REF_Green Building Best Practices

Green Building Best Practices

• Look for designs that use energy as close to its sources as possible to minimize conversion losses: passive solar heat, for examples, over electrical resistance heating.
• Consider heat transmissions in all its forms - convection, conduction, and radiation - in selecting building materials and building practices.
• Create an effective air barrier and make sure everyone on the build team understand their role in maintaining it through various stages of construction.
• Include some form of mechanical ventilation in the house and strive for a "pressure neutral" interior as minimum requirement.
• Make sure construction details are able to handle water movement via gravity, diffusion, and capillary action.
• In areas of high noise, consider window upgrades, sound barriers, and alternatives to conventional stick framing.