Green Building

 

At Fireside Home Construction, we understand that our precious Earth has limited resources. As a result, we feel obliged to preserve our environment for our children and all others. It is with that in mind that we place a great focus on "Green Building" - environmentally friendly building - in both building custom green homes and in executing green renovation and remodeling projects.

Mission Statement

Our mission statement is to build high-performance, sustainable homes that:

  • Are energy efficient

  • Reduce water usage

  • Have healthy indoor air quality

  • Have a positive impact on our environment

  • Conserve natural resources: water, trees, oil, natural gas, electricity

  • Reduce pollution

  • Reduce land fill

  • Reduce utility consumption

  • Improve durability and reduce maintenance

  • Have increased indoor comfort

Associations

At Fireside Home Construction, we have partnered with the following programs to increase our understanding and awareness of Green Building practices. If you would like more information on how we incorporate Green Building principles, please contact us.

  • US Green Building Council -  LEED for homes  (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) 

    • We built the first LEED Platinum certified home in Michigan and only the 12th in all of the United States

  • Green Building Alliance - Alliance for Environmental Sustainability (AES) - Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • Green Building Committee Builders & Remodelers Association of Greater Ann Arbor

  • Energy & Environmental Builders Association

  • Energy & Environmental Builders Association - Master Builder Program

  • Energy Star Program - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  • Builders Challenge - U.S. Department of Energy

  • Living Futures Institute-  We built only the 2nd home in the world certified as a Living Building Challenge project

  • National Home Builders Association - (3) time Energy Star award winner

  • National Association of Home Builders -  Certified Green Professional program

At Fireside Home Construction we work hard to stay abreast of all the new Green and Environmental building science in techniques, provide our clients information and costs on various Green choices and strive to get each new project as much value in these areas as possible.