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Publication Review

Title: Greening Portland's Affordable Housing
Author: City o Portland Oregon, 2002
File: Free Technical Manual, PDF, 1.09 MB, 100 pages

Audience: Written for architects, builders, homeowners and renters.

Review
A technical guide to affordable and green building. Outlines basic sustainable principals then proposes an extensive list of specific affordable actions.

Issues covered in Introduction include:

• Introduction
  • guilding principles of green affordable construction
  • integrated total system approach

• Site Design
  • site inventory
  • soil & vegitation protection
  • building desgin & orientation
  • stormwater management and water pollution
  • transportation access
  • resources & vendors

• Energy Conservation
  • building envelope & weatherization
  • heating systems
  • elecrical & lighting
  • renewables
  • resources & vendors

• Water Conservation
  • plumbing
  • irrigation
  • resources & vendors

• Conserving Materials and Resources
  • waste management & recycling
  • foundation
  • framing
  • roof & skin
  • materials & finishes
  • flooring
  • resources & vendors

• Enhanced Indoor Air Quality
  • finishes
  • fresh air ventilation
  • resources & vendors

• Operations & Maintenance
  • criteria
  • resources & vendors

• Appendices
  • advanced framing
  • heating systems

• Other Resources
• Glossary

Graphics include:

• site design diagram
• tree root distances
• community garden photo
• solar exposure diagram
• bio filter bags photo
• envelope seal diagram
• insulated concrete forms photo
• wind turbine photo
• water heater insulation
• deconstruction photo
• engineered wood products photos
• photo of forest and timber harvesting results
• patio of plastic lumber photo
• label showing non toxic information
• photo of recycling center in cabinets
• standard vs advanced framing diagrams
• insulated headers diagrams
• advanced wall framing diagrams
• diagram showing heat transfer from wall and ceiling