Resource Conservation Research House  American home builders and home buyers have become increasingly interested in the relationship of home building and home usage to a sustainable environment. This interest led the NAHB Research Center to construct the Resource Conservation Research House. The house highlights materials and systems that conserve the nation's material and energy resources.
Many of the products used in construction of the house are made of recycled materials. Using recycled materials to make building products is an important frontier and use of such materials in the house has attracted major attention. However, four other types of materials were used to build the house that are equally important for conservation of resources. They are: - Products that increase energy efficiency
- Products made of less precious materials
- Product with enhanced durability
- Products that require less maintenance
The Resource Conservation House Plans and Resource Conservation Video can be purchased through our publications department. A selected bibliography of articles written about the house is available.
Resource Conservation Research House Selected Bibliography - "Earth Day's Fallout." Philadelphia Enquirer, Friday Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 21, 1995.
- "All Hands on Trex." Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 17, 1995.
- "Home Constructed With the Environment, Future in Mind." Home News, Portland, Minnesota, Issue #4, 1995.
- "Bowie's 'Green' Home: House is literally built out of recycled material." Maryland Friday Home Guide, December 30, 1994.
- "Would You Want To Live In This Dump?" Smithsonian (April 1994): 121-123.
- "At Home With High-Tech." Washington Post February 17, 1994.
- "Homes Built For Tomorrow-Today." Good Cents Building Materials, July/August 1993.
- "Builders Begin to Look at Recycling." H. Jane Lehman, The Washington Post Real Estate, (Saturday, April 17, 1993): E1, E3, E5.
- "Solar Homes Take Shine to Sun's Endless Energy." Ray Parisi, Jr., The Journal Friday Home Report, Virginia Edition, (April 16, 1993): R1, R8.
- "In This Home, Old Materials Find New Life." by Gene Austin, The Philadelphia Inquirer Real Estate, (Sunday, April 4, 1993): M1, M4.
- "Resource Efficiency." Custom Builder, (January/February 1993): 14.
- "Little Goes to Waste in Resource House." Harmon Zuckerman, Nation's Building News, Vol. 8, No. 18, (January 25, 1993): 1, 9-11.
- "A Home for Recycled Junk." by H. Jane Lehman, The San Diego Union-Tribune, (Sunday, January 24, 1993): H2, H8.
- "This House a Model of Recycling." by Gene Austin, Chicago Tribune, (January 23, 1993).
- "NAHB Research Home Receives Copper Quality House Award." Houston Chronicle, (January 10, 1993).
- "The House that Conservation Built." by Ellen James Martin, Los Angeles Times, (January 3, 1993).
- "The House That Junk Built." by Suzanne Kantra, Popular Science, (January 1993): 62-63, 90.
- "Recycled Plastic Roofs Experimental House in Maryland." Civil Engineering, (January 1993): 91.
- "Copper Highlights Resource Conservation House." Copper Topics, Winter 1993.
- "NAHB's Resource Conservation Research House Uses Solar Energy." Solar Industry Journal, (Fourth Quarter 1992): 13.
- "'Garbage House' is a Boon to Recycling, Energy Efficiency." Ellen James Martin, San Francisco Chronicle, (December 22, 1992).
- "NAHB Opens Environmentally Friendly House." Houston Chronicle, (December 13, 1992).
- "Castles from Castoffs: Demonstration House is Built of Recycled Materials." by Richard Westlund, The Miami Herald, (December 11, 1992): H1, H6.
- "Steel Industry Shows Mettle in New Home." by Frederick H. Lowe, Chicago Sun-Times, (December 1, 1992).
- "Resourceful Thinking." by David A. Jones, Builder, (September 1992): 162-66.
- "Green House Resources." Builder, (September 1992): 40.
- "The Recycled House." by Marcelle M. Soviero, Popular Science, (April 1991): 68-69, 98.
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