This short presentation review why reducing the size of your home is among the best green building practices and how demographic changes will increase the demand for small homes.

1. Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
Small Homes:
Environmental Benefits And Trends
Jordan Palmeri
Oregon DEQ
palmeri.jordan@deq.state.or.us
503-229-6766

2. Size Matters
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+38%
-18%
-36%
Source: Oregon DEQ
Lifetime = 70 years

3. Small is effective
Source: Oregon DEQ

4. Energy Trust of Oregon data (preliminary results)

5. House size has increased
Source: City of Milwaukie / URBSWORKS / Paste in Place.com

6. Global House size

7. Households are getting smaller
Source: City of Milwaukie and URBSWORKS
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8. More 65+ seniors
Source: Oregon AARP and US Census Bureau
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9. Thank You!
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Jordan Palmeri
– Oregon DEQ
– 503-229-6766
– palmeri.jordan@deq.state.or.us
– http://www.deq.state.or.us/lq/sw/wasteprevention/
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