Posts Tagged: Green Homes
Energy Efficient Windows Can Melt Vinyl Siding
The Effect of Reflected Sunlight from Low-e and other Double Paned Window Glass on Vinyl Siding:
OVERVIEW
Glass in double paned windows may on occasion slightly warp or deflect due to a difference in barometric pressure between the interior of the glas…
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Fire Safety Challenges of Green Buildings Report
Fire Safety Challenges of Green Buildings
Author: Brian Meacham, Brandon Poole, Juan Echeverria and Raymond Cheng, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Re-posted by permission of Brian Meacham NFPA
Introduction
Many new commercial facilities are…
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Expect more Foam Sheathing Insulation
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 6, 2012) – The Foam Sheathing Committee (FSC) of the American Chemistry Council (ACC), through an industry effort, achieved an important change in gaining broad acceptance of a performance-based standard for the use of foam i…
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New NIST Laboratory to test Net-Zero Home
The following information was released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST):
NIST Unveils Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility to Improve Testing of Energy-Efficient Technologies
In a ribbon-cutting ceremony today, the …
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Green Construction & Building a Brighter Future
Before I share a special guest article.I would like to invite everyone to join me this Friday at Firehouse Expo @Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore, MD
I am very excited and honored to be teaching this year.
Green Building Construction For The…
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WHAT ARE SIPs?
SIPs is an acronym for Structural Insulated Panel. Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) are a high performance building system for residential and light commercial construction. The panels consist of an insulating rigid foam core sandwiched between two st…
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Trombe Walls
Since ancient times, people have used thick walls of adobe or stone to trap the sun's heat
during the day and release it slowly and evenly at night to heat their buildings. Today's
low-energy(green) buildings often improve on this ancient technique by …
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GO PURDUE!!
Green Maltese was able to go on another fun educational field trip again!
This field trip was to West Lafayette to Purdue University to visit the Team Purdue IN Home open house.
The INHome is a part of the 2011 U.S. Department of Energy Solar …
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Gateway Midwest Fire & Leadership Training
Green Maltese is extremely excited about being a part of the Go Forward inaugural event, October 21-23 at the Ameristar Hotel Resort, Spa & Casino in St. Charles, Missouri.
Education Opportunities from Green Maltese @ Gateway Conference:
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Green Building Design Principles Video
Stay Safe
Lt. John Shafer
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Remodeling Green
Greetings to all,
I have been having computer troubles so haven't posted in awhile. So this will be a short post about remodeling your home green. It will consist of two videos. Please enjoy and think about how the following building materials used wil…
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USED SHIPPING CONTAINERS BEING USED IN GREEN CONSTRUCTION
The majority of firefighters today associate used shipping containers with Live Fire training.
However many designers, builders and eco organizations have another idea for the use of these used containers.
Why not turn one of the world strongest mobile structures into your next home or office?
After all these container were built to withstand built to withstand typhoons, tornados,hurricanes and even earthquakes. One or more of these incredible steel modules are the safest superstructure for a home, school, office, apartment, dormitory, storage unit, emergency shelter. ...where would you rather be in a storm, hurricane or earthquake? I think in a room made of strong Corten steel
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NEW SOLAR SHINGLES
Solar shingles are solar panels incognito. Instead of mounting on your roof, they become your roof or integrate seamlessly with the existing roof shingles. In many cases, they can be stapled to the sub-roofing the same as an ordinary shingle. On average,…
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St. LOUIS MO. HABITAT for HUMANITY GOES GREEN
The Habitat for Humanity St. Louis (HFHSL) a nonprofit agency has recently built 17 green homes just north of downtown St. Louis Mo.
Habitat for Humanity was able to build green by using sustainable materials and installing eco-friendly products, such as tankless water heaters, geothermal exchange heating and cooling systems, structural insulated panels, cool roofs, low-VOC paints, and copper fire sprinkler systems.
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