What Makes a Home Green?
Many companies now call themselves “green” and it’s difficult to sort through the hype and be an informed consumer. Seed Housing is happy to describe the standards we use to build our homes, and what green means to us. If you still have questions, please see the “resources” section at the bottom of this page or contact us!
It’s simple really. Green housing:
- Uses energy efficiently and contributes few toxins and greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere.
Why does this matter? Check out the science behind An Inconvenient Truth
- Has healthy air inside the home.
More on this here
- Uses as few natural resources as possible to build the home
materials used should be from sustainable (recycled) or renewable sources
- The home should have little impact on the land it’s built on, using groundwater efficiently, preserving natural habitat when possible and positioned to maximize sunlight and air for heating and cooling.
The good people of King County, Washington break it down
Our Standards
Seed Housing is a family owned and operated producer of high quality green homes. Our mission is to make healthy, energy efficient homes available to the average family.
Seed Housing uses LEED standards (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) to build our green homes. The LEED standard is the closest thing the United States has to a widely accepted “gold standard” for green. It was developed and is administered, by The U.S. Green Building Council, a respected nonprofit rates and certifies commercial and residential green buildings and accredits green building professionals.
All Seed Houses have been designed by a LEED Accredited Professional, and each and every Seed House will meet the guidelines to be certified as LEED “gold” homes, the highest certification level available.
Resources
Seed Housing will be updating this section with links and articles about things that are new, interesting, and/or ridiculous in the world of green.
*A fun article on “eco-fashion” and how green branding gets silly from the New York Times
*A Green Castle? See for yourself. Aye yay yay!