Built environments account for about 40% of total energy consumption. They don’t have to be energy hogs: There is room for huge improvement in the energy and resource efficiency of both existing buildings and new construction. Use the links below to see how others are going green!
Green Homes
A green home in Truro is catching a lot of attention as the first in Massachusetts to achieve a Platinum LEED rating.
Additional green homes on the Cape and Vineyard, as well as elsewhere in the state, are featured in the “Destination Sites” defined by Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA). Cape & Islands Self-Reliance offers descriptions of homes and other buildings participating in the 2007 “Green Buildings Open House” tour. NESEA’s database identifies exemplary residences throughout the northeastern United States.
Green Buildings
Information on a few of the growing number of green buildings in the Cape & Islands region is available via the links below:
Our firm specializes in the design of green homes for residential clients, and we’ve been working on several projects on the Cape. Two of these projects can be seen on our website, one in Truro (a net zero energy home), and another in Orleans (a healthy, green, energy efficient home).
Hopefully more homeowners on Cape Cod will choose not only to build green, but just as important, to design green first!
I noticed on your website that the 7000 SF house in Truro is a vacation house. How large is the pv installation you are proposing? Does it meet the needs of the clients using the house only for a few months in the summer or will the home truly be net-zero for year round occupation? I think it’s important to clarify that when you advertise the home as ‘net-zero’