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Florida Green Building Principles

Building Green New Homes Florida

Depending on your location, a green building program will have one or more of the following principles:
  1. Energy Efficiency
    Often synonymous with green building and perhaps the largest component, energy efficiency covers the building envelope, mechanical equipment and appliances.
     
  2. Water Efficiency
    The second-easiest aspect to quantify after energy, this indoor/outdoor element includes native, drought-tolerant landscaping, low-flow plumbing fixtures and water-saving appliances.
     
  3. Passive Design
    Orientation of the house on the building site, cross ventilation and roof overhangs are just part of the design factor. But it’s more than just products; it’s how the systems work together. Call it value engineering.
     
  4. Materials
    The use of durable, low-maintenance, recycled, renewable and sustainable items comes into play here. But so does locally purchased or manufactured products to cut down on transportation costs. Also important is the impact materials have once they are installed, and whether they are recyclable once you are done with them.
     
  5. Construction Process
    This is making the most of what you have by limiting construction waste, thereby reducing the impact on landfills. Also, being the least destructive to nature by limiting rainwater runoff and clear-cutting.
     
  6. Indoor Environmental Quality
    Thermal comfort, moisture control and even lighting play a role here. After all, sometimes what’s inside the house is more toxic than what’s outside.
     
  7. Site and Landscape
    Native plants, animal habitats, erosion control.

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