What is a Green Home?

What is it that defines a green home?  We hear so much about the green home these days but what is it that makes a home green?  We believe that a green home, so-called, can be divided into two basic categories.  The first and obvious is it’s energy efficiency: so the efficiency of the heating and hot water system and the use of water would be the main factors. If the electricity comes from a sustainable source such as an onsite wind turbine this would merit towards the term green home. The kind of lighting used and other factors such as a green roof would also be things that you’d associate with a green home.  The second category that defines a green home is the materials used in its construction.  Are they from sustainable sources and what is the embedded CO2 value, ie what is the CO2 emissions total from creating the green home.  On the latter it is possible to offset these emissions by buying carbon credits.  Phoenix Trinity plan to do this with the Shoreline Development using the highly regarded biochar system  which effectively sequesters Carbon Dioxide in a 2-3 year cycle  that lasts for 1000s of years. By offsetting more than we emit we can claim the title Carbon Reductive™. Our Shoreline Development excels handsomely in both the aforementioned categories and can proudly claim the title green home.

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