Checklist for Green Building
Design
- Building smaller (it's the greenest strategy)
- Passive solar heating and cooling
- Low water / low maintenance landscaping
Energy Efficiency
- On-demand hot water circulation pump
- Over-insulated walls and roof
- Furnace and ducts tested for performance
- Heating ducts within heated spaces
- Whole-house fan for cooling
- Solar water heating
- Photovoltaic electrical panels
- Energy Star appliances
- Fluorescent and LED lighting
Resource Conservation
- Engineered-wood beams and trusses
- Advanced framing techniques
- Recycled content insulation
- Dual-flush toilets
- High fly ash content concrete
- FSC-certified wood
- Renewable and recycled cabinets, countertops, and flooring
Indoor Air Quality
- Low- or no-VOC paints
- Vapor barrier in crawlspace
- Sealed combustion furnaces and water heaters
- Bathroom fan with timer
- Sealed gas fireplaces
- Low-emitting insulation
