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    Green building strategies can help combat global warming by making homes more energy efficient, reducing water usage, and decreasing paved surfaces. Specific tactics include planting trees and native plants, installing permeable pavement, improving insulation and sealing air leaks, using energy efficient appliances, collecting rainwater, and choosing sustainable materials like rapidly renewable wood products and concrete blended with fly ash. Adopting these practices can save homeowners money while creating a healthier living environment and lessening environmental impacts.

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    Green building strategies can help combat global warming by making homes more energy efficient, reducing water usage, and decreasing paved surfaces. Specific tactics include planting trees and native plants, installing permeable pavement, improving insulation and sealing air leaks, using energy efficient appliances, collecting rainwater, and choosing sustainable materials like rapidly renewable wood products and concrete blended with fly ash. Adopting these practices can save homeowners money while creating a healthier living environment and lessening environmental impacts.

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    Green Building Strategies

    Diunggah oleh

    Prabin Dhakhwa
    Green building strategies can help combat global warming by making homes more energy efficient, reducing water usage, and decreasing paved surfaces. Specific tactics include planting trees and native plants, installing permeable pavement, improving insulation and sealing air leaks, using energy efficient appliances, collecting rainwater, and choosing sustainable materials like rapidly renewable wood products and concrete blended with fly ash. Adopting these practices can save homeowners money while creating a healthier living environment and lessening environmental impacts.

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    Green Building

    A healthier, more efficient home


    helps our environment

    B Green building strategies


    uildings in the U.S. consume
    almost two-thirds of total
    electricity, use 12% of potable
    combat global warming
    water, and contribute 30% of total Yard and garden
    global warming gas emissions. • Create more green space and less
    Energy use in Minnesota is highly pavement area.
    dependent on fossil fuels that release • Use native plants instead of turf to reduce
    air pollutants and carbon dioxide, a mowing, irrigation, and pesticides.
    global warming gas. Fossil fuels are used • Plant shade trees on the east and west Pervious paving for driveways and walks
    in power plants to make electricity for sides of the house.
    home appliances, in furnaces/boilers for • Use pervious paving materials so
    residential space and water heating, and rain can soak in, not run off.
    in gas-powered engines to transport • Plant an evergreen windbreak on the
    building materials and maintain lawns. northwest side of the house.
    The potable water piped into homes
    uses a lot of fossil fuel energy for Energy efficiency
    purification at treatment facilities. The • Buy Energy Star appliances, windows, doors,
    Energy Star appliances
    manufacture of some building materials and heating/cooling equipment.
    is also energy-intensive. For example, • Air seal and insulate the attic and walls.
    producing one ton of cement creates • Weatherstrip old doors and windows.
    one ton of carbon dioxide.
    Water conservation
    • Collect rainwater to use for irrigation.
    • Buy ultra low-flow faucet aerators,
    showerheads, and fixtures.
    Runoff-reducing rain barrels
    Healthier living space
    • Buy paints, caulks, and sealants with low
    volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

    Programmable thermostat Building products


    • Whenever possible, buy building materials
    Whether you are building a new home
    produced locally or regionally.
    or remodeling an existing one, green
    • Consider recycled-content products which
    building offers strategies to save money Sustainably harvested wood flooring
    are made using less energy and water.
    operating your home, create a healthier
    living space, and reduce your impact on • Choose sustainably harvested wood products
    with the FSC label to keep forests intact.
    the environment.
    • Buy products made from rapidly renewable
    materials like cork and ag-fiber.
    • Reuse building materials whenever possible.
    Minnesota Pollution
    • If cement is needed, request it be blended
    Control Agency with at least 15% fly ash.
    Concrete insulated with wood waste

    More info: www.pca.state.mn.us/greenbuilding | 651-296-6300 | 800-657-3864

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