About this episode

This episode discusses how to reduce energy use in your home through careful selections as part of the sustainable home series.

Hello! This is Episode 410. This is Way #10 of the 44 Ways to Create Your Sustainable Home series. And with this episode, we also begin Section Three: Sustainable Services and Infrastructure. If you’ve been following the series from the start, you’ll know that Section One was about designing for climate and site: orientation, breezes, passive heating and cooling, and climate zone.  Section Two was about sustainable design strategies: home size, your team, structural efficiency, accessibility, and indoor air quality. We’re beginning Section Three with Way #10: Reduce Your Energy Use Through Your Selections. [For all resources mentioned in this podcast and a free, downloadable PDF transcript, head to www.undercoverarchitect.com/410 ] In the first 9 episodes of the ‘44 Ways’ series, I’ve stepped you through some key decisions that will shape the sustainability of your new home or renovation before any system is installed in it. Section Three is where we look at the services and infrastructure inside your home. Think energy, water, hot water, and renewable supply. Interestingly, these areas are often where people start their sustainability…

People in this episode

Host: Amelia Lee

Topics covered

• sustainable home
• energy efficiency
• design strategies
• sustainable services
• infrastructure

Keywords

• energy use
• sustainable home
• design
• infrastructure
• energy efficiency

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Organizations: Undercover Architect

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