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A version of BREEAM for new homes called EcoHomes was launched in 2000. This scheme was later used as the basis of the Code for Sustainable Homes, which was developed by the Building Research Establishment for the British Government in 2006/7 and replaced Eco Homes in England and Wales. In 2014, the Government in England signalled the winding ...
Green home – Type of house designed to be environmentally sustainable; Low-energy house – House designed for reduced energy use; Natural building – Sustainable construction practice; Passive solar building design – Architectural engineering that uses the Sun's heat without electric or mechanical systems
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A small cob building with a living roof Porch of a modern timber framed home. Natural building or ecological building is a discipline within the more comprehensive scope of green building, sustainable architecture as well as sustainable and ecological design that promotes the construction of buildings using sustainable processes and locally available natural materials.
A sustainable building consultant may be engaged early in the design process, to forecast the sustainability implications of building materials, orientation, glazing and other physical factors, so as to identify a sustainable approach that meets the specific requirements of a project.
A green home is a type of house designed to be environmentally sustainable. Green homes focus on the efficient use of "energy, water, and building materials". [1] A green home may use sustainably sourced, environmentally friendly, and/or recycled building materials.
The nature of the land influences the form of the building to some extent or completely. Buildings, like plants, emerge naturally from the landscape. Material- The material or skin of a building that attractively displays its texture, color, and strength. Organic architecture uses minimal materials.
A 2002 study prepared by the National Association of Home Builders Research Center Inc. [16] compared long-term energy use in two nearly identical side-by-side homes, one framed with conventional dimensional lumber and the second framed with cold-formed steel. It found the steel-framed house used 3.9% more natural gas in the winter and 10.7% ...