Builder - November 2008 - (Page 45)

GREEN HOUSE SUSTAINABLE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, PRODUCTS & SALES ■ EDITED BY RICH BINSACCA GREEN BY DESIGN: The BUILDER LivingHome show home is a modular structure that reduces construction waste and debris, and optimizes resources in its design, materials, and operation. Inside: Green Light The NAHB’s green program shines Work It Out Cooperating with municipalities creates a win-win for builders PLUS MORE > > 46 48 Myth Buster M EFFICIENT FOOTPRINT Living the Vision Rendering: Courtesy LivinGHomes/Kier anTimberlake; photo: Northwest Property Imaging ichael Strong, who built Houston’s ﬁrst LEED pilot home, debunks consumer myths about green building, namely: that green-built homes have to be “funky” in their design (Strong notes how merchant builders now offer marketdriven green homes); that green is more expensive (countered by their lower operating costs and good design); and that green homes are full of untested products (negated by the fact that most of the industry’s major suppliers offer legitimate resourceefficient options and warranties for them). For more information, visit www .greenhausbuilders.com/ myths.html. BUILDER’s newest show home, being built on the exhibit ﬂoor at IBS ’09, combines affordable construction, quality design, and sustainability. Got Green? I n times of conflict—specifically among issues of rising costs, slow sales, affordability, and the need for green—there’s rarely one solution. But standing two stories high in the back of the central hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center (booth C5288) at the International Builders’ Show (IBS) this January, is one all-inclusive answer. LivingHome, the 11th in a legacy of innovative show homes produced by Builder, provides a single source for the housing industry’s current ills and its future. The contemporary 2,000-square-foot home consists of two pairs of stacked, steel-wood modules that will emerge near-complete from a Southern California factory next month after a 10-week production process (followed by a half week of on-site assembly) that not only produces a high-performance home faster but also with far less waste than traditional site building practices. Its size, meanwhile, supports green building efforts: an efficient footprint that still stands up to modern lifestyle needs while enabling higher densities in compact development models that lessen environmental impact. It’s also ﬂexible. In addition to a bonus room on the main level, the ﬂoor model at IBS will demon(see page 46) strate panelized walls that can T he NAHB is calling for exceptional green projects, people, and programs for the ▶ W W W.BUILDERONLINE.COM nov e m ber 2 0 08 B U I LD E R ■ 45 http://www.greenhausbuilders.com/myths.html http://www.greenhausbuilders.com/myths.html http://WWW.BUILDERONLINE.COM

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Builder - November 2008

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