For over ten years we have truly committed ourselves to building custom Green Homes. We have embraced the Green Home ideology and have used its concepts and theories as minimum standards for all of our projects.
What is Green Building?
For PCH, green building goes far beyond the use of energy efficient appliances. It involves an intricate balance of the following:
- High Performance and Passive Design
- Taking advantage of passive solar opportunities Solar power generation
- Super insulation
- Continuous Air barrier and air sealing to limit air infiltration
- Appropriate moisture management techniques
- High performance windows and doors
- Properly designated thermal building envelope
- Enhanced indoor air quality with the use of Energy Recovery Ventilators
- Technologically superior mechanical systems
- Advanced framing preventing thermal bridging
- The use of durable materials
- Minimal maintenance design
- Optimizing energy performance, minimizing energy consumption
- Environmental awareness, reduction in environmental impact during and after construction