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There are many ways to support the residential green building movement and our work.
Join as a member, sponsor, volunteer, intern or submit educational articles or webinar ideas to help us inform the market.
There are many ways to support the residential green building movement and our work.
Join as a member, sponsor, volunteer, intern or submit educational articles or webinar ideas to help us inform the market.
The Illinois Solar Energy Association is coordinating its annual Solar Tour on October 3, 2009. This year, several LEED for Homes projects are participating on the tour. Read more
Last month, Illinois received its third LEED for Homes certified project (a net-zero energy Platinum home in Chicago designed by Farr Associates). However, while there are many other LEED for Homes projects in the works, I know we can do better. After all, Chicago leads the nation in commercial LEED buildings. With the USGBC’s annual GreenBuild conference returning to Chicago in November 2010, now is the time to demonstrate our region’s leadership and begin transforming the residential green building market.
As the nation is poised to pull out of the recession and a new wave of building begins, the Green Home Institute () has expanded their commitment to help grow the “LEED for Homes” program in the Northern IL and Southern WI markets. As such, I’m pleased to offer my services as the local, Chicago-based representative for the Alliance.
provides support services to builders of LEED for Homes projects. These include green single-family custom homes, and multi-family and affordable housing projects. Please feel free to contact me with questions regarding LEED for Homes, or general questions about residential green building.
The Nautilus House sprung from a need to fix a leaky roof, and a vision for energy and water independence on a beautiful wooded building site. Form follows function in this building designed to capture sunlight, water, and air currents. Like a
nautilus, it unfolds in an organic shape spiraling upward and outward on the original foundation, with existing materials and spaces re-inventing themselves within and around the structure. The owner, architect and builder worked together to
create a unique vision of home that will become Michigan’s second LEED Platinum residential remodel.
View/Download Complete Project Profile Here
All water from house collected and re-used. 600 gallon tank for a exterior shower on one side, and a 400 gallon recycled grain hopper on the other side. The shower can also be used to water plants, as can the grain hopper, and both overflow to rain gardens on the lot. The house recycles the heated air radiantly through an advanced duct system Energy Recovery Ventilator. The form and openness of the home also take advantage of another product of solar energy – wind – to create convective currents that cool the home passively. A 4 kW Solar Photovoltaic’s system with Sharp fixed panels and a Sunny Boy inverter.
GreenHome Institute
ATTN José Reyna
1451 Lake Drive SE, #6484
Grand Rapids, MI 49516
Tel: (616) 458-6733
Email: info@greenhomeinstitute.org