Cabinet Plywood

Upside down photo of the plywood used for our cabinets

 

The plywood we required our cabinet makers to use is formaldehyde-free. This allowed us to achieve half a point under the Materials and Resources category (using an Environmentally Preferred Product, or EPP) and also assured compliance with the EPA's Indoor airPLUS.

Doors, Baseboards, and Trim

Our interior doors, waiting to be hung

 

Since we are painting (rather than staining) our baseboards and trim, we elected to go with a very basic paint-grade, finger-jointed board. Finger-jointed wood is an Environmentally Preferred Product (EPP) because scraps that would otherwise have been discarded are knitted together to make long, lovely, perfectly acceptable pieces of wood trim. Our interior doors are solid core with a wood veneer, all formaldehyde free.

Metal Roof

Archzilla!
 

Extruder - elevated up to the carport roof, in action 



Coil of metal roofing material, in Bright White

 

The Archzilla pulled up to the house today with  several giant coils of bright white metal roofing (SRI of over 90) and a mobile extruder to deliver our standing-seam metal roof panels. Selecting a metal roof was part of our Durability Plan (credits ID 2.1 Durability Planning and ID 2.2 Durability Management), and the choice of color - with its high SRI - contributes greatly to our energy performance (EA 1.1 Performance of ENERGY STAR for Homes and EA 1.2 Exceptional Energy Performance) and hopefully helps to lower our utility bills over the life of the home.