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 - 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.