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Homes
Across America
opens
the "front door" to resource efficient and high performance
home building in the U.S. This demonstration shows what the site will
offer. Visitors can:
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Home
construction is a $275 billion a year industry in the U.S. Construction
and home operation demand a tremendous
amount of resources including raw materials, water and energy. These
activities also pose a pollution risk to surface water, air quality
and produce tons of debris.
Resource efficient homes conserve natural resources, minimize pollution and waste products, provide a healthy environment for the occupant, and reduce costs associated with maintenance, repair and utilities. The quality of these homes is achieved through high performance design, green products and the application of best management practices during construction. New technologies and approaches are rapidly emerging. Interest in resource efficient homes is growing.
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Homes Across America aims to build the bridge between homebuyers, builders, designers and technical assistance providers who have questions, ideas and information to share about resource efficient features and innovations. The project developers have partnerships nationwide that will facilitate broad participation in Homes Across America. The result will be a searchable, technology showcase of resource efficient homes and contacts across the nation. This showcase is scheduled to be on-line in early 2003. Continue through a demonstration of the showcase by proceeding to the mock Search page. Or learn more about what the demonstration has to offer by reading below. |
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Homes Across
America
will allow builders, designers, owners and educators to submit
case studies for:
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Built or retrofitted for the open market, these homes utilize innovative ideas and technology to minimize waste, prevent pollution and increase efficient use of resources. | ||
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Constructed for the purpose of research, demonstration and education, these homes provide hard data proving that resource efficiency is a viable alternative. | ||
Homes Across America will demonstrate construction practices
and finished homes with these resource efficient features:
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Click on an icon above or go to the Terms Defined page for a description of these features. |
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Homes
that are designed and constructed considering the interactions of each component
(products, location, orientation, equipment, etc.) and using a team approach
to optimize resource efficiency will be designated as an Integrated Design.
Homes Across America visitors will be able to search for home case studies using a variety of criteria like "state" and "type of resource efficient feature". The search results will list homes and assistance providers with direct links to home case studies and contact information.
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Homes Across America
case studies will feature homes . . .
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... and the technology
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This Demonstration is Only the Beginning . . .
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