{"id":207,"date":"2014-12-01T14:05:27","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T20:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interstateac.com\/?p=207"},"modified":"2021-02-08T16:30:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T22:30:55","slug":"how-can-i-make-my-older-home-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interstateac.com\/going-green\/how-can-i-make-my-older-home-green\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can I Make My Older Home Green?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eddie Hutton had this video produced to help homeowners learn how to save energy, improve the environment and make older homes go &#8220;green.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How can I make my older home GREEN!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_4SyPIHzjow?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Saving energy and helping the environment that&#8217;s what the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usgbc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)<\/a>\u00a0is all about.\u00a0They developed the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usgbc.org\/leed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LEED<\/a>\u00a0green building certification and rating system.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LEED is an acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.\u00a0 The LEED ratings describe the degree to which a building reduces negative environmental impacts and improves the health and well-being of its occupants. There are four rating levels based on the number of points achieved: from Certified (which starts at 40 points), to Silver, Gold, and Platinum (which requires a score of 80 or more points).<\/p>\n<p>LEED-H is the rating system used for homes. \u00a0There are many categories outlined in a scorecard, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Location and Transportation: This includes proximity to a variety of transportation options, like bicycle paths and mass transit.<\/li>\n<li>Sustainable Sites: This includes rainwater management, using natural land cover, and protecting nearby habitat.<\/li>\n<li>Water Efficiency:\u00a0 This includes reducing both indoor and outdoor water use, and tracking water consumption via water metering.<\/li>\n<li>Energy and Atmosphere: This includes refrigerant management, energy metering, and optimizing energy performance by using renewable energy sources.<\/li>\n<li>Material and Resources: This relates to the construction techniques, which must make use of environmentally-certified or recycled building products, sourcing raw materials locally or regionally, and reducing the amount of waste stored in landfills.<\/li>\n<li>Indoor Environmental Quality: This covers things that affect air quality, lighting quality, acoustic design, and surroundings, such as ventilation, low-emitting materials, and making use of natural lighting and heating.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The scorecard also rewards things like innovation, adaptability, and regional (geographic) priority areas.<\/p>\n<p>Is your home a candidate for renovation and a LEED-rating?\u00a0 You know, LEED is not just for\u00a0<em>new<\/em>\u00a0construction!\u00a0 Maybe you want to start small.\u00a0 Perhaps your home has a detached garage you&#8217;d like to renovate to be used as a vacation rental.\u00a0 After all, we hear that Nashville is a destination site for many travelers! Having a Platinum LEED rating would sure serve as a differentiator when marketing your rental!<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s look at ways a house could attain a LEED rating.\u00a0 First is its location: ideally, it would be in a neighborhood with bicycle paths and an MTA bus route, and close to parks, downtown and shopping. Add a geothermal heat pump for the HVAC system.\u00a0 That way you can use a desuperheater to capture waste heat to provide hot water. \u00a0LED lighting is an ideal way to reduce energy consumption because LED lights use only about 1\/5<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0the power of incandescent lights, so the payback interval is shorter than any other energy saving approach. Plus, since LEDs don&#8217;t radiate heat like typical incandescent bulbs, they reduce the load on the home&#8217;s air-conditioning system. \u00a0Insulation is also very important in reducing the cooling and heating costs.\u00a0 The best product out now is a soy-based spray foam insulation, which is not only eco-friendly, but is resistant to air, rodents, insects, mold, mildew, moisture and reduces sound transfer.<\/p>\n<p>Download a copy of the\u00a0LEED Scorecard\u00a0and start your Green Home project today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eddie Hutton had this video produced to help homeowners learn how to save energy, improve the environment and make older homes go &#8220;green.&#8221; Saving energy and helping the environment that&#8217;s what the\u00a0U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)\u00a0is all about.\u00a0They developed the\u00a0LEED\u00a0green building certification and rating system.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LEED is an acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How Can I Make My Older Home Green? 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