Green Your Home
Workshop
Presented by:
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What We Cover in the GYH Workshop
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Motivations
Laying the Groundwork
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Facts and Fears
Six Things to Consider
The Four Steps to Greening Your Home
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The Process
The Priorities
The Three Zones
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The Inside, Systems, and Outside Zones
Getting It Done
About Me
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Licensed REALTOR®
Your credentials
(ABR, CRS, etc.)
Other credentials
Motivations
• Human consumption in the past two centuries has released
enough carbon dioxide to cause measurable, irreversible
changes in the atmosphere.
• Landfills are overflowing and disposal of household waste
is a growing problem.
• Mandatory water conservation is becoming more common,
more often.
• With knowledge and action, we can make a difference.
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Make sure to
personalize here
– what motivates
you?
Ask the
participants what
motivations they
have?
Green Your Home focuses on the home - as this is where each
person can truly have a lasting impact on our community and
our environment.
What Does It Mean to Be “Green”?
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Healthy
Money-Smart
Sustainable Living
“Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which
humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit
fulfilling the social, economic and other requirements of present
and future generations”*
“In preparation of writing
the Green Your Home
book, the writing team
discovered that s the
reasons people chose to
be green were often very
personal, and most of the
priorities people spoke of
fell into one of these three
categories. Being Green is
usually associated with
sustainability, but most
often starts with the
desire to be healthier and
to save money.”
*Sustainability, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Laying the Groundwork – Fears and Facts
Fear:
Fact:
Read pages 6-10 and be
able to speak in more
detail about each of these
facts.
Green is just a bunch of hype
Be prepared to
While there are some who use the green message for
marketing strategies, green is real, green is common sense, and acknowledge and affirm
any additional fears and
green is likely already a part of your life
Fear:
Fact:
Green is too expensive for me to make a lifestyle change
Green can save you money over time. There are simple actions
you can take today that cost nothing, yet will yield a
measurable impact long term
Fear:
Fact:
Making the lifestyle change to green is too difficult
Green is about ease and simplicity, it’s about awareness
Fear:
Fact:
Green will not benefit me personally
Green benefits you directly, your family, your neighbors, and
your community, now and into the future
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ask for facts to counter
those fears.
Interesting fact: If every
American home
replaced just one light
bulb with a light bulb
that's earned the
ENERGY STAR, we
would save enough
energy to light 3 million
homes for a year, save
about $600 million in
annual energy costs,
and prevent 9 billion
pounds of greenhouse
gas emissions per year,
Fear:
Fact:
Going green will not really make a difference
A green lifestyle can make all the difference in the world starting with you in your home
What other “fears” have you heard about?
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What “facts” would apply to these fears?
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Six Things to Consider Before You Begin
1. Focus on resale value
2. Keep your local climate in mind
3. Get more for less
4. Embrace the payback principle
5. Take advantage of potential tax advantages, rebates, and
incentives
6. Weigh taking action now vs. later
The Four Steps to Greening Your Home
1. Clarify your green priorities
2. Create your green team
3. Build your green project list
a. The Inside Zone
b. The Systems Zone
c. The Outside zone
4. Turn your project list into a plan of action
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Step 1: Clarify Your Green Priorities
• A Healthy Home (Air)
• A Money-Smart Home (Energy)
• A Sustainable Home (Water)
Step 2: Create Your Green Team
• Your Real Estate Agent
“As we said earlier, priorities
usually aligned with these
three categories, and so in the
book, these three priorities are
the main focus.
A Healthy home is mostly
associated with air quality
A Money-Smart home is
mostly focused on reducing
energy consumption.
The Sustainability focuses on
our most precious resource,
water.
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• General Contractors
Page 29 Figure 7 has examples
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• Skilled Tradespeople
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Here, if you have referrals,
there is room to add the
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names of those you like to
work with. If you want to open
Architects or Design-Build Professionals
the floor to others, just be sure
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to instruct everyone to
perform due diligence with
Eco-Consultants
anyone they hire.
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• Landscape Architects
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You should have a local
• Home Energy Audit Professionals
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Auditor’s name handy here –
perhaps even get a referral
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fee, or have one sponsor the
workshop.
Step 3: Build Your Green Project List
• Pay for a professional energy audit
• Research the rebates and incentives in your area
• Compile a list of possibilities and want-to’s
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• Create your list of action items for the home zones
• Organize your project list based on your priorities
• Make a realistic, comfortable budget
• Commit to your time frame and team
The Three Zones
1. The Inside Zone (page 46 figure 9)
A. A Healthy Inside Zone
1) Bring fresh air inside
(passive ventilation and Spot ventilation)
2) Get to know your pollutants.
Radon, Mold, Dust, Lead-Based Paint, Asbestos, VOC’s
(volatile Organc Compounds) and combustible gas
3) Test for Pollutants –
awareness, DIY tests, and hire an expert
4) Keep pollutants out
Keep gases vented to outside, keep your home dry, non-toxic
and clean
B. A Money-Smart Inside Zone
1) Improve your lighting design (natural and artificial)
2) Boost energy efficiency
Turn off lights, phantom loads, efficient appliances
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C. A Sustainable Inside Zone
1) Get water-wise
Water –efficient appliances, and change how you use water
indoors
2) Add smart, sustainable interior design features
Sustainable paint finishes and flooring products
2. The Systems Zone (page 94 figure 16)
A. A Money-Smart Systems Zone
1) Understand how you use energy
Look at your energy bills, get a professional audit
2) Pay yourself back with easy energy updates
Digital thermostat, update your lighting, and lightbulbs
3) Tighten the building envelope
Seal the gaps, ductwork, insulate, and improve your
windows performance
4) Maintain your mechanical systems
Service your energy equipment yearly at least
5) Work with nature –
use natural heating and cooling techniques
B. A Healthy Systems Zone
1) Optimize your ventilation system
Change the filter, use whole-house ventilation
C. A Sustainable Systems Zone
1) Upgrade the water-wise way
Understand your water bill, use low-flow aerators,
showerheads, and toilets; improve your water heater
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Notes:
3. The Outside Zone (Page 141 figure 25)
A. A Sustainable Outside Zone
1) Water your lawn more efficiently
Water deeply, and less frequently, water very early
or late in the day, use a professional sprinkler system,
use rainwater
“In the Green Your Home
book you will receive, there
are more details about
working through these
exercises. The point of this
workshop is to familiarize
you with the process. I
encourage you to read the
book and take you time
building this list.”
2) Create a sustainable landscape
Xeroscaping, native plants, shade tree, wildlife friendly
B.
C.
“The Green Your Home
3) Plant a garden of your own
model presented in the
book breaks the process
Grow your own food and compost
down into three zones. Each
zone has a priority, but all of
A Money-Smart Outside Zone
the priorities and elements
1) Improve your energy efficiency from the outside in
apply to each zone. Let’s go
Plant shade trees, install awnings, consider solar power through them briefly, but
again, I want to encourage
A Healthy Outside Zone
you to read the book for a
more thorough
1) Practice safe landscaping techniques
understanding.”
Less pesticides and more organic care
2) Bring your home outside
Green friendly outdoor living spaces
Getting It Done
Step 4. Turn Your Project List into a Plan of Action
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Create your list of action items for the home zones
Organize your project list based on your priorities
Make a realistic, comfortable budget
Commit to your time frame
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Four Keys to Keeping Green in Good Order
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Practice proper maintenance for optimal performance
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Keep it clean
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Watch for problems
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Share the rewards of your Green Your Home adventure
Next Steps
1. Read Green Your Home
2. Create your project list
3. Prioritize your project list
4. Send me your referrals
Q&A
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