[Greenbuilding] 100 miles builds

[Kathy Cochran]

I was the lucky recipient to have been given one of those lovely old homes
that was going to be bulldozed in favor of a big real estate office to be
built there.  But I had to move it 19 miles down the road to my property.
Do you think that still counts as being green?  I have attached a picture of
the front entrance, after MOST of it was put back together.  With MUCH input
from quite a few of you, thank you very much!  Would I do it again?
NO...............but am I glad I did it once?  Most decidedly, YES!

Kathy

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bill.allen at verizon.net
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 6:54 PM
To: Green Building
Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] 100 miles builds

I recently saw a lovely, old home torn down in order to be replaced by a
new, "net zero", "green" home.  Sad.

Another rule of thumb should be "the greenest home is an existing home"....

Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn <info at ecobrooklyn.com>
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Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:00:34
To: Green Building<greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org>
Reply-to: Green Building <greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org>
Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] 100 miles builds

One rule of thumb I think is pretty universal is that less building is
greener than more building. Period.
I'd like to see that rule of thumb actually be universally implemented.

Gennaro Brooks-Church
Director, Eco Brooklyn Inc.
Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
www.EcoBrooklyn.com
22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231



On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Chris Koehn <chris at koehn.com> wrote:
> Salt Spring Island is next door to us. I'm looking at it across the
Satellite Channel as I type. I've built on Salt Spring. It is a special kind
of place. Not only does it attract many well heeled, socially responsible
types who can afford to pay sometimes substantial premiums to "do the right
thing" (Randy Bachman lives there, etc etc); it's also within 100 miles of
some of the most productive and abused forests in the world. Building with
wood is a no brainer anywhere around here, and in fact I'd wager that your
average local Joe Builder does a better job of this simply because it's
cheaper to buy local wood than that which comes from the mainland-
completely without regard for the more important question (IMHO) of how that
wood was harvested and where it came from. More so on Salt Spring: it's an
island only accessible by ferry, with few locally generated materials beyond
wood, clay, and stone- and not all of these is being utilized sustainably.
> So while I personally applaud this project, it's important to understand
the specific conditions that come along with any effort to build local. It's
more important to understand the qualities, drawbacks, and sustainability of
local materials, how they have been used historically, and how we might
maximize their usefulness and longevity to suit local climates and
conditions.
>
> Chris Koehn
> TimberGuides Design & Build
> Vancouver Island BC
>
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