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SBIC's Residential Program
Green Building Guidelines
Green Building Guidelines Companion Seminar
ENERGY-10® Software Modeling Software
Every year millions of homes are built in the United States, buildings that consume approximately 20 percent of America's energy every year thereafter. By applying no-cost and low-cost design principles, we can lower the energy consumption of future housing stock by 30 to 50 percent. SBIC’s award winning residential program is geared toward educating home builders and home buyers on the fundamentals of green home design:
- Community and site planning
- Renewable energy and energy efficiency strategies
- The building envelope
- Efficient water use (both indoor and outdoor)
- Indoor environmental quality
- Green materials
- Homeowner operations and maintenance
Our program focuses on home design, construction, performance, and maintenance. Through tried and true lessons and easy to read guidelines we provide those new to the "green" home building arena with the tools to start going green. Our program allows builders, remodelers, contractors, and homeowners to get acquainted with particular topic areas, to begin incorporating new design strategies into their practices, to access more in depth discussions on technical subjects... and to eventually go beyond greenTM
The center piece of our program is the fifth edition of our builder-friendly Green Building Guidelines primer and the three hour companion seminar. The Council also offers the popular ENERGY-10® software for modeling homes and small commercial buildings to optimize energy, materials, and siting decisions.
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