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Passive
Solar & Climatic Design:
Environmental
design integrates the building’s form, fenestration,and orientation
with the path of the sun and the local climate. Utilizing diurnal
temperature swings, daylight, and the surrounding natural or built
environment.
Thermal Mass:
good insulation is only a part of saving energy. When a building is
solid and built with heavy materials it can absorb and release energy.
This saves energy by heating and cooling spaces naturally and
comfortably.
Performance Insulation:
R-factor does not always indicate how well a building will conserve
energy. Actual insulation value may be reduced by half depending on how
the insulation performs in a building system compared with how it is
tested in a laboratory. We know what insulating materials actually save
energy over the life of building.
. . . to preserve our future:
Durable Buildings: Durable
Buildings: buildings that last for generations go a long way to solving
issues of sustainability. We can pass-down to future generations
something other than problems.
Social
Responsibility: selecting
building materials and products that do not have a negative effect on
the environment and the communities where the are produced.
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. . . to save precious resources:
Recycled and Renewable building materials:
we select products like Durisol
Block that are made up of recycled materials yet are natural,
nontoxic, and high quality.
Passive solar
design:
creates abundant natural light with lower energy costs.
Healthy Building
Materials:
virtually eliminate off gassing of toxic chemicals. We research and
specify every product from the glues to the cabinets to the roof to find
the most healthy, environmental, and highest quality materials for our
buildings
"Before
making any decision, consider it's impact on 7 generations."
Iroquois
Confederation of Nations
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