Building Industry Magazine - September 2011 - (Page 29)

Local Firms Unveil Greenest Home in Hawaii This past summer, a two-story home that has been deemed “the greenest home in Hawaii” made its public debut in Kaneohe. Designed by Archipelago Hawaii and built by Mokulua Woodworking Ltd., the home has been awarded the National Green Building Standards (NGBS) gold level by the National Association of Home Builders, which is a first for any home in Hawaii. A public viewing was held on July 30. Visitors to the open house were shown the various green design and construction options implemented during the project. According to the project team, the 3,000-square-foot, two-story home took four months for Archipelago Hawaii to design. Deconstruction of the original one-story, 1,500-square-foot home on the 11,509-square-foot lot began in February and Mokulua Woodworking completed the project in June. Tiare Noelani Cowan, co-founder and president of Archipelago Hawaii, explains: “It was our job to design a home which functioned for the way the family lives and at the same time making sure it was as energy efficient and sustainably minded as possible. The client initially came to us saying they wanted a ‘green home’ but their idea of a green home was using a photovoltaic (PV) system. We were able to show them all the different ways they could achieve being green and in the end, by designing such an energy-efficient home, we were able to reduce the PV system they required by half.” Cowan says the homeowner now has a 5-kilowatt system and would have probably needed twice that had they built a standard home with no thought to the other energy saving applications that were incorporated. “In designing the home our first priority was to give them a home that would last and accommodate their family for years to come,” she says. “This, along with all of the other elements that Mokulua Woodworking implemented on the construction side, is what helped us achieve the gold certification from NGBS. Through this process we were also able to show the client that being green was not necessarily more expensive. They now have a home they love; it’s beautiful and it’s saving them a lot of money every day.” NewsBeat Homeowner Kenny Arakawa said he was amazed at how affordable green building could be with the right designer-builder team. WE MEAN BUSINESS! HAWAIIAN ICE WHEN IT COMES TO GOING GREEN, 2 0 1 1 Awarded Best New Business by Hawaii Business Magazine JOIN THE LIC. # ABC 30244 808.748.8888 | RevoluSun.com 1600 Kapiolani Blvd, Suite 1700 | Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96814 SEPTEMBER 2011 | BUILDING INDUSTRY | 29 http://www.RevoluSun.com http://www.RevoluSun.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Building Industry Magazine - September 2011

Building Industry Magazine Cover
Contents
Datebook
ABC Hawaii Appreciates Members
PV Installation Under Way on Hickam Homes
Hilton Project Reaches Major Milestone
FBI Building New Hawaii Office
Contracts Awarded
Belt Collins Wins Awards
Kauai
Concept to Completion: Wailua Cane Haul Bridge Widening
Local Firms Unveil Greenest Home in Hawaii
Civic Center Goes Net Zero
Inside the GCA
Center Park and Ride Facility
Guam
Best Practices
Low Bids
Developments in Industry Technology
News Makers
New Products

Building Industry Magazine - September 2011

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