small homes: environmental benefits and trends
DESCRIPTION
This short presentation review why reducing the size of your home is among the best green building practices and how demographic changes will increase the demand for small homes.TRANSCRIPT
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
Small Homes:
Environmental Benefits And Trends
Jordan Palmeri
Oregon DEQ
503-229-6766
Size Matters
-18%
-36%
+38%
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Source: Oregon DEQLifetime = 70 years
Source: Oregon DEQ
Small is effective
Energy Trust of Oregon data (preliminary results)
Source: City of Milwaukie / URBSWORKS / Paste in Place.com
House size has increased
Global House size
Source: City of Milwaukie and URBSWORKS
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Households are getting smaller
Source: Oregon AARP and US Census Bureau
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More 65+ seniors
Thank You!
Jordan Palmeri
– Oregon DEQ
– 503-229-6766
– http://www.deq.state.or.us/lq/sw/wasteprevention/
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