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Green Building Workshop SeriesEco-City Alexandria
InitiativeWorkshop 1:
Greening Your Home, Apartment, or Small Business
February 5, 20119:00 am – 12:30 pm
City Hall, 301 King Street, Sister Cities Room 1101
Alexandria, Virginia
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Our Speakers Today•William Skrabak, Director, Office of Environmental Quality, Department of Transportation and Environmental Services, City of Alexandria
•Barbara Ross, Deputy Director, Department of Planning and Zoning, City of Alexandria
•Brian Uher, MS, MSE, CPHC, LEED APAmicus Consulting ServicesAmicus Green Building Center
•Doug Horgan, LEED AP-Homes, CGP, CGR, GCPBPI Certified Building AnalystVice President, BOWA
•Annette Osso, LEED AP, President, Virginia Sustainable Building Network
Green Building Workshop Series: Workshop 1
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Workshop Overview1. Background of Eco-City Alexandria Program
and Green Building Workshop Series2. Benefits of Greening your residence or small business
3. Do-it-yourself energy efficiency improvements for thehome, apartment, or small business
4.Working with a contractor to accomplish major energy efficiency retrofits and remodeling
5. Incentive programs6. Q&A with presenters
Green Building Workshop Series: Workshop 1
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Eco-City AlexandriaEco-City Charter Principles
• Land Use and Open Space• Water Resources
• Air Quality• Transportation
• Energy• Building Green
• Solid Waste• Environmental Health
• Emerging Threats & ClimateChange
• Implementation
• Environmental Action Plan
Green Building Workshop Series: Workshop 1
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Eco-City Alexandria
• GREEN BUILDING POLICY
Public Buildings
New Development
Existing Buildings
Green Building Workshop Series: Workshop 1
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Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Projects
• Energy Conservation (Green Building Phase II)• Energy Audits and Energy Efficiency Retrofits for
City Buildings• Green Fleet
• Green Jobs Training• Green Loan
• LED Traffic Signals/LED Street Lights• Renewable Energy Installation at City Facility
Green Building Workshop Series: Workshop 1
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Green Building Workshop SeriesNext Workshops, Save the Date NOW!
Energy Audits for Home and Small Business,March 19, 2011 at Charles E. Beatley, Jr. Central Library, 5005 Duke Street
The Green Landscape: For You and the Chesapeake Bay,May 7, 2011 at Cora Kelly Elementary School, 25 West Reed Avenue
Stay Tuned for Future Workshops
Green Upgrades in Historic Properties - June
Renewable Energy Systems and Green Power - September
Green Operations for Retail, Restaurants, Small Offices and Cultural Centers - November
Workshop series funded by EECBG.
Green Building Workshop Series: Workshop 1
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Benefits of Greening
Why find out about your building’s energy use and take on the retrofit of your home, apartment or small business?
1. Increase your comfort and health2. Reduce energy bills and water bills3. Add value to your property4. Do your part to help the City of Alexandria reach its
Eco-City energy and environmental goals5. Reduce your carbon emissions footprint6. Each action is a step toward addressing climate change
Green Building Workshop Series: Workshop 1
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Welcome
Approaches for Saving Energy:Home and Office
Brian Uher, MS, MSE, CPHC, LEED AP
Amicus Consulting ServicesAmicus Green Building Center
www.amicusgreen.com
Green Building Workshop Series: Workshop 1
Green Building Workshop Series: Workshop 1
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The Next 45 Minutes
Energy and Comfort retrofits – resources and process
Quick fixes and capital projects for homeowners
Small business approaches
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Approach: You Can Manage What You Measure
•Utility bills
•Maintenance and replacement costs
•Comfort
•Externalitites?
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Experience: What Drives the Change
3 Observations:
Most people want energy savings.
Most people pick up the phone due to discomfort.
Most people spend to solve immediate issues.
What is driving you and how do you value it?
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Expectations and Outcomes
Utility savings will be incremental (example: from $200 to $150 per month)
Comfort impacts will often be noticeable (from drafty to virtually no draft)
Maintenance is usually imperceptible unless it is a driver (constant cost)
Can you adjust your perception to recognize the value?
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Approach: What to Do
•Define the issues
•Define your expectations
•Identify the potential solutions
•Next steps...verification and research
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Gathering Information: Audits
•Professionals with training and certification provide verification
•One size does not fit all
•Auditing is provided by installers due to economics
By knowing what you want, you can evaluate and direct the focus toward the solutions you want.
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Gathering Information: Audits
•In Virginia, audits will provide:
•Safety testing
•Infiltration assessment
•Visual inspection
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Gathering Information: Audits
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Gathering Information: AuditsAfter an Audit, you should have:
A professional opinion on all of the issues
Some numbers against which you measure improvements
Guidance on best practices/solutions
But it’s not the conclusion. An audit is not the end unto itself but the first step to your cure(s).
In the end, the decision is yours...assessing the potential solutions is key
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Gathering Information: Research
Professional Resources
Online Resources
Peer Resources
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Gathering Information: Research
Professional Resources:
Dominion, EPA, DOE, VSBN, Amicus, State of Virginia, manufacturer's websites, etc.
Provide information and guidance on sourcing, facts, materials, practices, practitioners, etc.
Information is vetted
Referral impacts reputation
Potential for ongoing relationship
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Gathering Information: Research
Online Resources:
EPA/Energy Star, greenbuildingadvisor.com, buildinggreen.com, YouTube.com, etc., etc., etc.
Information is not vetted
Fragmented and unaccountable
Detail oriented
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Gathering Information: Research
Peer Resources:
Neighborhood listservs, Angie's List, BBB, word-of-mouth, etc.
Generally reliable
Specific to experiences
Fragmented
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Gathering Information: Research
Conclusions:
Takes time; focus is important
Safety then efficacy
Don't over-think it
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Develop the Action Plan
Choose the solutions that address the issues
Price the solutions
Develop a phased implementation according to needs/goals
To a man with a hammer, it all looks like a nail...
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Develop the Action Plan
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Execute the Action Plan
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Assess the Result
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Quick Fixes
Lighting
Water
Basic air seal
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Lighting
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Water Use
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Basic Air Seal
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Capital Projects
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Decorate Right
Paint
Floor
Floor
Toilet
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Ideas…
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Maintain & Clean Right
Clear the dryer vent
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Apartments (“don’t own/control”)
Carpet you can take with you
Unplugautomatically
Speak up!
Turn the lights off!Set your thermostat back
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Small Business Approaches
Lease Scenario – covered here
Ownership Scenario – not covered here; reverts to homeowner approach using SNOI (we can discuss afterwards)
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Small Business Approach
• Removable items/devices
• Capital improvements
• Negotiated services
• In-house processes
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Small Business Approach
• Removable items/devices:
• Same as quick fixes
• Focus on electricity, water and HVAC
• Productivity/sales are the driver
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Small Business Approach
• Removable items/devices – focus areas:
• HVAC tune-up, controls and seal• Lighting swap and controls
• Water use devices• Electronic devices and idling loads
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Small Business Approach
• Capital improvements:
• HVAC: air handler, ductwork and layout• Lighting: ballasts and placement
• Windows: replacement, shading and skylights• Envelope: air seal and insulation
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Small Business Approach
• Negotiated services:
• Utility: pricing strategies and smart metering• Mechanical: service contracts
• Equipment: leasing options for EE• Cleaning: green clean
• Other?
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Small Business Approach• In-house processes:
• Waste: use of paper, ink, other disposables• Lighting: tasks versus ambient • Cleaning: green/perfume free?• HVAC: setbacks and ramp-up• Transport: home office time
• Networking: video conference, consolidated travel• Information: central database
• Home greening programs for employees
• Other?
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Summary
• Articulate: know your goals, enumerate expectations, evaluate the situation
• Implement: research your options, plan, execute
• Measure: evaluate the results, repeat the process
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QuestionsAndAnswers…
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Thank You!
Additional questions –[email protected] - 301-571-8590
class survey - http://www.coreformdc.com/links/
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Green RemodelingGreen Building Workshop Series: Workshop 1
Doug HorganLEED AP Homes, CGP, CGR, GCPBPI Certified Building AnalystVice President, BOWA
Green Building Workshop Series: Workshop 1
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Why is Green Remodeling Important?
• Health and resource impacts are important to many of us
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Why is Green Remodeling Important?• Have to fix old houses to reduce carbon emissions
• Existing houses are among the easiest reductions
City of Alexandria’s CY05 Community Consumption-Based CO2e Emissions by
Sector (2.2 million tonnes)
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Why is Green Remodeling Important?• It’s a good idea anyway, you’ll be selling your
house in a market full of ‘labeled’ houses
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Why is Green Remodeling Important?Will sellers will need to show energy use of every
house?
High LowHeat Loss
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Green Remodeling
Green Home Defined A green home uses less energy, water and
natural resources, creates less waste and is healthier for the people living inside compared to a standard home. It’s as simple as that!
-US Green Building Council
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Green RemodelingOur Path Today:Green Strategies
•Energy
•Indoor Air
•Resources
Green Guidelines
•ENERGY STAR
•REGREEN
•NGBS/LEED/EC
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www.BOWA.com/resources
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Handout
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Green Remodeling Strategies
• Energy Efficiency• Indoor Health• Resources:
•Durability•Materials•Save the Bay
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A Green Remodel, in phases
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Energy: the #1 Priority
“Ongoing energy use is probably the single greatest environmental impact of a building”
—Environmental Building News
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Not just the planet
• Comfort• Savings
• Energy Security
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Energy: a story
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Three Energy Strategies
First, reduce demand.
Second, use efficient systems.
Third, get clean power.
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Reduce Demand
•Energy Audit, Air Sealing, & Insulation
•Pool & other “baseload”
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Reduce DemandEnergy Audit: 5 steps
– Energy Bill Review– Blower Door – IR Camera– Combustion Testing– Improvements
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Reduce DemandEnergy Audit
Step 1: Energy Bill Review–By Auditor–ENERGY STAR Home Advisor http://www.energystar.gov/
–Do-it-yourself
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Reduce DemandStep 1: Energy Bill Review
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Reduce DemandEnergy Bill Review
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Reduce DemandEnergy AuditStep 2: Blower Door Testing
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Reduce DemandEnergy Audit Step 3: Infrared Camera
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Reduce DemandEnergy Audit
Step 4: Combustion Testing
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Reduce DemandEnergy Audit
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Reduce Demand
Energy AuditStep 5: Improvements
–Air sealing–Duct sealing–Insulation
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Reduce Demand
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Air Sealing“Fill a blimp every day”
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Air Sealing:
•Typically 20-30% of energy loss
•Our project: 31% of heat loss
Reduce Demand
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Reduce DemandAir sealing
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Reduce DemandAir sealing
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Reduce DemandAir sealing: Recessed Lights
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Reduce DemandDuct sealing
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Reduce DemandDuct sealing
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Reduce DemandInsulation
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Reduce DemandEnergy Audit & Upgrades
• Probably the single most valuable Green Remodeling strategy
• Increases comfort• Pays for itself• 20% improvement, $3-10K are
typical
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Reduce Demand: Windows
• Storm or double pane: R-2• Low-E: R-3• “Super”: R-5 to R-8• Only ~15%
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Reduce Demand
Pool• Automatic cover: Could be
your best investment• Timer, efficient pumps, solar
pool heater
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Three Energy Strategies
First, reduce demand.
Second, use efficient systems.
Third, get clean power.
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Efficient Systems
• Better Light Bulbs• ENERGY STAR appliances• Hot Water: distribution,
tanks, tankless
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Efficient Systems
•High Efficiency Gas Furnaces
•Heat Pumps•Geothermal
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HVAC Basics: efficiency• Efficiencies, SEER, EER, COP
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Three Furnace Types• Induced draft, 78-80% efficient
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Three Furnace Types• Sealed combustion, 90% efficient
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Three Furnace Types• Sealed combustion, variable-speed ECM motor, staged/modulating burners, 92%+
• Tax credit if 95%
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Three Heat Pump/AC Types• Air-source, split system (normal)• Air-source, ductless mini-split• Geothermal
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Refrigeration Cycle
–Power goes to ‘move’ heat instead of create it.
–However, the grid wastes energy.
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Geothermal: How it works
Heat transfer using a heat pump
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Geothermal: How it works
Heattransferredfrom 55 earth instead of 32air
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Geothermal: How it works
Coolingtransferredfrom55 earth instead of 95degree air
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Geothermal: Imperfect
–Source energy: 33% efficient!
–Ground is 55 sometimes, not most of the time
–Not all COP>4.5–Pump energy
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Three Energy Strategies
First, reduce demand.
Second, use efficient systems.
Third, get clean power.
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Clean Power
More solar power hits the earth in an hour, than humans use
in a year
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Clean PowerSolar hot water, $5-10K
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Clean Power
•Solar electric: PV panels
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Clean PowerSolar electric
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Clean PowerWind power: local, grid
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Clean Power•Solar pool heating
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Three Energy Strategies
First, reduce demand.
Second, use efficient systems.
Third, get clean power.
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Three Energy Strategies
First, reduce demand.
Second, use efficient systems.
Third, get clean power.
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Green Remodeling StrategiesIndoor Air Quality
“…the risks to health may be greater due to air pollution indoors than outdoors.”
—U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Green Remodeling Strategies
Indoor Environmental Quality
Source reduction: –Low VOC finishes–“No Added Urea
Formaldehyde” cabinetry–Flooring
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Green Remodeling StrategiesIndoor Air Quality
Source ventilation: bath, kitchen
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Indoor Air QualityBuild tight, ventilate right--
ERV
Filter/UV
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Green Remodeling StrategiesIndoor Air Quality
Dust ControlContaminant
Control
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Green Remodeling StrategiesIndoor Air Quality
Lead Paint
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Window Replacement Costs and Benefits
$0
$5,000
$10,000
$15,000
$20,000
$25,000
UpgradeCost
MarketValue
HealthBenefit
Health Benefit
Other Value
Energy Value
Cleanup &ClearanceWindowReplacement
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Monetized Benefit of Lead-Safe Window Replacement
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Green Remodeling Strategies
Indoor Air QualityNo water problems, no mold
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Green Remodeling StrategiesDurability
Rain water control—100 details
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Green Remodeling Strategies
DurabilityKeep the water away:
OverhangsGuttersGrading
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Green Remodeling Strategies
DurabilityWood needs shelterBrick & StoneFiber CementPVC trim
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Green Remodeling StrategiesDurability
Roofing material
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Green Remodeling StrategiesMaterials
ReduceRemodelDeconstruct & SalvageRecycle…then choose lower-impact
materials
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Green Remodeling Strategies
MaterialsDeconstruct & Salvage
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Green Remodeling Strategies
MaterialsLower Impact
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Green Remodeling StrategiesMaterials
Local
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Green Remodeling StrategiesWater Conservation
EPA Water Sense–Shower Heads: 2300 gal–Toilets: 4000 gal–Irrigation: 30-70%
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Green Remodeling StrategiesSave the Bay“Scientists have found that nutrient
and sediment pollution are the largest threats to water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.”—Chesapeake Bay Foundation
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Green Remodeling StrategiesSave the Bay
Control stormwaterMinimize impervious areaLandscape w/swales, raingardens, filtration areas
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Green Remodeling Strategies
Save the BayTree protectionNative plants
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A Green Remodel
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A Green Remodel
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A Green Remodel
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A Green Remodel
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A Green Remodel
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A Green Remodel
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A Green Remodel
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A Green Remodel
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Green Remodeling Strategies
Dozens of goals,dozens of
strategies…
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Green RemodelingOur Path Today:
Green Strategies
•Energy
•Indoor Air
•Resources
Green Guidelines
•ENERGY STAR
•REGREEN
•NGBS/LEED
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Green Remodeling
Green Guidelines
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Green Guidelines
ENERGY STAR
• A group of energy programs & tools
• www.energystar.gov
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Green Guidelines
ENERGY STAR
Home Performance with ENERGY STAR
is for existing homes
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Green Guidelines
ENERGY STAR
• Windows• Appliances• Lighting• …and New Houses
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Green Guidelines: REGREEN
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Green Guidelines: REGREEN
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Green Guidelines: REGREEN
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Green Guidelines: REGREEN
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Green Guidelines: REGREEN
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Green GuidelinesREGREEN Residential Remodeling
Guidelines
http://www.regreenprogram.org/
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Green Guidelines: NGBS
National Green Building Standard (ICC-700)
• Developed by NAHB, USGBC, ICC
www.nahbgreen.org/ScoringTool.aspx
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Green Guidelines: NGBS
Remodeling Provisions–New spaces: meet the same
standards as new green homes–Existing house: 25% reduction in
energy & water use—or meet current code
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Green Guidelines: NGBS
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Green Guidelines: NGBS
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Green Guidelines: LEED for Homes
• US Green Building Council
• New homes or gut remodels only
www.usgbc.org/leed/homes
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Green Guidelines: Earth Craft
• Southface Institute (Atlanta): climate appropriate
• Excellent builder training
• www.earthcraftvirginia.org
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Green GuidelinesPoints-based systems:
–Complex–Help focus & balance
Green efforts
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Green Guidelines
• Excellent tools• Product of thousands of hours
of effort• We’re lucky to have them!
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Green Remodeling: Summary
KeyRecommendations:
• Home Energy Audit• “REGREEN” Tool• Points-Based Tools: LEED, NGBS,
Earth Craft
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Green RemodelingGreen Building Workshop Series: Workshop 1
Doug HorganLEED AP Homes, CGP, CGR, GCP Questions?BPI Certified Building AnalystVice President, BOWAwww.bowa.com
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Incentives to help you with retrofitsLocal Utility programs• Dominion
• CFL price reductions (residential)• HVAC and lighting upgrade rebates (commercial)
• Washington Gas• Rebates for gas hot water retrofit, programmable thermostats, and home
energy system check upsVirginia programs
• ENERGY STAR and WaterSense appliance tax free holiday• Solar energy equipment tax exemption (residential & commercial)
- offered by City of AlexandriaFederal programs
• Tax credits for residential efficiency and renewables installations• Tax deductions for commercial buildings that reduce energy use
FIND OUT MORE AT ALEXANDRIA’S GREEN BUILDING RESOURCE CENTER (http://alexandriava.gov/gbrc)
Green Building Workshop Series: Workshop 1
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Resources from Workshop 1: Greening Your Home, Apartment or Small Business
www.alexandriava.govwww.amicusgreen.com
www.bowa.comwww.energystar.gov
www.buildinggreen.comwww.buildingadvisor.comwww.regreenprogram.org
www.nahbgreen.orgwww.usgbc.org/leed/homeswww.earthcraftvirginia.org
www.vsbn.orgFIND OUT MORE AT ALEXANDRIA’S GREEN BUILDING RESOURCE
CENTER (http://alexandriava.gov/gbrc)
Green Building Workshop Series: Workshop 1