In the meantime, I also emailed the plans to the folks at both Superior Walls AND Murus Wall Panels - to order the foundation walls and SIPs.
There are still a number of trees to be addressed on the lot. I've contacted Goods Tree Care and scheduled a meeting with the owners and our Superintendent for next Thursday. Bob Good is an ISA Certified Arborist.
For anyone who is following along in their NAHB Green Building Guidelines, I'm currently working in Section 1 (Lot Design, Preparation & Development). Specificially, the following points have been considered:
- 1.1.2 Choose an infill site (9 points)
- 1.2.1 Establish a knowledgeable team (6 points)
- 1.3.1 Conserve natural resources (6 points) - not sure if we qualify for all of this (nor if it can be broken down into parts of the points) but we are providing some "basic training in tree and other natural resource protection to onsite Supervisor."
- 1.3.3 Minimize slope disturbance (5 points) - this proves to be a challenge - as the lot immediately rises off of the road.
- 1.3.4 Minimize soil disturbance and erosion (6 points) - we'll be discussing all of these components at our meeting next week.
- 1.4.1 Provide onsite supervision and coordination during clearing, etc. (5 points) - need to see what, if any, documentation is required for the "Protection and Maintenance Plan."
If my addition is correct, this would give us 37 points for Section 1. This is well over the "Gold" level - with extra points to spare (to be used towards the extra points required for this certification).
In future posts, I'll review the final plan - and how it meets requirements of Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5.
The NAHB website now has several verifiers for the local area. I'm going to contact the 3 closest for bids on verifying this house - and will let you know of the estimates I'm receiving right now.
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