How to Make Your Kit Home Green

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When building learn how to make your kit home green using passive-solar heat gain.

Learn how to make your kit home green using these helpful green building tips.

How to Make Your Kit Home Green

The best ways to “green” any kit home are to design and orient the home for maximum passive-solar heat gain, and to incorporate large south-facing windows and plenty of thermal mass such as concrete or ceramic tile floors, which store heat. (See “Build a Solar Home,” August/September 2002.)

To complete your “green” design, choose environmentally friendly and energy-efficient building materials.

• For wood-frame kit homes, find dealers who use wood from sustainably managed forests.

  • Published on Aug 1, 2003
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