Lancaster County Career & Technology Center (LCCTC): Mt. Joy, PA

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Lancaster County Career and Technology Center Web site

Advanced Framing: An Examination of its Practical Use in Residential Construction - a case study highlighting the advantages of and barriers to widespread adoption of OVE practices. The LCCTC home was used as the base for the study.

Greening a New Home (1MB PDF) - a case study which details how the existing home plans were modified to meet the NAHB Model Green Home Building Guideline Gold level.

The Added Cost of Greening a New Home (611KB PDF) - a case study of how the (LCCTC) house would have rated in the National Green Building Standard™ and the costs involved with that rating.

"Training Future Green Home Builders" - Presentation given at the 2007 NAHB National Green Building Conference (March 27, 2007)

NAHB Model Green Home Building Guidelines

In the media:

• Nation's Building News (07/20/2009): Lancaster County Home Tests Green System Performance
• Green Builder Magazine (January 2008): Practical Lessons: High school seniors take a basic Energy Star floor plan & transform it into a top-rated high-performance home
• Lancaster Online Article (10/26/2007): Avoid water damage with prevention
• Nation's Building News (11/13/2006): First Student-Built 'Green' Home Follows NAHB Model
• Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (10/20/2006): Student Project to Show Benefits of Building "Green"
• NAHB Research Center Press Release (10/3/2006): NAHB Research Center and Local Technology School Break Ground on Area's First Student-Built 'Green' House
• Lancaster New Era (10/3/2006): Groundbreaking Announcement
• Lancaster Online Article (9/21/06): Colorful Instruction Teaches Students to Think ‘Green’
• Green Building Association of Central PA (Spring 2006): GBA-CPA Newsletter, Green home groundbreaking in Lancaster County