[Greenbuilding] a comprehensive, authoritative text

[Frank Tettemer]

I like what you're doing, Alan.
And I'll add my two cents, as if it's intended to be of assistance:

Carbon-emitting materials manufacturing versus carbon sequestering 
materials use'
is the most immediate thing we can look at.
Most immediate in environmental-savings-payback. We really don't want to 
wait 30 years, while hi-tech solutions and highly embodied energy 
materials often take that long to balance the carbon release equation.
My interest in Passive House design, energy efficiency, techno solutions 
has totally waned, unless the entire new materials list can show a 
carbon balance. Far more important in residential design is carbon 
neutrality inuse of materials and construction processes. I don't think 
we have 30 years to make a difference.

See Chris Magwood's new book. He has crunched the numbers for us all. 
Very helpful, frresh way of thinking. And it's not all that pretty.

Cheers,

Frank Tettemer
Living Sol ~ Building & Design
Killaloe, Ontario

www.livingsol.com


On 2017-06-16 11:14 AM, Alan Abrams wrote:
> I'm working on the sustainable design phase of a certification exam, 
> and in need of an authoritative text on green building--particularly 
> in respect to energy efficient design. This, to generate questions and 
> support the answers.
>
> the ideal text would include the fundamentals of hygrothemal 
> physics--vapor drive, heat transfer, and how this can be controlled by 
> envelop design and mechanical systems to provide a comfortable and 
> healthy indoor environment with optimal efficiency.
>
> also, some discussion of resource efficiency and life cycle analysis, 
> as well as protection of the outdoor environment.
>
> did I leave anything out?
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