Create checklist when building green home

You are in the driver’s seat when it comes to the quality of the features and fixtures in your dream home.

Indeed, building from the ground up is a golden opportunity to create the most energy efficient and environmentally friendly house of a lifetime — and for those committed, good advice is readily available.

So where does one begin?

“Create a checklist for the latest technology in walls, windows, siding, drainage, solar power, water management, ventilation, plumbing, heating and cooling systems,” says Nudura marketing manager Todd Blyth. “An energy efficient checklist would also include the most insulated building envelope. For this, concrete, instead of wood, champions them all.

“Wood framing is outdated now,” Blyth said. “Concrete, on the other hand, saves the forest, eliminates toxicity, and delivers superior structural, environmental, and human health benefits. Nudura walls are pre-assembled forms, each one stacked, reinforced, and then filled with concrete. Once locked together (like Lego) the system creates a solid, monolithic wall. This advanced method has shown to deliver energy savings of up to 70 percent and delivers a building envelope up to three times more sound resistant, four times more fire resistant, and nine times stronger.”