Tips for
Builders, Designers, & Architects
Energy
Ideas for the Colorado
Building Community
ColoradoENERGY.org
provides you as a builder, designer or architect with at least some of the
information that you need to design and build homes and buildings that are
energy and resource efficient. Below you will find links to information that can
help you determine the best approach to take for improving the energy efficiency of your
project, the resource efficiency of you project or how
to incorporate
renewable
energy into your project.
Energy
Efficiency Information
- The Ideal Home
This short pamphlet describes the keys to designing and
building a home that is comfortable, durable, efficient and of high quality.
The pamphlet give you a checklist and a wall section to help you get started
in the right direction.
- Colorado
New Home Choices
This is a City of Fort Collins site highlighting quality construction
practices. The overall goal of the guide is to
promote quality construction, using reasonable levels of insulation while
paying attention to energy details. Numerous construction details illustrate
specific techniques to meet code requirements as well as recommended practice
for those who wish to exceed code minimums. Additional information helps tie
these details together in a "system" approach.
-
Evaluation of New Home Energy Efficiency
An assessment of the 1996 Fort Collins residential energy code and benchmark
study of design, construction and performance for homes built between 1994 and
1999. Summary Report. June 2002. PDF Version
- 4.5MB
- Houses
that Work: House Design Recommendations by Climate Zone
Building Science Corporation's
guide to design recommendations by several different climate zones across the
United States & Canada.
Resource
Efficient Material Information
- Sustainable Design Resource Guide
The SDRG is an online directory of
companies that produce resource efficient products used in the construction
industry.
(coming soon)
Renewable
Energy Information
-
Colorado
Renewable Energy Resource Guide
The Colorado Renewable Energy
Resource Guide is a renewable energy information guide for builders,
architects & engineers. The guide contains background information and a
directory of where to find renewable energy information and products in
Colorado.
- EREC Renewable
Energy Fact Sheets
The
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Clearinghouse (EREC) has
produced a number of fact sheets over the years as it relates to
renewable energy and they are posted
in both HTML and PDF format on the EREN web site. To view the
HTML version, click on the title of the fact sheet. To view the PDF version,
click on PDF version.:
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