Posts Tagged ‘dallas green building’
IPE deck installation
Our trim carpenters started laying out the IPE boards for installation today. Goal is to have a perfectly installed IPE deck with a screw pattern specified by the architect and a board spacing of 1/8". Our material came from Austin Wholesale Decking and the majority of it was good quality. You have to be careful
NAHB National Green Building Program – Seminar day 2
John Barrows started out talking about energy efficiency this morning. Detailed subjects are: Proper Hvac system design and sizing Solar heating and cooling Hot water distribution systems Lighting Appliances Energy performance verification I will report in detail about these subjects in an upcoming post. Again, so far I am very impressed about this program. It
NAHB National Green Building Program – Seminar day 1
Today I attended the first day of a seminar titled “Green Building for Building Professionals” which is a mandatory course for the NAHB’s new “Certified Green Professional” (CGP) designation. It is held as part of the NAHB’s National Green Building Conference in Dallas, TX. Being mainly involved with the LEED for Homes standard in the
Final rainwater harvesting system components – gutter foam installation
gutter foam installation, originally uploaded by GreenBuildingDallas. The final touches are being added to this LEED home. The 16,000 gallon tank, trunk line & gutters are already installed for this rainwater harvesting system. Before we get our first rain, we want to make sure and have our pre-filtering system installed, a product called “Gutter Foam”.
Reclaimed long-leaf pine flooring | finishing
These floors look beautiful. For those of you who haven’t followed this project on a regular basis, the floors are approx. 100 year old reclaimed long-leaf pine. The material comes out of an old church in South Texas and has been milled to T/G material. The floors had been installed for about 2 months and
