Architects for Green Home Building

When you're looking to have architects design your new home, there are a lot of ways to incorporate green building into the process. Whether you're looking to create your next home specifically to lower your family's carbon footprint or if you're interested in the savings an energy efficient home delivers, green technology and sustainable products can easily be a part of the process. Here are a few ways your architect can plan the building of your home in a more sustainable way.

Windows

When you invest in windows built for the highest level of efficiency, your home will retain heat more effectively and will also fully insulate your home to retain air-conditioned air as well. You can also have architects design your home to have better access to light during the day to use less heat. Precision orientation can help you minimize both the use of your indoor lighting as well as heating costs.

Solar Panels

Solar panels are more and more effective at harnessing the sun's energy no matter what the weather. Depending on the extent of your overall roof space, you may be able to install enough panels to create all the energy you will need to power and heat your home. The initial investment will be substantial, but considering that you may never have to pay an energy bill again is worth the investment.

Plumbing and Fixtures

You use water every day. You can use less of it by installing low-flush toilets and reduced flow showerheads. You can also install other bathroom and kitchen fixtures that deliver cleaner, filtered water so that you use less soap and less water. You can even go so far as to collect rain water, recycle, and purify the water yourself, so you never have to rely on public water again.

Recycled & Up-cycled Building Products

From lumber to metals to stone, there are manufacturing companies out there who work with architects so that you have recycled or up-cycled building products available so that you can use as little new product as possible. From studs to floors, the roof to the doorknocker, anything you can build with new you can build with recycled.

Composting

When planning your landscaping, plan to have compost bins. Not only will you be able to reduce your overall garbage, but you will also have a seemingly endless resource for a natural fertilizer. You can also plant the most sustainable, regional plants and flora so that they will exist naturally, with little effort to water or weed.

It's easy to go green, especially with so many architects working with the newest innovation, methods, and products out there today. Saving money and saving the4 environment was never so easy!