ʻO ka'ōleʻeleʻo Green keʻano LEED? ʻO kekahi leka? E heluhelu i kaʻike.
He hale ākea paha ka home no ka mea e paʻiʻoe i keʻano? A iʻole ma muli o keʻano e kōkua ai a hoʻopili ai paha i ke kaiapuni? I kēia mau lā, he "'ōmaʻomaʻo" ka home ma muaʻole o ka piliʻana i kahi hale e pili i ka pilina. Hāʻawi ia i kahi kōkua maikaʻi i ke kaiaulu; a iʻole ma ka liʻiliʻi he hopena wale nō ka hopena maikaʻiʻole. ʻAʻohe mea maʻamau e pili ana i ka hopena o ka home. Eia nō naʻe, ma keʻano he kulekele laulā,ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka home i ka "'ōmaʻomaʻo" maoli inā e hanaʻia iaʻano i ka wā e kūkuluʻia ai.
Kōkua i ka Planet a me ka Hoʻouluʻana i nā Greenbacks
ʻO ka mālamaʻana i ka honua he mea kumu ia e hele ai i ka'ōmaʻomaʻo. Akā,ʻoi aku ka heleʻana i ka'ōmaʻomaʻo ma mua o nā kumu no ke kōkua kūpono. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, aia kahi kumu waiwai kūpono e pahu ai i ka "hale'ōmaʻomaʻo". He nui nā hanana hana'ōmaʻomaʻo e hiki ke ho'ōla i nā kālā o nāʻoihana kūkulu hale a kūkulu lākou, a mālama i nā mea kūʻai hale i ka wā e neʻe ai lākou i loko. Kūkulu i kahi home me nā kumuwaiwai (nā kumuhana a me nā hana) e loaʻa ana i ka'āina e halihali i ka haumia i ka liʻiliʻi. ʻO nā hanana hana a Green a me nā mea kūʻai hale e hiki ai ke hoʻopakele i nā haneli he nui o nā wai i ka makahiki a e hoʻemi i nā pākaha mana a me nā kālā ma kahi o 30%.
Hoʻonohonohoʻia i ka Greenness
ʻO ka papa inoa o nā manawa e hele ai i ka'ōmaʻomaʻo a mālama i ke kālā he nui. Hiki i nā polokalamu hoʻolālā kūkulu ke kōkua iāʻoe e mālama i nā mea nui e like me:
- Loaʻa i kahi home ma kahi o nā halihali lehulehu i hiki ke maʻalahi e mālama i ka laweʻana mai nā kaʻa kaʻawale.
- Ke hoʻoneʻe i ka home e mālama i ka mahana i ka hoʻoilo a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ke kauwela. Hiki ke kōkua i ka ho'ēmiʻana o ka hoʻolālā a me ka hoʻolālā wela no nā mea home ʻO ke kauʻana i nā lāʻau pale i nā kūlana koʻikoʻi, he kōkua hou ia no ka noho maikaʻiʻana i nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa.
- Hoʻohana i nā pono hana pili i kaʻenehana e pale i nā kinakiʻino. Hoʻonuiʻia ka palekana hale kūkulu no nā poʻe hana a me ka maikaʻi o ka piʻiʻana o ka ea i loko o ka poʻe i noho i ka home.
- ʻO ka ikaika pono ma o ka hoʻolakoʻana i nā mea hana hale e like me nā alahaka me ke kino liʻiliʻi ka hoʻohanaʻana, akā, ma o ka hoʻonohonoho ponoʻana i nā puka makani e hoʻonui i ka mālamalama maoli i ka home.
- Hoʻomaʻamaʻaʻia ka wai me nā mea i hoʻomaʻemaʻeʻia a me nā meahana e like me nā mīkini holoi e hoʻohana ana i ka waiʻole, a ma o ka maikaʻi o kaʻiliahi'āina a me ka hōʻiliʻili wai.
- Ka hoʻohanaʻana i ka ikaika ma o nā punaehu hou hou, e like me nā lālā lālā no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻeʻana i ka wai a me ke kukui. Hiki i nā mea hana hale ke hana i ko lākou pono pono'ī ke kūʻai aku i nā hili kālā i nā poʻeʻoihana i kekahi mau hihia. Ke lilo ka home i hale kumukūʻai ma kahi o ka hale kūʻai kumukūʻai!
Mahalo i kēia mau mea likeʻole, hiki i nā hale'ōmaʻomaʻo ke kauoha i nā koina kiʻekiʻe a me nā kumu kūʻai hou.
ʻO wai ka mea e'ōlelo nei i kahi Home he Green?
Aia nā hui iʻikeʻia e kōkua i ke kūkuluʻana i nā hana a hāʻawi i ka hōʻoia e pili ana nā hale i ka pilina o ka nohona. Ma keʻano he kūkaina,ʻo kāu mau koho he:
- LEED (He alakaʻi alakaʻi ma ka Energy and Environmental Design) ka palapala hōʻike mai ka US Green Building Council, a ke hoʻohanaʻia nei ma ka honua.
- Nā Papahana Hōʻailona Kūlokoʻo Green Home no ka National Association of Home Builders
- Lilo Star Star no nā mea kani, akā, no nā papa hana e like me nā puka makani. Ma mua o kaʻAmelika, hoʻohanaʻia ka pūnaewele Lilo Energy i kēia manawa e ka Europa a me Australia, Kanada, Japan, New Zealand, a me Taiwan.
- Hōʻike Air More no ka maikaʻi o loko o ka ea. Ho'ākākaʻia nā kuhi e ka EPA (US Environmental Protection Agency) no ka mālamaʻana i ka wai a me ka haweweʻana, a me ka emiʻana o ka poli a me kaʻikeʻana i nā kinikona, nā kinoea puhi, a me nā mea haumia'ē aʻe.
- Hōʻoia ka WaterSense (a mai ka EPA) i nā mea hana kiʻi e hana i ka waiwai kūpono o ka wai i kekahi o ka papahana, a me ka alakaʻiʻana i nā koho homebyers.