| Show Energy conservation emerges at home Green Building Seminar Trade Trade Show discusses v green building trends Jeff Dixon The Globe The Canyons resort the Green Building Seminar Trade Show was hosted by Recycle Utah Park City and the Park City Area Homebuilders Association on Nov 18 The event was organized for professionals to learn more about and discuss green building trends in Utah and throughout the nation The movement is driven and has grown because of concerns over energy both its prices and its sources Architects contractors and develop develop- ers have in recent years begun to realize the large role they play in the struggle to conserve more of the earths earth's res resources resources f s. s F For r exa example oi 2100 of a 2100 square foot home uses 15 acres of forest forest for for- est est and buildings account for 40 percent percent percent per per- cent of total annual US energy use 25 percent of water use and 25 percent of greenhouse gas emissions Green building emphasizes energy conservation waste reduction the use of renewable materials and sensitivity to the surrounding environment Architectural Technology faculty faculty faculty fac fac- fac- fac Kevin King Norm Clark and Jeff Plant were in attendance as were several several several sev sev- eral exhibitors with products and ideas that help fuel the shift towards more sustainable design One exhibitor Anthony Arrigio has been an amateur astronomer for several years His love of the night sky ally led him to do something to protect it He now represents Sea Gull Ligh Lighting ng a company compa that sells fixtures meant not o only ly t to give give- sufficient light but to prevent wasted energy and light pollution A full view of the sky y is impossible in urban areas were we're losing a beautiful beautiful beautiful ful view for no Arrigio Park City isn't nearly as bad as Salt Lake and wed we'd like to prevent it from getting that way despite the growth were we're seeing Id I'd hate to have that glow blocking the stars he continued The United States wastes one billion dollars per year on lighting that goes in into into into to the sky according to statistics from the International Sky Dark-Sky Association Another exhibitor Joel Marsh who is owner and operator of Green Painting in Park City gives his clients the option of using low VOC or volatile organic compound paints and water based stains and lacquers in their homes t f Local online green building resources cen t erne t r S US U.S. Green Building Council online at Normal paints and lacquers have fumes and chemicals that are quite unsafe to breathe This affects indoor Energy Conservation Cont Cant on Page 7 Energy Conservation Cont from front air quality and it contributes to ground level ozone It compromises our health as well said Marsh When we use these products its it's actually actual actual- ly a win win-win for us and the client he continued cost At-cost there is about a ten percent price increase on a paint job using low VOC product according to Marsh Among the other p products displayed were roofing shingles made from recycled tires a flexible tube skylight that reflects UV ray free natural light into a room solar powered attic fans wool carpeting bamboo flooring kitchen and bath tiling made of recycled glass insulation for concrete foundations and a high mance ultra-compact ultra water heater that uses less than half the energy a traditional unit would |
