Affordable Green Building

Contents

1. Building Green
   
   
2. Green Building
   
   
3. Green Building
   
   
4. Aspect of Green Building
   
   
5. "Building green costs too much"
   
   
6. "Building green costs too much"
   
   
7. Some Cautions
   
   
8. "Building green costs too much"
   
   
9. General Design Strategies
   
   
10. Integrate the planning
    
    
11. Create smaller buildings
    
    
12. Look for opportunities
    
    
13. Optimize orientation
    
    
14. Minimize
    
    
15. Leave floor slabs exposed
    
    
16. Eliminate dropped ceilings
    
    
17. Avoid structural overdesign
    
    
18. Provide open layout
    
    
19. Optimize material
    
    
20. Save water
    
    
21. Siting, Land Use, and
    
    
22. Select sites
    
    
23. Manage stormwater responsibly
    
    
24. Minimize paved area
    
    
25. Avoid cut-and-fill
    
    
26. Protect existing vegetation
    
    
27. Use native plantings
    
    
28. Use "xeriscaping" practices.
    
    
29. Energy Systems
    
    
30. Model the building
    
    
31. Tune glazings to orientation
    
    
32. Consider access floors
    
    
33. Expand the comfort envelope
    
    
34. Do not run ducts to exterior walls
    
    
35. Consider a water heater
    
    
36. Provide task lighting
    
    
37. Minimize outdoor lighting
    
    
38. Products and Materials
    
    
39. Use structural materials
    
    
40. Consider patios
    
    
41. Avoid multiple-pane windows
    
    
42. Avoid garbage disposals
    
    
43. Downsize hot-water pipes
    
    
44. Job Site
    
    
45. Recycle construction waste
    
    
46. Credits
    
    

Last updated:
March 06, 2005 (Sunday)