He who works with his hands is a laborer He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman He who works with hands, head, and his heart is … an Artist.

• He who works with his hands is a laborer

• He who works with his hands and

his head is a craftsman

• He who works with hands, head, and his heart is … an Artist.

- Louis Nizer

Healthy Homes - The Design-Build Path to

Affordable Mainstream Dwellings

Allen P. RatheyPresident, HealthyHouseInstitute.com

Features of the Home - BuildHealthy #1 (Pilot)

What Are Your Motives?

Special Guests

Matt de FerrantiSr. Director, Gov’t RelationsRebuilding Together Rebuilding Together believes that everyone deserves to live in a safe and healthy home.

Hagan Stone, 2014 President of the Greater Nashville Association of REALTORS

Green, Healthy and Affordable – Message?

CUSTOM homes are PRACTICAL

THERE IS A MARKET FOR THEM

1. Would your clients be interested in buying a custom home that is beautiful, green and healthy, if it would not cost them any more than a conventional or spec home?

2. What hot button features would be useful to market to these buyers?

3. Since green homes offer lower long-term operating costs, how can this best be communicated to prospects?

4. Do the 4 Ps resonate with buyers? People, Planet, Profit or Savings, Performance?

5. A recent major survey indicated that Realtors® are happier overall than the average American, and that their role in helping others was an important factor. How would selling someone a green, healthy home be a way to help them?

6. Would Realtors be interested in a professional credential such as "Healthy Home Advisor" as part of or reinforcing the work of the Green REsource Council - http://www.greenresourcecouncil.org/green-resource-council?

Healthy Homes - The Design-Build Path to

Affordable Mainstream Dwellings

Allen P. RatheyPresident, HealthyHouseInstitute.com

www.BuildHealthy.com

BuildHealthy Project #1http://www.buildhealthy.com

“Common wisdom [says]…green homes are expensive” —Home Energy magazine

Not True

http://www.buildhealthy.com/

The Road Less Traveled

“Two roads─the one less traveled

…made the difference”

─ Robert Frost (1874–1963)


Two Roads

I. Business as Usual (spec home)

II. Green, Healthy, Affordable

(design-build)

“Two roads─the one less traveled…made the difference”

─ Robert Frost (1874–1963)


Design-Build


The Plan─1,900 sq. ft. Green Healthy

Affordable


What Are Your Motives?


The Plan


Leadership provides a foundation, guides and strengthens [Project] Management

Leadership and Management are different disciplines


Leadership decides where to place the ladder (metaphorically) and

Management says to climb it and where you are at


Site selection & Foundation

Southern Exposure

Slab on Grade


Foundation


Insulated Foundation


Passive/Active Radon Mitigation


Advanced framing for more insulation per inch.


Soy-based spray foam insulation


Framing & Roofing View─Upstairs Balcony


Stucco


Solar Water Heating



Proof of a “Green” House


Inside Job


Inside Job


Ductless Mini-Split Cooling and Heating Systems

Features of the Home

Ductless Mini-Split Cooling and Heating Systems

• ENERGY STAR® qualified• Enables setting the temperature separately for each

zone or room• Has an inverter driven, insulated compressor for

energy-efficient, quiet operation• Operates indoors quietly; as low as 19 db


Turbulent Flow Precipitator (TFP) HEPA Systems for Whole House Air Cleaning


TFP Sample Data

Outside – 150,000 .3 micron or larger

particles per cubic ft of air

Inside – 40,000 .3 micron or larger

particles per cubic ft of air (running TFP for three hours)


Allergen Sampling - In Bio

http://inbio.com/US/Products/Rapid-Test-and-Dust-Collection


Future Plans − Solar PV Technology

solar shingles


Future Plans

− Solatube-type

Technology


The Press Push

See Handouts

Get People Talking


QUESTIONS

BuildHealthy Contacts

Allen P. Rathey - www.HealthyHouseInstitute.com(208) 938-3137 [email protected]

BuildHealthy Project #1http://www.buildhealthy.com

Earthcraft Construction, Inc - Design-Build Company http://www.earthcraftconstruction.com/

Ron Hixson, Design-Build Expert (30 years+)

ph (208)343-4833 cell (208)866-3325

http://www.healthyhouseinstitute.com/

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.buildhealthy.com/

http://www.earthcraftconstruction.com/

He who works with his hands is a laborer He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman He who works with hands, head, and his heart is … an Artist.

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