to reduced building costs and less material waste sent to landfills. Multifunctional Space Planning allows for more than one activity per room. This saves on total square footage of building costs and long-term heating, cooling and electric bills. Accessible/Universal Design extends the time you can use your home and allows aging loved-ones comfortable access and ease of use. Existing Landscape Preservation allows mature trees and other landscape areas to be undisturbed whenever possible. Materials, Products, And SystemsMany Green Materials, Products, and Systems are mandated by California Building Code and are currently being used in standard building practice. There are different manufacturers with countless options. SHR can help you sort through your choices to determine which is best for your home. Below is a partial list of available materials, products, and systems that our Green Structural Design Team will advise you about for your project:
Interior FinishesEvery finish material in your home has an impact on the environment. So how do you choose green interior finishes without your home looking like it belongs in Popular Mechanics? Our award-winning interior designers are experts in helping you select the right blend of materials throughout your home that are green, beautiful and healthy. Green Benefits Solar Energy has many attractive benefits but one that has many interested is the environmental green benefits. Solar Energy is clean, non-polluting, renewable and very dependable. Producing electricity from solar energy causes significant reduction in consumption of fossil fuels, which results in decreasing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Greenhouse gases are known as gases that trap heat in the atmosphere. They are gases that are occurring both naturally and by human activity. One of the main greenhouse gases that causes an alarming amount of danger to global warming is Carbon Dioxide (CO2). “Carbon dioxide enters the atmosphere through the burning of fossil fuels (oil, natural gas, and coal), Carbon dioxide is also removed from the atmosphere (or “sequestered”) when it is absorbed by plants as part of the biological carbon cycle” Reference: EPA.gov. Solar Energy produces energy that contains ZERO carbon dioxide emissions which results in cleaner energy, helps the fight in global warming and reduces our dependency on foreign fossil fuels. Each and every solar home electric system makes a strong positive impact on our environment. Links Associations and membership groups Groups working toward a greener built world Green Building programs  |
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