选择 图标，以获得房间每个区域的改造提示.

• Heating or cooling your garage should be done with a separate system from heating and cooling your house.
• 把车库和房子隔开. Investigate the garage ceiling to ensure the joists are blocked off above all walls common to the house. If t在这里 is a door to the garage from the house, check the weather stripping and door sweep. Air seal around trim, electrical boxes or any other penetrations.
• If t在这里 is a heated room above the garage, make sure t在这里 is insulation in the garage ceiling. Make sure the insulation in the garage ceiling is in full contact with the flooring above. 密封车库天花板上的所有电气箱.

额外的资源

室内空气质量和泄漏

• Carbon Monoxide FAQ – from the Consumer Product Safety Commission 外部链接
  A frequently asked questions page about home carbon monoxide detectors.
• 绝缘和空气密封来自美国.S. 能源部 外部链接
  Provides information on energy–efficient insulation, and how to fix air leakages in your home.

循环再造及堆肥

• “回收更多. 这很容易做到。” -来自金县固体废物部门
  提供与家庭回收有关的提示和资源.
• 回收页面 -来自金县固体废物部门
  Offers links to all kinds of information on recycling, waste reduction, and food scrap composting.
• 在路边的垃圾箱里堆肥你的食物残渣
  Find tips on how and what to compost in your curbside food and yard waste bin.
• 家庭危险废物收集方案 -来自金县固体废物部门
  Provides information on how to best dispose of household hazardous waste
• 物质的故事 外部链接
  物质的故事 Project’s journey began with a 20-minute online movie about the way we make, 使用和扔掉我们生活中的所有东西. 5年之后，获得了4000万的点击量, 这个网站包括一个750人的社区,全球6000名变革者, 努力建设一个健康和公正的地球.
• Consider keeping the smallest landfill bin you need to encourage you and your family to think twice about w在这里 items go.

Alternatives to Asphalt/Concrete: Pervious Surfaces and Low Impact Development (LID)

• 2009年金县地表水设计手册下载
  雨水工具可以在 附录C下载 :“流量控制bmp”
• 许可和环境审查部(DPER) Bulletin 34B Surface Water Design Manual Variances or Adjustments下载
• 国家预拌混凝土协会(NRMCA) 透水路面资源下载
• 观察当地的绿色建筑承包商 玛莎·罗斯的工作人员安装透水路面 Youtube
• U.S. 冷块再生沥青 外部链接
  一家总部位于埃弗雷特的公司，销售袋装再生沥青

回收

Consider placing recycle bins in the garage for daily sorting of recyclable materials. 你至少需要三个箱子:

• Food and 院子里 Waste: food scraps, food-soiled paper (like pizza delivery boxes) and yard debris
• 回收:塑料、玻璃、纸张和铝等材料
• 垃圾:这应该是你最小的垃圾桶!
• 所有其他材料(如.g. large household items, electronics): Refer to your local requirements online.
• 金县禁止丢弃电视, 电脑, 监视器和手机, fluorescent bulbs and tubes in the garbage or at King County transfer stations or at the household hazardous waste facilities (King County Waste Acceptance Policy).
• 西雅图市禁止丢弃灯泡/灯管, 电脑显示器, TVs or any other device containing cathode ray tubes (CRTs) in residential or commercial garbage or at Seattle transfer stations. (西雅图市政法规第21条.36.025 – Unlawful Disposal; 21.36.026 – 房子hold Hazardous Waste; 21.36.029 -小批量发电机)

门垫

• Provide track-off mats/carpets and/or shoe removal area to avoid tracking in contaminants

自行车

• 把自行车放在方便的地方，鼓励骑行. Cutting down on car trips is one of the best ways to reduce your personal carbon footprint.
• 随身携带自行车工具和备用管道
• Provide hooks or a rack for wet bike gear to avoid tracking in contaminants
• 索取你的免费副本 西雅图自行车地图 或查看国王 & 斯诺霍米什县自行车地图 在这里
• Consider use of other local public transportation options in lieu of vehicle use if not using a bicycle, i.e. 公共汽车、火车等

室内空气质量

• Thoroughly seal the air barrier between your house and garage to keep pollutants out of indoor air.
• Store paints, solvents, gas powered appliances and anything that off-gases outside the garage.
• Install an ENERGY STAR rated exhaust fan and set it to run when a car uses the garage; use a motion sensor or wire it to the garage door opener.
• 废物管理计划

电动汽车充电

• 考虑购买插电式混合动力车或全电动汽车. Local electricity is a very inexpensive way to fuel a car and environmentally cleaner than gasoline.
• 请一位电工评估是否要增加一个2级, 240伏, 在你购买汽车之前，把电动汽车充电器送到你的车库. Charging stations are available both from electric car dealers and other suppliers like big box hardware stores.
• Pre-wiring for an electric car charging station when you are remodeling or adding a garage is a great way to prepare for the future.
• Look at local incentives and rebates for charging station installation

车道

• Consider Low Impact Development (LID) techniques if replacing or adding a driveway (code may require it!).
• 在车道施工期间要做好保护树木的计划.
• Consider more than first costs when deciding on materials and approach.
• Minimize runoff by using permeable materials such as pervious concrete or porous asphalt.
• 确保车道排水远离房屋的等级
• 对于必须铺设的区域, elect to use the lightest color of stone or aggregate (reducing heat insland effect)
• 树木为您的财产提供了许多重要的功能, including shading to reduce the cooling needs of your home and storm water management through the interception of rain on leaves and branches. Be sure you or your contractor follow best practice guides for protecting all site trees during your project.
• 对于许多产品来说，第一成本往往会推动决策, but high maintenance and replacement costs can end up swallowing any savings from a lower first cost. 考虑一下车道材料的保修期, 做出选择前的维护要求.
• Pervious pavement requires engineering to ensure sufficient sub-surface materials are designed and installed properly to account for the structural loading and the water infiltration rates desired. Note that t在这里 are maintenance requirements (periodic vacuuming), but the benefits of improving storm water management are very compelling.
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