Describing the use of Styrofoam sheathing, combined with metal bracing, and Tyvek house wrap instead of traditional OSB, to minimize moisture infiltration and heat loss.
Lisa Frasure, Innerspace Interiors and Nathan Lahr, Fanning Howey Associates gave a presentation on choosing Green building materials. Highlights of their talk (pdf)
The house passed its blower test with flying colors. All homes in this development must meet the requirements for Energy Star high performance and the more stringent ratings required for the federal energy tax credit.
Every garage has this ventilation fan that turns on when the garage door is opened and runs long enough to remove exhaust fumes so they aren’t drawn into the house.
Walking tour of the LEED Home pilot project at 258 N. 21st Street, Columbus, Ohio. 43203. The house was built to the standards required of a platinum level LEED rating.
The house is a new build, but is designed to use the same floor plan and styling as other older homes in the neighborhood.
Studs are centered on 24″ rather than the traditional 16″, to lesson thermal leakage. Studs are 2 x 6 rather than 2 x 4, allowing and additional 2″ of insulation to be used. Windows are triple pane argon filled; the extra cost of windows is more than offset by the money saved on ductwork – most homes need extra heat ducts by windows to make up for cold air entering through the windows.
An open floor plan. The future kitchen looks out over the back yard.
A future rain garden – both the back of the house and the garage will drain into this garden, minimizing the home’s stormwater load.
Even the basement will have insulated walls, eliminating a major source of heat loss.
Residential Workshops
Photos of past residential workshops
Consulting, describes the use of rain gardens in mitigating stormwater runoff in a residential setting.Want to build a rain garden? Visit Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District for plans and suggested plant lists. Or click here for a pdf of the presentation.
The house was built to the standards required of a platinum level LEED rating.