 Product
Spotlight
HAI (Home
Automation, Inc.) With
the HAI systems in place, homes sell 50%
faster and at rates 3-5%
higher. Visit its website.
Legacy
Roofing Full
line of roofing types including 50-year metal roofs
in shake, shingle, tile
and slate profiles. Visit their website.
For
information on how to list your "green" products*
in this space, please contact Pam Worner by
phone at 425.451.7920 or via e-mail
at pworner@mbaks.com.
*Products
must be able to meet at least one Built Green credit
(see the four Built
Green checklists on our website) to qualify,
and the company must be a member-in-good-standing
of Built Green. We will list no more than three
per newsletter.
Seattle
Home Show
Members of Built
Green volunteered to staff the
Built Green Home
Show booth
in October.
Built
Green's Home Show booth featured a presentation
area with seating for 14, with a continuously
playing slide show describing the Built Green
program.
Jorve
Roofing came forward to sponsor our large
booth space on the north end of the exhibition
floor. Skyline
Displays of Seattle stepped up to
donate use of a large professional, display
structure.
The Home
Show once
again promoted the Built Green program through
newspaper articles, signs, television ads,
radio and its website.
Member
companies sponsored large graphic panels as shown
in the photo to show their support
of the program,
including Stafford Homes, Quadrant
Homes,
O'Brien & Company,
King County, Countrywide
Home Loans, Legacy Roofing,
Greenworks Realty, Thomas
Jacobson Construction, Boise
HomePlate Siding, GGLO Architects, Shirey
Contracting
and Penates Design.
We
also had about 30 different members staffing the
booth, representing King County,
City of Seattle, Snohomish County, Countywide
Home Loans, Penates Design, EnerGreen, Celilo Media
Group,
the Construction Consultants, Environmental
Plastic Lumber, MBA, the Northwest Ecobuilding Guild,
Thomas
Jacobson Construction, GGLO Architects,
GreenWorks Realty, Tenhulzen Remodeling, LLK Interior
Design and
Legacy Roofing.
New
Certifications
Single
Family - Habitat for Humanity recently
certified a Built Green home on Miller Street
in Olympia --
with more than 300 points! Built Green members Diane
Glenn of the Construction Consultants, Patti Southard
of the Environmental Home Center and Wes Just of
Boise Homeplate Siding contributed to the project.
Built
Green Idea
Home
The
MBA is presenting a Built Green demonstration
project that will show to the general public what
it means to be Built Green. With Puget Sound Energy
as the title sponsor, the Built
Green Idea Home is
gaining a lot of interest in the industry and with
the media. Designed by Mithun Architects and built
by Bennett Homes in Issaquah Highlands, other sponsors
have come forward to support its development, such
as Countrywide Home Loans, Windermere, the Seattle
Times, the City of Issaquah, and Port Blakely Communities,
developers of Issaquah Highlands. MBA member companies
are collaborating to construct this home that features
a passive solar design, daylighting, sustainable
landscaping, recycled and renewable materials,
a vegetated roof deck and many other examples of
sustainable
building.
For
sponsorship opportunities, please contact Bruce
Woodstrom at 206.264.7707 x203 or bruce@fusionpartners.net.
An on-site course about the home's green features
will be offered to industry professionals in the
spring through MBA University. The Idea Home will
be open to the public in Spring 2004. The photograph
shows
the
Idea Home last week.
MBA
University
Built
Green Orientation provides
an overview of the entire program on Friday, Nov.
14 from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at the MBA. Instructors
are Robin Rogers, Built
Green Director, and Diane Glenn, Principal of the
Construction Consultants. The course is free and
open to anyone. Register by calling 425.451.7920.
This course (or equivalent) is required for certifying
a Built Green project.
Energy
Savings through Built
Green shows how
to earn high marks in your Built Green™ home
or remodel by optimizing energy performance. You
will also discover the Built Green measures
that save the most energy but cost the least. The
class also provides instruction on using the Built
Green Energy Tables, as well as what to look
for in energy-saving appliances. Find out about
mortgage companies that reward energy efficient
homes, discounts
and other incentives offered by local utilities.
Taught by Chuck Murray, an energy
specialist with Washington State University, the
course will be held
Wednesday, Dec. 3 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Register by calling 425.451.7920.
Snohomish
County is committing to sustainable
building in its new County Administration Building
that includes
reusing an urban site, bicycle parking, pervious
pavement surfaces, low water consumption fixtures,
water-efficient landscaping, optimal energy efficiency,
energy-efficient lighting, recycled content materials,
construction waste recycling, rapidly renewable materials
(such as cork), recycling collection areas, low odor/toxin
paints, low odor/toxin carpets and adhesives, views,
operable windows, and daylighting. For more information
visit www.co.snohomish.wa.us.
King
County is closing the recycling loop
by working with manufacturers through its LinkUp
program. LinkUp provides technical and marketing
assistance to eligible businesses to help them
use more recycled materials in the products they
manufacture. Want to know more about LinkUp?
Call Kris Beatty at 206.296.3740 or
visit online at dnr.metrokc.gov.
Want
an easy way to stay up to date with PSE's Energy
Efficiency rebates? Subscribe to Puget
Sound Energy (PSE) e-newsletters for Residential
and Commercial customers. Its residential newsletter
Energy at Home is sent out quarterly and includes
information and quick links to new programs, rebates,
and energy saving tips for the home. PSE's business
e-newsletter, Energy in Business, is sent out bi-monthly
and includes case studies, new technology for business
applications, case studies and information about
our commercial rebates and grants.
To
view the latest editions of the newsletters click
here for residential and
here for commercial.
To sign up for either e-newsletter email Danial
Powers at danial.powers@pse.com or
call the Energy Advisors at 1.800.562.1482 and
ask to sign up to Energy at Home or Energy in Business.
Rebates
Photovoltaics (PVs) capture and convert the sun's renewable,
pollution-free energy into electricity, and are
usually mounted on rooftops. Despite the frequent
cloud cover in the Pacific Northwest, PVs are a
viable, year-round energy source. A one-kilowatt
capacity PV system can save about $95 to $125 of
electricity costs per year based on Puget
Sound Energy’s (PSE) current residential rates.
The cost of an average one-kilowatt capacity PV
system starts at about $7,000. PSE offers rebates
of up to $600 per kilowatt for solar PV systems.
To find out more, please call PSE 1.800.562.1482.
For additional information on solar energy in
Washington State, visit:
www.solarwashington.org.
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