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This is part of a series of video blog posts about green architecture and construction leading up to Greenbuild, the U.S. Green Building Council's annual conference. Planet Green is a Silver sponsor of this year's event, which will be held in Boston November 19-21.
The essence of green building is team and assembling very early an integrated and proactive team. And we have been very lucky to assemble a great team of green craftsmen.
Raul from Canyon Construction is our green foreman, Nick and Carson our carpenters, and Jeremy, our project manager from Canyon. We also have our architects, Dan Smith, Nick Buehrens, David Thorn and Hilary Curtis, our Landscape architects, and my wife, Sara, as the lead interior designer. Everyone has worked together from the beginning of the project not only to set the our green goals, but to creatively brainstorm how we can make this a LEED Platinum home that's not only aesthetic, but also that we can afford. Working together as a creative team on every element we did was the best way. It's not only the green building experts and consultants who have the ideas, but the guys in the field, including the subcontractors who can tell you what works and what doesn't work. Without working together in a very collaborative fashion from the beginning, we'd never achieved the results that you'll see here.
David Gottfried started Regenerative Ventures and its consulting arm, WorldBuild in 1995, after founding the U.S. Green Building Council in 1993. He is the author of Greed to Green, and is internationally acknowledged as one of the foremost founders of the global green building movement.
Read more in this series:
USGBC Founder David Gottfried's LEED Home Renovation: Intro (Video)
David Gottfried: Walkable Neighborhoods Are a Greener Choice (Video)
David Gottfried Home Renovation: A Family Affair (Video)
David Gottfried's Home Renovation: Building a Office Lifepod (Video)
David Gottfried: Green Renovation and Historic Choices (Video)
Home Renovation: David Gottfried on Green Framing (Video)
Kitchen Design: David Gottfried's LEED Home Renovation
Building an Efficient Bathroom (Video)
Green Home Renovation: In the Yard (Video)
LEED Home Renovation: Solar Realization (Video)
Green Home Renovation: Water Strategy (Video)
Green Home Renovation: Ponder the Growth of the Green Movement (Video)
Read more about green building:
How to Go Green: Home Renovation
Learning about Labels: Energy Star vs EPEAT
Know Your Green Home Technologies: Radiant Heat
Green Glossary: Sick Building Syndrome
Keep Your Home Green and Dry: 5 Easy Waterproofing Tips
Know Your Green Building Materials: 3 Cutting Edge Insulations
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