HighPerformance Housing

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High-Performance Housing

• Ed Bobinchak, Great Lakes Capital Fund
  ebobinchak_at_capfund.net

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What is High-Performance?

• Energy Efficient Construction
• Healthy Comfortable to Live in
• Conserve Water Protect Natural Resources
• Durable / Easier to Maintain

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Energy Efficient Construction

• Building in a way that promotes Energy
  Efficiency
• First, build tight to prevent air-infiltration.
  
• Then, upgrade light-fixtures, heating plants,
  appliances and insulation to minimize energy use.
  

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Health and Comfort

• Build Healthy Housing
• First, keep toxic substances out of the building
  
• Then, build to minimize moisture and prevent mold
  growth.
• Finally, ventilate right to bring in fresh,
  outside air in controlled amounts.

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Healthy building means

• Low or no Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in
  Paints, Primers or Adhesives
• Low or No Formaldehyde wood products (can satisfy
  by sealing with low-VOC paint)
• Minimize Carpeting Especially in wet areas
  (laundry, bath, kitchen, entry)
• Passive Radon vent-pipe required in counties
  where Radon is prevalent

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Conserve Water

• New Construction and Moderate Rehab
• 1.3 Gal/Flush Toilet (or less)
• 2 Gal/Min Showerheads
• 1.5 Gal/Min Kitchen Faucets
• 2 Gal/Min Bathroom Faucets
• Efficient Irrigation if irrigation is necessary
• Use drip or tube irrigation, not spray
• Use captured rain water/grey water
• Use Native trees and plants

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Environmental Impact

• Minimize impact on the Ecology.
• Reuse existing buildings
• Build denser in-fill within developed
  communities
• Use modern framing systems and designs that use
  less material.
• Use building products with high percentage of
  recycled material and recycle waste from
  construction

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Durability

• Long-Term Affordability/Durability
• Greater Comfort for Tenants
• Lower Operating Costs
• And it is the right thing to do! All buildings
  will be built like this in 10 years. Why wait?

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Barriers to HP Housing

• Conventional Building process

Project
Contractor
Subcontractors
Architect
Developer
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High-Performance Process

• Integrated Design

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How to get started

• Avoid Competitive Bidding
• Use a RFQ not RFP process
• Hire a Green Consultant/Energy Rater
• Hold a Design Charrette with all members of the
  Development Team.

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Passing on the Information

• Every development should have
• Building Maintenance Manual that explains
  building features and their care
• Occupant Manual that encourages continued healthy
  practices and operation of equipment
• Owner or New Resident Orientation

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Additional Resources

• www.GreenCommunitiesOnline.org
• Up to 50,000 at 1,000 per unit
• Advanced Building Systems www.eere.energy.gov/buil
  dings/building_america/se_research.html
• ebobinchak_at_capfund.net
• [phone] ext 1319