Our clients, Pat and Andy Beres (see previous blog), met Green Architect Jeremy Bonin at a timber frame home show and brought him their plans to build a vacation home on their property in Maine. Here is an example of how Jeremy took into consideration Pat and Andy’s ideas, wants, and needs for a green home and translated them into an energy efficient home plan that not only matches their property and location, but defines their lifestyle.

Beres’ green home priorities:
Small footprint to minimize carbon footprint
Energy efficiency in all four New England seasons
Environmentally conscious to minimize site impact
Low maintenance and durability, easy to open and close up
Security in rural setting
Take advantage of lake views
Possible addition in future

Jeremy translated these ideas into an energy efficient home plan and presented it to Pat and Andy. Here is a list of the sustainable design considerations he incorporated, as well as the energy efficient building materials to match their… (Read the rest of this article at the following article source link for the full story)

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There are many ways to cut water waste in your home, here we investigate a few easy ones that anyone can do.

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Florida has made history along with tropical storm fay with the events and flooding statewide with record rainfall records.

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This may be one of the most costly tropical storms in history and has made history with 4 U.S. landfalls.

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Save some water, save some cash, and help the earth out at the same time.

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With the scams of bottled water companies and poisons like floride in public water systems, a home filteration system may be the answer you were searching for.

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Each has it’s own dangers, and we are here to seperate the clutter of the two being joined, but not seperated.

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Carbon offsets are projects that decrease the amount of greenhouse gases (GHG) like carbon dioxide in the air to counterbalance the amount that an individual has emitted. As offset purchases have become more popular, journalists and researchers have raised the alarm and cautioned consumers about offsets that do little more than make you feel good. The major concern centers on additionality.

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Today, we are faced with oil scarcity that is threatening the world economy. The constant drilling for oil in sensitive offshore areas has created a threat for the environment.

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Electricity from wind turbines is green power which causes no pollution. It is the cheapest form of renewable energy. You can build your own wind power turbine at very low cost from plans. Do mother earth and yourself a favor by using wind turbine power.

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