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tressing the importance of environmentally friendly building, Tom Fuller from the Wyoming Energy Office told the Wyoming Business Council at their meeting in Torrington on Wednesday that creating more buildings that follow Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) guidelines will have a positive impact on future generations of Wyomingites.
LEED encourages and accelerates adoption of sustainable green building and development practices, according to Fuller, and implements universally understood and accepted tools and performance criteria.
To encourage more “green” building in Wyoming, the state recently formed the Wyoming Green Building Council.
“The council promotes sustainable practices that will benefit multiple generations,” Fuller said. “The technology is evolving based on the experience of building owners, architects and engineers.”
In Goshen County, the Eastern Wyoming College Construction Technology Program also stresses environmentally friendly, energy efficient building techniques. Students in the program are currently building their third house. All three of the program’s houses were built using “green” technology.
The Torrington Telegram (http://www.torringtontelegram.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=34&story_id=2986)
linaguo
07-20-2009, 12:07 AM
Go green with LED light
LED tube light is good for you to go green.
naughtyluck
07-26-2009, 01:12 AM
The "Green Houses" will be under the ground and that will make to the house to be warm in winter and cool in summer. People will work in their homes. Every family will have a playground where they will plant vegetables.
Dnyandeep
08-02-2009, 08:44 AM
In India, Green Building awareness is increasing. Almost in all states, buildings are being constructed with Green concept. Dnyandeep has launched green-tech yahoogroup for builders, civil engineers and architects who wish to get more info on Green Building.
Join the group by visiting groups.yahoo.com/group/green-tech and groups.google.com/group/green-tech
You access Seminar papers presented in various seminars conducted on this topic.
James Mackel
08-06-2009, 12:44 PM
One of the reasons I signed into this forum was to get information such as this. As a business person in the construction industry I would like to find where the projected "hotspots" for multi-family green building are in the country. Which cities / areas are most likely to pass green building initiatives in the next 1-3 years.
cheril
11-04-2009, 07:29 PM
In India, Green Building awareness is increasing. Almost in all states, buildings are being constructed with Green concept. Dnyandeep has launched green-tech yahoogroup for builders, civil engineers and architects who wish to get more info on Green Building.
Join the group by visiting groups.yahoo.com/group/green-tech and groups.google.com/group/green-tech
You access Seminar papers presented in various seminars conducted on this topic.
Great!..but in my place I don't think that it exists..maybe because of lack of information dissemination/awareness by the proper authorities....its actually a nice idea to built a green building...
cheril
11-04-2009, 07:32 PM
Go green with LED light
LED tube light is good for you to go green.
Cool! that is good of you to introduce us to these things here I will check on it ...its important that we will use this kind of led light for our cause..to go Green!!:)
francis
11-28-2009, 10:25 PM
this is a good move because nowadays one of the steps in constructing structures before pouring in the concrete is to build scaffoldings. Scaffoldings are heavily dependent on wood as their basic materials to build scaffoldings. if we could find a good alternative material to build scaffoldings then no doubt we would be saving a lot of trees.
homebrewer
12-01-2009, 12:58 AM
In our place, all the flashlights are made from led lights and they are all very effective. I would fancy our place selling led lighting at home.
KPaulson
12-29-2009, 08:17 AM
In our place, all the flashlights are made from led lights and they are all very effective. I would fancy our place selling led lighting at home.
Don't forget to buy your LED xmas lights for next year! Definitely makes them more affordable when they are 50%+ off! They save up to 80% electricity too.
g.bims88
01-08-2010, 05:53 AM
These green houses doesn't seem to be as popular in countries with tropical climates or 2-seasons - hot and rainy.
Lucywu2012
07-22-2010, 09:35 PM
That's a great idea for reducing thr electricity, and we should do it and keep it.
We should do more for the only earth!
The "Green Houses" will be under the ground and that will make to the house to be warm in winter and cool in summer. People will work in their homes. Every family will have a playground where they will plant vegetables.
True for many places. Then there is the partial burial of the Earthship homes, the greenest of them all by recycling a huge pollutant--used tires. Rainy and tropical areas can still be green with solar power, and/or wind generators.
True for many places. Then there is the partial burial of the Earthship homes, the greenest of them all by recycling a huge pollutant--used tires. Rainy and tropical areas can still be green with solar power, and/or wind generators.
Getting heat from the dryer vent only needs an old nylon stocking. So many here are sales people or middle men which adds to the cost of green buildings. Do it yourself is the way to go, using library books as your guide. LEED is a profiteering group for using more expensive manufactured green products, when the truly greenest buildings are the ones built from used tires and straw bales, scrap, and indigenous materials. DIY solar and wind are easy. DIY straw bale homes are easy, but the Earthship rammed earth-tire homes with the best thermal mass design require a real man to build them. Someone with strength, intelligence, and courage---no wimps, dummies, or out of shape people (they should all die off to make the world sustainable).
Never had a dryer that got that hot, nor had any problems with the nylons trick. No money wasted on sales people.
But now, we are super green and do not use the wasteful energy of a dryer. I hang up our clothes on lines, outside and retractable in the garage. Solar houses do not use dryers, and neither do any other 'real' green buildings that are solar or wind powered. Our Staber washing machine does a large load well with only 15 gallons of water and 135 watt hours of solar electricity. The super efficient spin cycle gets the clothes well drained out, and the top loading horizontal spin design(like a front loader) does not tear apart clothes like regular agitators and dryers. Clothes last much longer.
I have NEVER heard of a fire started by venting dryer exhaust air through a nylon stocking filter. You are using this space to advertise something to make money on something that is just a tiny bit "green".
For the changes needed to reduce emissions 90% in less than a decade, and reduce population by half in a generation, big things have to be done. Greenifying existing structures and all new construction, and changing the way we live on a massive scale. A massive worldwide educational effort for reducing all human emissions 90% within a decade and reduction in world population of 50% in a generation. Otherwise nature will reduce population 90% and climate will go quickly toward the ELE of thermageddon.
dstrompf
09-13-2010, 02:06 PM
The drier is not the problem here, it is the energy that is being used to begin with. A plant is going to pollute the environment weather you use your dryer or not. The best way to build green is with the usage of solar panels or wind turbines. The main source that produces the electricity needs to be green, hanging your cloths is good, but you are still paying a polluting electric company every month keeping them strong and in business. The way to go green is to eliminate polluting companies, and start using alternative energies.
True for many places. Then there is the partial burial of the Earthship homes, the greenest of them all by recycling a huge pollutant--used tires. Rainy and tropical areas can still be green with solar power, and/or wind generators.
Our house is a super insulated hybrid of frame and Earthship. Many recycled tires and other items were used, including glass and wood for trim. Rammed earth tire walls are great retaining walls. Concrete bond beams were used. Total solar power is 1024 watts of panels twin 2400 watt inverter/chargers and a manual 1000 watt sine wave inverter(for guitar stacks). 12 L-16S 410 Ah batteries. 100 sq. ft. interior worm equipped gardens with slip formed soil cement, rebar/aluminum cans walls. Scrap rebar was used for vertical wall reinforcement, every other tire, every other course center soil cement. Indigenous soil used for tire packing, soil cement voids and half tires, sub floor soil cement, and base coat stucco. Low power and water use appliances and lights, one composting toilet and outside composter, too. We would have used straw bales too, but they were not cost effective at this location. Earthship/straw bale construction is the greenest of the green, of course, with independent alternative enrgy systems, too.
1) Use of re-used, recycled , and indigenous materials (minimal use of wood, concrete, and steel)
2) Super insulation with thermal mass and solar thermal gain
3) Solar and/or wind electric with low power use lights and appliances
4) Low water use appliances, grey water systems, water recycling systems
5) Composters including gardens, outside coposters, and composting toilets
6) Hybrid/ high efficiency, electric, and/or human powered vehicle(s)
7) the biggest thing is one or none with kids
vanessalane
04-25-2011, 04:07 AM
Re:Green building growing in popularity
Green and sustainable building practices are rapidly growing in popularity in Costa Rica as more technology, suppliers, materials, and developments become available. In the U.S., green building is the fastest growing segment of the construction market, and many leading companies have announced plans to “green” their corporate offices. Studies have shown that people living and working in green buildings lead happier and more productive lives.
Re:Green building growing in popularity
Green and sustainable building practices are rapidly growing in popularity in Costa Rica as more technology, suppliers, materials, and developments become available. In the U.S., green building is the fastest growing segment of the construction market, and many leading companies have announced plans to “green” their corporate offices. Studies have shown that people living and working in green buildings lead happier and more productive lives.
I wonder what the definition of "green" is for this statement and there are no links supporting them, either. One thing with hired out construction trades is the CO2 of travel for the tradesmen. To be really even near green, the buildings must have 4 out of the 7 characteristics above. Otherwise it is fake green. The people living and working in them must also live green at home, in their lifestyle, and with their diets and transportation, and especially the part about one or no kids.
SunFusion Solar
05-05-2011, 02:20 AM
There are simpler ways to cut down electricity and save energy(SunFusion Energy (http://sunfusion-solar.blogspot.com)):). You can insulate your walls and ceilings and replace your windows with the double gazed ones. Planting shady trees around your house keeps it cooler and reduces the use of air conditions. You can contribute towards the energy saving movement in these simple ways:)
1) Use of re-used, recycled , and indigenous materials (minimal use of wood, concrete, and steel)
2) Super insulation with thermal mass and solar thermal gain
3) Solar and/or wind electric with low power use lights and appliances
4) Low water use appliances, grey water systems, water recycling systems
5) Composters including gardens, outside composters, and composting toilets
6) Hybrid/ high efficiency, electric, and/or human powered vehicle(s)
7) the BIGGEST thing is one or none with kids[/QUOTE]
THIS is REAL Green, anything less than at least four out of 7 is NOT green!!!
1) Use of re-used, recycled , and indigenous materials (minimal use of wood, concrete, and steel)
2) Super insulation with thermal mass and solar thermal gain
3) Solar and/or wind electric with low power use lights and appliances
4) Low water use appliances, grey water systems, water recycling systems
5) Composters including gardens, outside composters, and composting toilets
6) Hybrid/ high efficiency, electric, and/or human powered vehicle(s)
7) the BIGGEST thing is one or none with kids
THIS is REAL Green, anything less than at least four out of 7 is NOT green!!![/QUOTE]
Actually, anything less than seven out of seven is not really green.