Green Home Building (DVD)

Description

Eco-friendly building is catching on in the construction trade, and is projected to become the norm among home builders and contractors. Using easy-to-understand visuals and comments from industry experts, this program presents general construction guidelines for environmentally friendly residential building.

Viewers are given a solid foundation of technical knowledge and best practices in all aspects of green housing construction. Topics include:

• lot design
  
• passive solar energy
  
• resource efficiency
  
• recycling methods
  
• water conservation
  
• the Energy Star program
  
• HVAC
  
• energy footprints
  
• indoor air quality
  
• financial incentives
  
• professional certifications