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by：Yovog
2023-07-24
Fred Stratton wants an energy.
Efficient house, good indoor air quality, minimal impact on the environment.
His wife, Valerie, wants a big house with a rustic and Victorian style.
The Strattons did not go to consult the couple for this.
They compromised.
While a big house looks like the opposite of a green house, Strattons will try to show that it doesn\'t have. (
Click here to download the picture of the House and list some of its green features. )
Valerie, who married environmental protection activist Fred in 1987, knew what she was doing.
He was talking about the solar house he would build one day before they got married.
Now Strattons is finalizing plans for that 4,000 house. square-
Footer that will rise from the tree-strewn, 1-
Acres of East Brunswick.
The solar panel array will be just one of its many green features.
Valerie said she wanted a big house for her family.
Strattons has five boys: Keith, 19, Erik, 17, Sean, 14, Connor, 10, and Dylan, 8.
The plan for the House includes 121/2 rooms (
Half is half-bathroom)
, Combined kitchen/dining room for large rooms and basement.
There are five bedrooms in the room.
Valerie and Fred work at Fred\'s.
VFS Environmental is a business-based company that is responsible for investigating and repairing contaminated sites.
As Fred knows, big houses usually use more resources than small houses.
He would have preferred a house under 4,000 square feet, but he said he would do his best to compensate.
\"It will have little carbon footprint, more eco-friendly than our current house, which is a 2,000-square-
\"He said. (A carbon-
Neutral Housing will completely offset greenhouse gas carbon dioxide emissions. )
Laura Smith, research assistant at the New Brunswick Rutgers green building center, said green buildings are efficient use of space.
The reality, however, is that some people who can afford bigger houses will build them.
\"If people want to make such a choice, green buildings are better than traditional buildings,\" Smith said . \".
She said that the most important thing to consider when building large buildings is energy efficiency, indoor air quality and waste in buildings.
Green features Stratton house, and Fred, Valerie, and their architect, Peter vam, have planned to deal with these things and so on.
Fred\'s goal is to make the house a \"net zero\"
\"It means that over time it will generate as much energy as it uses.
On the roof, a 9. 9-
The kilowatt array of solar panels will generate electricity-
Daniel Hyne, the solar consultant for the project, South Dennis of Cape May County, said it was enough for Strattons to sell it to power companies at times.
When they need electricity, they will buy it back. (
This is a common practice for people who generate more solar energy than they need. )
Another solar system connected to the basement reservoir will help to heat the home\'s water supply.
The heated water will also circulate in the house through pipes under the floor, providing so-called radiant heating.
The tubular skylight introduces sunlight into the bedroom and closet, otherwise these spaces may not have access to natural light.
Sunlight also generates heat and enters the big room at home through the South Bankfacing windows.
On a cool and clear morning, someone has to open the cellular blinds on the windows to let the sun in.
Thermal mass--
In this case, the concrete floor-
Will absorb the sun and help heat the house.
Someone will close the blinds when the sun goes down, and the blinds are insulator.
On cool, sun-free days, electricity will power the floor radiant heating system to warm the house.
In hot weather, the adjustable awning will allow Strattons to exclude sunlight and fans (
Air conditioning if they need it)
Will cool the house.
Fred also plans to integrate a small wind turbine and a geothermal system that uses the temperature of the Earth (
About 55 degrees)
Help with heating or cooling depending on the season.
He said he had turned off the lights while reminding his sons to leave the room and had a shorter shower time.
Programmable thermostat, high
High efficiency appliances and light bulbs as well as low
The flow shower head and faucet will further reduce the use of energy and water in the home.
In the yard, Fred will irrigate with the rain water he collects and stores for reuse.
In addition to the grass, he will also use hard native plants that require less moisture and maintenance.
The driveway will be made of porous concrete.
For the exterior wall of the House, Fred plans to use high
In the form of insulated concrete, the fly ash recovered from the by-products of coal combustion is combined, which is less wasted than the traditional wood
Framework structure.
He will use recycled materials for cabinets, countertops and roof tiles, wall panels made of recycled gypsum and certified
Sustainable wood, paint without volatile organic compounds and other \"green\" materials.
In order to reduce the \"embodied energy\" involved in the transportation of materials, Fred will try to buy everything within 500 miles of East Brunswick.
He said he would spend about $500,000 on construction, including wholesale prices he would like to get through industry contacts.
Without these relationships, he estimates he will spend another $150,000.
He wants to get LEED certification, ecology
Friendly benchmark for the United StatesS.
The Green Building Committee is committed to the highest rating of the project.
Fred thinks the benefits of green buildings are far-reaching. reaching.
If Americans reduce their dependence on foreign oil, the economy will improve as the environment improves, he said.
\"I almost see this as a national strategic issue,\" he said . \"
\"If we can use less, will we fight for oil ? \" He also believes that a green home will be healthier for him and his family.
\"You spent so much time in the House, exposed to toxic chemical conditions. . .
It\'s just dangerous.
To make way for the House, Fred had to remove about 50 pine and oak trees.
He said the pine trees were sent to a recycling facility in the Midlands county, and the oak trees were taken away by a contractor who would use them to heat his home.
He plans to plant local trees to make up for the lost ones.
Fred said he was approved by the Ministry of Environmental Protection to use the land for the house because there was a wetland on the property.
He said he was also approved for the construction of a septic tank system and a well, a discrepancy from the township and a permit to remove the necessary trees.
Fred has not yet submitted a construction plan to the township, but plans to submit it in about a week;
If these are approved, construction can begin after the review process.
He hopes Christmas will be completed in time.
Valerie and the children can\'t wait to move into their new house from the smaller house rented two miles away.
\"They\'re really excited, little ones,\" Valerie said . \".
\"They learn things like solar energy at school, so they think their house will be so neat and tidy. \"(
Click here to download a picture showing the floor plan on the first floor of the home and some of its green features. )
Size is still important and Fred knows that a small house with all the features he has planned will be better for the environment.
Princeton Junction, Strategic Center-
Architects, encourage smaller family building.
He was partially successful in persuading them to add an area to a small studio apartment on the third floor that will accommodate the bedrooms of their two sons.
This change reduces the actual footprint and square feet of the home.
Wasem focuses on green buildings, and while he won\'t push any way, he prefers to build smaller, greener buildings.
Besides environmental protection
More friendly small homes are more of a design challenge, he said.
Some of the new Jessie people came to him and wanted a small home, but others still wanted to be big.
A family in Wasem wants a 8,000 square foot house.
He said he tried to shake them but could not.
Especially in this area, people are still building on a large scale.
In the northeast, the average single
Home interiors grew by nearly 6% to 2,612 square feet, between 2001 and 2006, according to the National Association of Residential builders.
The average house price in 2006 was 68% higher than the average house price in 1973, the first year the association collected data.
The family\'s LEED program includes a family-
The size regulator, which allows the user to add eco-friendly features, offset the size of the house relative to the number of people living in it.
Compensation includes renewable energy and energy
Save water-
According to Joe Porrovecchio, a LEED home advocate in the region, electricity and technology are saved.
Porrovecchio also recommends the use of natural vegetation and tries to make sure that nothing in the building will be landfill.
\"It\'s not perfect, but it\'s definitely an improvement that tries to make people who buy big houses anyway more responsible for the environment,\" he said . \".
Robert wesnivsky, a senior design consultant at Magrann Associates in the Moorestown area, a home provider, said that there are LEED-
Registered houses in New Jersey are 5,000 square feet and larger.
\"Essentially, a small building is green because it uses less material,\" Winiewski said . \".
\"If you are going to design a big house, then you should turn it green.
\"Wisniewski saw people\" throw a lot of money \"in their big house and buy trendy green add-onsons.
They did not catch this, he said.
\"I see so many customers coming in and they want to make themselves feel better, but they still want to consume what they want to consume,\" he said . \".
\"Sustainable development must solve the problem of consumption.
It\'s not just dealing with cool green stuff.
\"In games outside of work and work, Fred plans an outdoor family holiday and guides his son in basketball and baseball.
He often sees children throwing beverage bottles on the ground in practice and games.
He can\'t control himself when he does.
\"When I was teaching, most of the kids dropped things on the ground,\" Fred said . \".
\"The children laughed at me, but I said, \'Pick it up, take it home and put it in your recycling unit.
He was called a tree. hugger.
Fred said he was acting.
He is very excited about his Green House Project and he has a dream about it.
\"If every new house in New Jersey is built like this, there are even 50% of this stuff,\" he said . \" \"It will have a huge impact on our energy use and air quality.
\"Restoring some green energy savings at home also means saving money, not just by lowering utility bills.
Part of the investment is recovered using the following state and federal incentives.
WARMAdvantage: The New Jersey Clean Energy Initiative is a new high
Efficiency of natural gas home heating system and/or water heater. Call (866)NJ-SMART to apply.
For more information, visit njclean energy. com.
COOLAdvantage: another initiative of the New Jersey Clean Energy Program offers rebates for high oil prices
Performance central air conditioning unit and geothermal/ground-
Source heat pump. Call (866)NJ-
Smart or access njclean energy. com.
Solar Renewable Energy Certificates: these tradable certificates represent the benefits of clean energy for solar power generation, designed to help people finance solar energy
Power generation. All in-
State solar system owners with grid
The connected generator is eligible to participate.
For more information, visit njclean energy. com.
Energy Star: The federal Energy Star program provides guidelines to help you choose ways to be efficient and save money
Save on air conditioning, DVD players, computers, washing machines and more.
The project also sponsors special offers and rebates--
Find one and watch Energy Star.
Gov and click \"Rebate Finder \".
Source: Public Utilities Committee of Rutgers Green Building Center, New Jersey contact Jennifer Weiss, call (973)392-7896 or e-mail her here.
Efficient house, good indoor air quality, minimal impact on the environment.
His wife, Valerie, wants a big house with a rustic and Victorian style.
The Strattons did not go to consult the couple for this.
They compromised.
While a big house looks like the opposite of a green house, Strattons will try to show that it doesn\'t have. (
Click here to download the picture of the House and list some of its green features. )
Valerie, who married environmental protection activist Fred in 1987, knew what she was doing.
He was talking about the solar house he would build one day before they got married.
Now Strattons is finalizing plans for that 4,000 house. square-
Footer that will rise from the tree-strewn, 1-
Acres of East Brunswick.
The solar panel array will be just one of its many green features.
Valerie said she wanted a big house for her family.
Strattons has five boys: Keith, 19, Erik, 17, Sean, 14, Connor, 10, and Dylan, 8.
The plan for the House includes 121/2 rooms (
Half is half-bathroom)
, Combined kitchen/dining room for large rooms and basement.
There are five bedrooms in the room.
Valerie and Fred work at Fred\'s.
VFS Environmental is a business-based company that is responsible for investigating and repairing contaminated sites.
As Fred knows, big houses usually use more resources than small houses.
He would have preferred a house under 4,000 square feet, but he said he would do his best to compensate.
\"It will have little carbon footprint, more eco-friendly than our current house, which is a 2,000-square-
\"He said. (A carbon-
Neutral Housing will completely offset greenhouse gas carbon dioxide emissions. )
Laura Smith, research assistant at the New Brunswick Rutgers green building center, said green buildings are efficient use of space.
The reality, however, is that some people who can afford bigger houses will build them.
\"If people want to make such a choice, green buildings are better than traditional buildings,\" Smith said . \".
She said that the most important thing to consider when building large buildings is energy efficiency, indoor air quality and waste in buildings.
Green features Stratton house, and Fred, Valerie, and their architect, Peter vam, have planned to deal with these things and so on.
Fred\'s goal is to make the house a \"net zero\"
\"It means that over time it will generate as much energy as it uses.
On the roof, a 9. 9-
The kilowatt array of solar panels will generate electricity-
Daniel Hyne, the solar consultant for the project, South Dennis of Cape May County, said it was enough for Strattons to sell it to power companies at times.
When they need electricity, they will buy it back. (
This is a common practice for people who generate more solar energy than they need. )
Another solar system connected to the basement reservoir will help to heat the home\'s water supply.
The heated water will also circulate in the house through pipes under the floor, providing so-called radiant heating.
The tubular skylight introduces sunlight into the bedroom and closet, otherwise these spaces may not have access to natural light.
Sunlight also generates heat and enters the big room at home through the South Bankfacing windows.
On a cool and clear morning, someone has to open the cellular blinds on the windows to let the sun in.
Thermal mass--
In this case, the concrete floor-
Will absorb the sun and help heat the house.
Someone will close the blinds when the sun goes down, and the blinds are insulator.
On cool, sun-free days, electricity will power the floor radiant heating system to warm the house.
In hot weather, the adjustable awning will allow Strattons to exclude sunlight and fans (
Air conditioning if they need it)
Will cool the house.
Fred also plans to integrate a small wind turbine and a geothermal system that uses the temperature of the Earth (
About 55 degrees)
Help with heating or cooling depending on the season.
He said he had turned off the lights while reminding his sons to leave the room and had a shorter shower time.
Programmable thermostat, high
High efficiency appliances and light bulbs as well as low
The flow shower head and faucet will further reduce the use of energy and water in the home.
In the yard, Fred will irrigate with the rain water he collects and stores for reuse.
In addition to the grass, he will also use hard native plants that require less moisture and maintenance.
The driveway will be made of porous concrete.
For the exterior wall of the House, Fred plans to use high
In the form of insulated concrete, the fly ash recovered from the by-products of coal combustion is combined, which is less wasted than the traditional wood
Framework structure.
He will use recycled materials for cabinets, countertops and roof tiles, wall panels made of recycled gypsum and certified
Sustainable wood, paint without volatile organic compounds and other \"green\" materials.
In order to reduce the \"embodied energy\" involved in the transportation of materials, Fred will try to buy everything within 500 miles of East Brunswick.
He said he would spend about $500,000 on construction, including wholesale prices he would like to get through industry contacts.
Without these relationships, he estimates he will spend another $150,000.
He wants to get LEED certification, ecology
Friendly benchmark for the United StatesS.
The Green Building Committee is committed to the highest rating of the project.
Fred thinks the benefits of green buildings are far-reaching. reaching.
If Americans reduce their dependence on foreign oil, the economy will improve as the environment improves, he said.
\"I almost see this as a national strategic issue,\" he said . \"
\"If we can use less, will we fight for oil ? \" He also believes that a green home will be healthier for him and his family.
\"You spent so much time in the House, exposed to toxic chemical conditions. . .
It\'s just dangerous.
To make way for the House, Fred had to remove about 50 pine and oak trees.
He said the pine trees were sent to a recycling facility in the Midlands county, and the oak trees were taken away by a contractor who would use them to heat his home.
He plans to plant local trees to make up for the lost ones.
Fred said he was approved by the Ministry of Environmental Protection to use the land for the house because there was a wetland on the property.
He said he was also approved for the construction of a septic tank system and a well, a discrepancy from the township and a permit to remove the necessary trees.
Fred has not yet submitted a construction plan to the township, but plans to submit it in about a week;
If these are approved, construction can begin after the review process.
He hopes Christmas will be completed in time.
Valerie and the children can\'t wait to move into their new house from the smaller house rented two miles away.
\"They\'re really excited, little ones,\" Valerie said . \".
\"They learn things like solar energy at school, so they think their house will be so neat and tidy. \"(
Click here to download a picture showing the floor plan on the first floor of the home and some of its green features. )
Size is still important and Fred knows that a small house with all the features he has planned will be better for the environment.
Princeton Junction, Strategic Center-
Architects, encourage smaller family building.
He was partially successful in persuading them to add an area to a small studio apartment on the third floor that will accommodate the bedrooms of their two sons.
This change reduces the actual footprint and square feet of the home.
Wasem focuses on green buildings, and while he won\'t push any way, he prefers to build smaller, greener buildings.
Besides environmental protection
More friendly small homes are more of a design challenge, he said.
Some of the new Jessie people came to him and wanted a small home, but others still wanted to be big.
A family in Wasem wants a 8,000 square foot house.
He said he tried to shake them but could not.
Especially in this area, people are still building on a large scale.
In the northeast, the average single
Home interiors grew by nearly 6% to 2,612 square feet, between 2001 and 2006, according to the National Association of Residential builders.
The average house price in 2006 was 68% higher than the average house price in 1973, the first year the association collected data.
The family\'s LEED program includes a family-
The size regulator, which allows the user to add eco-friendly features, offset the size of the house relative to the number of people living in it.
Compensation includes renewable energy and energy
Save water-
According to Joe Porrovecchio, a LEED home advocate in the region, electricity and technology are saved.
Porrovecchio also recommends the use of natural vegetation and tries to make sure that nothing in the building will be landfill.
\"It\'s not perfect, but it\'s definitely an improvement that tries to make people who buy big houses anyway more responsible for the environment,\" he said . \".
Robert wesnivsky, a senior design consultant at Magrann Associates in the Moorestown area, a home provider, said that there are LEED-
Registered houses in New Jersey are 5,000 square feet and larger.
\"Essentially, a small building is green because it uses less material,\" Winiewski said . \".
\"If you are going to design a big house, then you should turn it green.
\"Wisniewski saw people\" throw a lot of money \"in their big house and buy trendy green add-onsons.
They did not catch this, he said.
\"I see so many customers coming in and they want to make themselves feel better, but they still want to consume what they want to consume,\" he said . \".
\"Sustainable development must solve the problem of consumption.
It\'s not just dealing with cool green stuff.
\"In games outside of work and work, Fred plans an outdoor family holiday and guides his son in basketball and baseball.
He often sees children throwing beverage bottles on the ground in practice and games.
He can\'t control himself when he does.
\"When I was teaching, most of the kids dropped things on the ground,\" Fred said . \".
\"The children laughed at me, but I said, \'Pick it up, take it home and put it in your recycling unit.
He was called a tree. hugger.
Fred said he was acting.
He is very excited about his Green House Project and he has a dream about it.
\"If every new house in New Jersey is built like this, there are even 50% of this stuff,\" he said . \" \"It will have a huge impact on our energy use and air quality.
\"Restoring some green energy savings at home also means saving money, not just by lowering utility bills.
Part of the investment is recovered using the following state and federal incentives.
WARMAdvantage: The New Jersey Clean Energy Initiative is a new high
Efficiency of natural gas home heating system and/or water heater. Call (866)NJ-SMART to apply.
For more information, visit njclean energy. com.
COOLAdvantage: another initiative of the New Jersey Clean Energy Program offers rebates for high oil prices
Performance central air conditioning unit and geothermal/ground-
Source heat pump. Call (866)NJ-
Smart or access njclean energy. com.
Solar Renewable Energy Certificates: these tradable certificates represent the benefits of clean energy for solar power generation, designed to help people finance solar energy
Power generation. All in-
State solar system owners with grid
The connected generator is eligible to participate.
For more information, visit njclean energy. com.
Energy Star: The federal Energy Star program provides guidelines to help you choose ways to be efficient and save money
Save on air conditioning, DVD players, computers, washing machines and more.
The project also sponsors special offers and rebates--
Find one and watch Energy Star.
Gov and click \"Rebate Finder \".
Source: Public Utilities Committee of Rutgers Green Building Center, New Jersey contact Jennifer Weiss, call (973)392-7896 or e-mail her here.
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