What is ‘Green’ Building, and why do we care?
BUILDINGS are the #1 culprit in our global-warming trends here in the U.S.... So building Green is an exciting current trend in real estate that has finally hit Easton PA with an exciting 're-purposing' of a 1920s hotel building - now transformed into the EASTONIAN luxury condos and currently undergoing certification as a Green building.
Just a few of the initiatives that make this building Green:
· constant fresh air 24/7 - affords health benefits inside; and less environmental damage outside. You maintain your own unit's air temperature; yet there are not 30+ separate air compressors and furnace blowers impacting the environment.
· all materials meet one of three criteria - low/no VOC (volatile organic compounds), recycled or rapidly renewable, and/or locally produced
· The roofing material is a special qualified white surface which acts to reflect away the suns energy, adding to building mechanical system efficiency and reducing the "heat island effect"
...building Green is not only nice for peace-of-mind and future generations - it's an exciting marketing tool to keep in mind for home values too... consider solar panels as an option to 'fuel' or assist on your own home HVAC systems -- there may even be some state grants to help with installations.
see http://www.eere.energy.gov/ for info. on building Green.
some resi / commercial units still available @ EASTONIAN; just over an hour from NYC: www.eastoniancondo.com
Thursday, January 3, 2008
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