Hudson Valley Home Source || Energy Star Green Builder

The Greenfield is an example of an Energy Star 5+ Rated Home. ENERGY STAR is a joint program being run by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to help Americans save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices.

To earn the ENERGY STAR designation, a home must meet guidelines for energy efficiency set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. An Energy Star Home is at least 15% more energy efficient than homes built to The International Residential Code. The Greenfield Model offers additional energy saving features that would make the home a minimum of 20% to 30% MORE energy efficient than standard homes.

Any home constructed by HVHS can be built to Energy Star standards.

For more information on Energy Star, please contact us.

GREEN BUILDING - is the practice of increasing the efficiency of buildings and their use of energy, water and materials. This also reduces a building’s impact on human health and the environment through better sitting, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and removal. The complete building life cycle!

Green building leads to numerous things. The first is reduced operating costs. By building green you are increasing productivity and reducing energy and water use. The second thing building green leads to is improved public and occupant health. This comes from higher in-door air quality. Further, building green reduces environmental impacts. For example, by lessening storm water run off and the heat island effect.

Buildings have a huge environmental impact, in the United States alone buildings account for:

39% of energy use
12% of total water consumption
68% of total electricity consumption
38% of carbon dioxide emission

Building green can greatly reduce these figures. By using materials considered to be “green”. Along with building green comes recycling. Recycling prevents the waste of potentially useful materials, reduces consumption of raw materials and reduces energy costs.

For more information on optional Green Products, please contact our office.

Did you know the average 2,000 square foot home generates about 8,000 pounds of waste that is typically thrown into the landfill?
Did you know that an aluminum can that is recycled can be back on the grocery store shelf in as little as 60 days?
Did you know that the cardboard that we recycle can be made into gift-wrap, new boxes, drywall liner, roofing felt and packaging materials?
Did you know that recycling a single run of the Sunday New York Times would save 75,000 trees?
Did you know that plastic is usually recycled into plastic lumber, benches, polymer blends and trash receptacles?
Did you know that a modern glass bottle could take 4,000 years or more to decompose?
Did you know that Americans throw away 25 million plastic beverage bottles every hour?
Did you know that recycled drywall is often made into Portland Cement, an amendment in composting systems and as an ingredient in agriculture land application?
Did you know that aluminum is recycled into beverage containers, automobiles, and construction materials?
Did you know that the US is the number one trash producing country in the world at 1,609 pounds per person, per year?
Did you know that recycling creates 1.1 million US jobs, $236 billion in gross annual sales and $37 billion in annual payrolls?
Did you know that every ton of paper recycled saves 17 trees?
Did you know that the energy we save when we recycle one glass bottle is enough to light a light bulb for four hours?