Presentation on sustainable home renovation and construction, including an overview of green rating systems, insights from two affordable LEED for Homes projects, and what you can do to make your existing home greener.

1. Green Building for Homes

2. 1st Place: University
of Maryland entry
Yesterday’s Well Designed Homes of Today:
standard home 2011 Solar Decathalon
construction
Middlebury
College entry

3. Habitat of Greater Stark
and Carroll Counties
Youthbuild: Akron Summit Community Action
Affordable Green Projects

4. A Few of the
Green Home Certification Systems

6. At the YouthBuild Site

7. Noon on December 21st
Sun Studies of South Elevation
of the
YouthBuild House Noon on June 21st

8. Original concept for roof and porch
Sun Studies of a
Habitat Summit County House
Roof lines modified for solar gain and shading

9. The Thermal Envelope
and its typical weak spots

10. Traditional Straw Bale Construction

11. Training with St. Gobain’s
Building Scientist
Installing Erosion Control

12. A Work in Progress

13. Energy Audit with a
Blower Door

14. New Basement Drainage System:
note the mildew in the formerly wet corner
Before