Imagine Green Design Corp.

Imagine Green Design Corp.
North Brunswick, NJ 08902
United States
ph: Office: (860) 707-5252
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What is Sustainable Design?

Sustainable design, green design, sustainable development, design with nature, environmentally sensitive design, environmentally responsible design, environmentally
conscious design, green architecture, high
performance buildings, and holistic resource management—regardless of what it is called, these terms deal with sustainability, the capability of environmental, economical, and social systems being continued over time.

Patio Floor designed with river stones.

Thatch roof design built with dried palm leaves woven with natural rope attached to tree branches.

What is Sustainable Design and why include these important issues into your life style?

Sustainable design has emerged as a
guiding paradigm in the creation of a
new kind of built environment: one that
“meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations
to meet their own needs” (World
Commission on Environment and
Development, 1987, p. 43). Sustainable
design evolved from a variety of concerns,
experiences, and needs:

Energy efficiency gained importance during the 1970s oil crisis;
Recycling efforts in the U.S. during the1970s became commonplace and came to the attention of the building industry;
In the 1980s, the “sick building syndrome” concept emerged and concern for worker health and productivity became an issue.

Green Building
Environmental Protection Agency's Green Building
URGENT CLEAN AIR ACT-CALL SENATORS
This Thursday June 10, the U.S. Senate will vote on Senator Lisa Murkowski's (R-AK) "Dirty Air Act" resolution. The vote is, sadly, too close to call -- and we need your help!
The "Dirty Air Act" resolution would gut the Clean Air Act's ability to crack down on the dirtiest climate polluters like Big Oil and Dirty Coal.
Gillian Caldwell recorded this video about the importance of this vote, and why we all need to step up and tell our senators to reject this move to gut the Clean Air Act. Watch the video, then call your senators toll-free and tell them to vote 'NO' on Sen. Murkowski's "Dirty Air Act" (S.J. Res 26):
Near Zero-Energy Building
December 14, 2009 — Elizabeth Palmer visits a building that recycles everything from rainwater to human body heat.
Zero Energy Home in Arizona
March 29, 2008 — The first true zero energy home people can afford
Orange County, Florida-Convention Center
February 15, 2010 — Learn about the largest solar array in the Southeast United States, located on the roof of the South Concourse at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida! The OCCC was the first convention center in the country to receive the ISO:14001 Environmental Certification, and is also in the process of becoming LEED certified! This segment also features the Orange County Environmental Protection Division's John Parker as he talks about the Climate Change Education Center, also located in the South Concourse at the Orange County Convention Center.
New York City Net Zero Energy Building
July 22, 2009 — At 8,000 sq feet, with solar panels and geothermal wells, Solar 2 will be the building of the future
The New Sound
Let's be sustainable!!
Green
March 06, 2010 — Imagine paying just $150 a year to heat and cool your home, but that's the reality for homeowners in a new northwest Albuquerque community.

Paul Allen Homes is building highly energy-efficient houses in a quiet community near Unser and McMahon Blvds., and the homes are selling quicker than they can be built, averaging 12 to 15 houses sold every month.

Luz Estrada will be able to move in to her new, energy efficient house next month.

"It's incredible being a single mom with two kids, and to be able to get a home at that price, for the quality," said Estrada.

Her brand new, three bedroom, two bath, two car garage home will cost her $162,000 and she will save hundreds heating it.

"I won't have to worry about, It's turn off the heater, we can't afford the heat this month. It will be a relief," she says. Ron Oyer closed the deal on his house in just one day. He says, as a consumer, buying a green home is the only way to go.

The insulating qualities, and the utilities that they installed, the efficient furnace and the instant on-demand water heater-- that was one of the big factors. It's really worked out well," said Oyer. Paul Allen Homes are built to national Green Built standards which measure how efficient they are. "The type of materials that are used in the house (are) healthful so that you're not breathing any kind of formaldehyde ridden materials, paints, those kinds of things," says Rex Allen, the owner of Paul Allen Homes.

Allen says there are 87 additional construction items done on the houses that go over and above energy codes. The homes are also hyper insulated, and include tank-less water heaters and high-energy efficient furnaces. "We can operate the house heat-wise at $84 a year. Cooling costs will run in the mid $60s for the entire year," said Allen.
Earth Breathing
Imagine our earth how it works...
Tour bamboo living homes in Hawaii, walk through a bamboo forest, 3 reasons for choosing a bamboo house, see models, styles, finishes, hear what homeowners say.