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Lehigh
Valley Greenbuilders Forum
sponsor events to educate the general public as well as architects,
building trades professionals, and facilities administrators about
the many benefits of green construction and maintenance.
Our
founding Board President, Bruce Wilson, is conducting research on
energy efficient homes in the Lehigh Valley and Bucks County regions.
Between
1975 and 1988, Buffalo Homes built extremely energy efficient houses.
Bruce worked for Buffalo Homes in 1987. By researching the energy
performance of these houses, we hope to be able to make the business
case for the investment in high performance construction. Bruce and
his wife, Annie Prince, will be writing a report to be published about
the information they have gathered.
Anyone
with information about Buffalo Homes or other experimental energy
efficient houses to be included in the study, please contact Bruce
at: info@lvgreenbuilders.org. As the USGBC LEED®™ for Homes
is preparing for adoption; this data will allow us to make return-on-investment
calculations on the extra costs of high energy efficiency in home
construction.
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