Is Your Home Environmentally Friendly?
| Features: | Benefits: |
| 1. A Bigleow Home saves about 3,550 therms of natural gas per year. |
1. The burning of that much gas produces about 20 tons of pollution, in the form of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere each year. |
| 2. Construction Site Waste is Recycled |
2. Less waste sent to landfills. Recycled content in construction materials results in fewer natural resources being used. |
| 3. Floor and roof sheathing are produced from fast growth lumber. |
3. More efficient use of natural resources. |
| 4. Structurally engineered high strength concrete basements (when installed). |
4. Only 1/3 as much concrete issued and the basement is 6 times better insulated than a standard basement. The basement is easy to finish because the concrete studs are pre-drilled for electric wiring and because the concrete stuid is covered with wood furring strip, you just install drywall, no framing is needed. |
| 5.Advanced Framing Techniques result in 10% less lumber use. |
5. Trees are saved. |
| 6. Restored Prairie. |
6. Natural beauty that reduces lawn mower pollutants and doesn't require fertilization that releases toxic chemicals into the air. |
| 7. Most homes are placed on the homesite to maximize south facing windows and minimize east and west windows. |
7. Passive Solar heating saves natural gas. |
