What is ‘high-performance’ or ‘sustainable’ or ‘green building’? Below are some links to online information that can provide some good ideas about all of those terms. Additionally, our company is happy to work with you for any special circumstances you may have, including disability needs and aging-in-place considerations. We have experience in planning and incorporating those building elements that can enhance your quality of living.
Cornerstone Construction is a non-smoking crew and fully insured. We are a Zero-Energy Ready Home Builder and an Energy Star Certified Builder.
CERTIFICATIONS and OTHER HELPFUL EXTERNAL LINKS
Looking to get as much off the grid as possible? Zero Energy Ready Homes (from the U.S. Department of Energy) provides support and guidance for that. A certification system is even in place to acknowledge those efforts. Click to learn more! And for the real ‘geeks’ of building science… here is a link to the Building Science Corporation, offering builders with practical advice on anything from R-values in retrofits to double vapor barriers, to under-slab insulation options. It’s evidence-based information that actively works to help create a better home inside and out. https://buildingscience.com/
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ADDRESS Hiram, OH
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What is ‘high-performance’ or ‘sustainable’ or ‘green building’? Below are some links to online information that can provide some good ideas about all of those terms. Additionally, our company is happy to work with you for any special circumstances you may have, including disability needs and aging- in-place considerations. We have experience in planning and incorporating those building elements that can enhance your quality of living.
Looking to get as much off the grid as possible? Zero Energy Ready Homes (from the U.S. Department of Energy) provides support and guidance for that. A certification system is even in place to acknowledge those efforts. Click to learn more! For those of us not necessarily interested in the third-party verification process… and instead, want to simply embrace a building philosophy with good common sense and the most practical of building science supported methods, then check out the “Pretty Good House” philosophy (a growing movement!) Click here!
And for the real ‘geeks’ of building science… here is a link to the Building Science Corporation, offering builders with practical advice on anything from R-values in retrofits to double vapor barriers, to under- slab insulation options. It’s evidence-based information that actively works to help create a better home inside and out. https://buildingscience.com/
Energy Star and LEED, third-party verification systems… both offer the opportunity to acknowledge the sustainable, high-performing elements that are incorporated into the building process. Having such verifications offer tangible evidence of the efforts, and may help to increase the home’s value at its resale. Click here to learn more! A “Green Home Guide” including step-by-step information about all that the concept of “Green Home” might entail. Note the essential elements that the author highlights: Good design, well-positioned on the lot, and well-insulated. U.S. Green Building Council
Cornerstone Construction is a non- smoking crew and fully insured. We are a Zero-Energy Ready Home Builder and an Energy Star Certified Builder.
Member of the Energy and Environmental Building Alliance (EEBA) NESEA: Northeast Sustainable Energy Association https://nesea.org/ Cornerstone supportsthe NESEA in its efforts to advance sustainability across the disiplines of the building industry.
https://www.phius.org/

Information and tips for

building healthy, comfortable

and efficient homes.

Hiram, OH 330.208.5175
CORNERSTONE CONSTRUCTION
CORNERSTONE CONSTRUCTION