Sustainable Building Solutions

Sustainable Building Technologies, Inc.™
Net Zero Energy Buildings™      Net Zero Energy Houses™
Sustainable Building Technologies™    Sustainable Urban Living™

The Future Belongs to the Sustainable™

Office Tel.    (81342) 71518 - 0101217        Email: info @ sustainablebuildingsolutions .com

Reduce Your Monthly Power and Energy Expenses on your Next New Home or
Commercial Building by 70% or More!

Home page:   www.SustainableBuildingTechnologies.com

Our company offers "Sustainable Urban Living"™ products and services that include: Sustainable Architectural Designs for homes and commercial buildings, Sustainable Master Planning and Real Estate Development services, and Sustainable Building Solutions™ through our turnkey Sustainable Building Technologies™ for customers wanting to build and live in sustainable homes or commercial buildings or developers wanting to develop real estate with "sustainable" solutions.

We believe "the future belongs to the sustainable™. In fact, we believe our future depends on sustainability.

Question: Do you know how many trees were destroyed
to build this one new house (below)?

Answer: At approximately 3,400 square feet, this house required 40 mature, full-growth trees, that were living on 2 acres of mature forests,
to build this one new house (above).

BUILDING HOMES LIKE THIS IS
NOT SUSTAINABLE!

Our "sustainable" homes and commercial buildings use 95% - 100% less wood and timber products, and use 75% to 100% less energy compared to non-sustainable homes and commercial buildings!

Our company is one of the leading companies that promotes and provides sustainable building design and planning solutions that absolutely minimizes the environmental impact for our new homes, commercial buildings and real estate developments. Companies and homeowners that adapt Sustainable Building Solutions, Sustainable Building Technologies, and Sustainable Architecture, are truly serving their client's, families and our nation's future.

There is a finite amount of natural resources, and as the supplies are reduced, their prices go up. Just look at the price of energy. Our country is in a precarious position as more than 50% of our nation's oil is imported. We have reached "peak oil" production, and as a result, the price of oil, as well as other energy substitutes such as natural gas - have sky-rocketed in the past 2-3 years. Since much of our electricity in the U.S. is made through simple-cycle and combined cycle power plants, that are fueled by natural gas, electricity prices have also sky-rocketed in deregulated states. Similarly, as a result of last year's hurricanes, particularly Katrina and Rita, the price of building materials (plywood, 2 x 4's, sheetrock, etc.) have markedly increased the past 12 months as well.

In the case of energy resources, once a new home or building is built, the owner of the new home, is essentially, "locked-in" and "captive" to the building's energy systems for the life-cycle of their new home or building. And so is that home or building's future owners. For example, a homeowner that built a new home just 10 years ago in Dallas, Texas, may have installed natural gas for the home's water heating, space heating, cooking, and clothes dryer. The rest of the home used electricity for all other energy requirements including air-conditioning, lighting, refrigeration, etc. But in the last 4 years, natural gas prices have increased from about $4.00/mmbtu (industrial price) $6.00/mmbtu (retail price) to over $12.00/mmbtu, with spot prices spiking to almost $20.00/mmbtu. And electric rates have nearly doubled in much of Texas. Since January 2002, when Texas' electric rates and utilities became "deregulated," TXU has raised their electric rates an incredible 82%! Texas now has some of the most expensive electric rates, with the "price to beat" in TXU areas (north Texas, which includes Dallas and Fort Worth) for residential customers at $0.15/kWh.

For these reasons, we incorporate Solar Cogeneration™ and Solar Trigeneration™ power and energy systems in our Net Zero Energy Buildings™ and Net Zero Energy Houses™.

Our Sustainable Building Technologies™ conserve and preserve our environment by using up to 95% less timber, 50% to 70% less energy, and conserve natural resources, through sustainable design and construction technologies as compared to traditional homes and commercial buildings.

At the heart of our Sustainable Building Solutions™ homes and commercial buildings are; sustainable architecture designs and our "Structural Insulating Panels or Insulating Concrete Forms.

Our Net Zero Energy Buildings™ and Net Zero Energy Houses™ made from our cement-sprayed SIPs are virtually:

* Permanent and built to last over 300 years!
* 50% to 100% more efficient than typical homes or buildings. (This translates into monthly
electric expenses of up to 100% less than what you are paying now - that's right, complete
elimination of monthly electric expenses!)
* Fire-proof
* Mold-proof
* Termite-proof
* Storm-resistant
* Wood-free except for doors, cabinets and trim

Sustainable Architecture, Building Design and New Home and Commercial Building Construction Practices

Our own definition of "sustainable architecture" is: "Environmentally-friendly houses and commercial buildings, designed and built using sustainable building technologies, materials, and sustainable energy systems, which will not burden future generations with environmental and financial debts."

Why we need Sustainable Architecture as a Foundation for Building our New Homes and Commercial Buildings

The idea of sustainable architecture is not new. Countless numbers of homes and buildings that were built 200, 300 and even 500 years ago throughout much of Europe. They were built to last. They're cool in the summer and warm in the winter, without consuming massive amounts of electricity and energy.

The non-sustainable "cheap" homes and buildings that are now built, have significant and costly repercussions in terms of the home or commercial building's life-cycle costs. Our nation's demand for cheap, non-sustainable architecture, instead of utilizing sustainable architecture - is both the fault and responsibility of the architect customer.

The price of our past failures are now readily apparent, and it is time to create solutions!

The Cost to our Nation of NON-Sustainable Architecture

NON-sustainable architecture, like our country's national debt, has provided our country with cheap homes and commercial buildings that threaten our nation's safety, security, health and finances. They also consume and waste huge amounts of resources. From Florida to Louisiana, from New Hampshire to Oklahoma, and from California to Cancun, we have seen the results of our failure to design in a sustainable manner using sustainable methods and materials

Non-sustainable buildings (built in the standard, non-sustainable architectural and engineering methods) of the world presently consume about:

• 40% of the world's energy and materials
• 25% of the wood and timber
• 20% of our water

In the U.S., homes and commercial buildings account for about:

• 40% of the total electricity consumption
• 65% of electricity use
• 30% of greenhouse gas emissions
• 37% of ozone depletion potential

According to the National American Homebuilder's Association, a typical, (non-sustainable) "stick-built" or wood-frame home was 2,085 square feet and required more than one acre of trees/forest! And the waste created during the construction of this typical home averages between 3 tons to 7 tons, for EVERY new house built!

In addition, this typical, non-sustainable home uses the following resources:

• 13,127 board feet of lumber
• 6,212 square feet of sheathing
• 2,085 square feet of flooring
• 14 tons of concrete
• 2,325 square feet of exterior siding
• 3,100 square feet of roofing material
• 3,061 square feet of insulation
• 6,144 square feet of interior wall material
• 120 linear feet of ducting
• 15 windows
• 13 kitchen cabinets and 2 other cabinets
• 1 kitchen sink
• 12 interior doors, 7 closet doors, 2 exterior doors, 1 patio door, 2 garage doors
• 1 fireplace
• 3 toilets
• 2 bathtubs; 1 shower stall
• 3 bathroom sinks
• 68 gallons of paint and coatings

Sadly, the majority of new real estate developments (subdivisions) in United States are built on “greenfield” sites/land. Greenfields are land that was not previously developed or built on. Every new subdivision or real estate development displaces otherwise pristine and limited natural resources in the form of forests, grasslands, farms, pastures.

What are Green Buildings, Net Zero Energy Buildings™ and Net Zero Energy Houses™?

“Green buildings," like our Net Zero Energy Buildings™ and our Net Zero Energy Houses™ are an environmentally-friendly way of designing, constructing, and operating homes and buildings that increases a building's performance, minimize environmental impact on our natural resources, and maximize the experience for people who work, live and play in these homes and commercial buildings.

Green buildings (Net Zero Energy Buildings™ and Net Zero Energy Houses™) compared to Traditional "stick-built Buildings and Houses:

     * Are Sustainable
     * Reduce energy consumption from the electric grid and natural gas utilities
     * Save and may actually produce more green power and energy than they consume
     * Minimize environmental-impact
     * Minimize waste
     * Reduce building materials and incorporate low-impact materials
     * Protect the site and surrounding eco-system
     * Save water
     * Are healthier to live in
     * Recycle existing building materials

The term "green buildings" are often used interchangeably with "sustainable," "high performance," and "healthy buildings and houses." Eco-housing, green development, sustainable design, sustainable architecture, sustainable building solutions,™ Net Zero Energy Buildings™ Net Zero Energy Houses™ environmentally sound housing, and green buildings are all terms and definitions that seek to achieve similar goals. The Rocky Mountain Institute, in its "Primer on Sustainable Building", flexibly describes this sustainable architecture as "taking less from the Earth and giving more to people." In practice, "green" housing varies widely. It can range from being energy efficient and using nontoxic interior finishes to being constructed of recycled materials and completely powered by Solar Energy Systems such as photovoltaic systems, solar thermal collectors that include very efficient evacuated tube collectors, and Solar Cogeneration™ and Solar Trigeneration™ power and energy systems.

Green buildings and sustainable development practices offer an opportunity to create environmentally sound and resource-efficient buildings by using an integrated approach to design, planning and construction. Green building and sustainable development promote resource conservation of our limited natural resources which includes energy efficiency, renewable energy, and water conservation. Green building and sustainable development considers the environmental impact on every new house or commercial building and also considers the life-cycle costs and environmental impact of the new house or commercial building for its entire "life-cycle." Therefore. waste minimization is also an important consideration. Ultimately, green buildings and sustainable development practices create a healthy and comfortable building and environment; reduces operation and maintenance costs over the life-cycle of the building, conserves our limited natural resources, considers access to public transportation and other community infrastructure systems. The entire life cycle of the building and its components are considered, as well as the economic and environmental impact and performance.

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Some of the above from the Department of Energy with permission.

Cement Sprayed Structural Insulated Panels Concentrating Solar Power

Energy Savings Guarantee    Energy Performance Contracting    FEMA Trailers

Ground Source Heat Pumps    Insulated Concrete Forms    Insulating Concrete Forms    LEED

Net Zero Energy Buildings   Net Zero Energy Houses    Photovoltaic Systems

Solar Thermal Collectors    Solar Trigeneration    Structural Insulated Panels

Structural Insulating Panels    Sustainable Building Solutions

Sustainable Building Technologies    Sustainable Architects    Texas EcoHomes

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Carbon Dioxide Emissions
www.CarbonDioxideEmissions.com

Greenhouse Gas Emissions
www.GreenhouseGasEmissions.com

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