Museum of Science and Industry Exhibit Resource Guide

Chicago’s Greenest Home May 8, 2008 - January 4, 2009 Table of Contents

Letter from the Mayor 4 Meet Michelle Kaufmann 5 Pre-fabulous 6 Smart Home: A Green Giant 8 Get Smart. Get Wired. 10 Five Principles 11 Exhibit Tour 12 Landscaping and Vegetable Garden 24 Outdoor Living 25 Eco-tips 26 Glossary 28 Eco-Resources Guide 30 Partners + Sponsors 32 Family Fun with the Sun 34

As part of our 75th Anniversary, Smart Home: Green + Wired is sponsored by:

Special thanks to our partners:

2 • www.msichicago.org Dear Friends, The Museum of Science and Industry opened its doors in 1933. That same year, Chicago hosted a spectacular celebration of human innovation in architecture, science, technology and transportation: The Century of Progress World’s Fair. I read about one exhibit from that fair that has always fascinated me. The “Homes of Tomorrow” display unveiled visionary building methods and technologies like prefabricated homes and solar-powered heating.

Today, green practices lead modern industry. It is our ongoing mission to provide our guests with new information about these practices and relevant, hands-on experiences. Students build model fuel cell cars in Museum Learning Labs, and after-school program participants explore solar-panel technology and teachers learn how to present alternative energy content in their classrooms. As a tribute to environmentally-aware science education, it seems only fitting to showcase scientific and industrial innovations, new materials and technologies shaping the homes of our future.

Like Chicago’s architectural father Daniel Burnham, the Museum of Science and Museum Green Industry makes no little plans. When we decided to showcase the future of eco- Achievements friendly architecture, of course, only a real home demonstrating the cutting-edge in green technology and sustainable materials would do! We contacted architect A recent City of Chicago Green Museum Michelle Kaufmann, one of the country’s most innovative designers of sustainable Certificate recipient, here is a sample green homes, and All-American Homes, an industry leader in superior modular of how we put green principles into ac- home construction, and we knew we had the blueprint for an extraordinary exhibit tion at the Museum and throughout the experience: a real, fully functioning eco-home right here at the Museum. community.

• We formed an interdepartmental team We are proud to open our home to you—a 2,500-square-foot mkSolaire™ house, to provide information and tools for crafted with recycled and renewed materials, featuring the very latest in energy and Museum staff and visitors to think resource efficiencies. With the help of Wired magazine, “smart” technologies have green and help the Museum make eco-friendly choices. been incorporated throughout the home. The technologies not only offer increased convenience, but also ensure that the home is as energy-efficient as possible. • We led facility improvements, such as: - Solar panels that generate up to Smart Home: Green + Wired invites guests to learn about the small and big ways 50KW of the Museum’s electrical they can be more eco-friendly in their own homes. Open the doors to a true home needs. - Waterless urinals and awaiting of tomorrow, here at the Museum today. certification for grey-water system for public restrooms. Welcome Home!

• The Museum’s Sustainability Master Plan will help assess current opera- David R. Mosena tions and will develop and recommend President, CEO sustainable alternatives. Museum of Science and Industry

www.msichicago.org • 3 Dear Smart Home visitors,

The City of Chicago has made a commitment to being the most environmentally- friendly city in the nation, and green buildings are an important part of our efforts. We’re constructing every new city facility as a green building, using 20 percent less energy than conventional construction, providing healthier air for building users and improving the quality of life in our neighborhoods. The Museum of Science and Industry’s Smart Home: Green + Wired exhibit highlights the importance of these efforts.

All new city facilities, including libraries, schools and police stations must be LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified, and meet minimum environmental standards incorporating such things as solar panels, reflective roofs and other improvements into their design.

Smart Home … In addition, the City’s Green Permit Program provides developers and owners with an incentive to build green by streamlining the permit process timeline for their Chicago’s projects. We’ve also developed six “Green Home Remodeling Series” guides to Greenest Home! encourage and help homeowners make environmentally conscious choices when rehabbing their homes. According to the Chicago Green Homes program, Smart Home: Green + Wired is “Chicago’s Through the City’s Historic Chicago Bungalow Initiative we have also helped more Greenest Home”! This notable than 9,000 homeowners restore and adapt bungalows by providing special financing designation is a result of a com- options, vendor discounts, technical assistance and education. prehensive review of the home’s construction plans, materials and design in relation to the City We are also working with local museums to form a Green Museum Network. of Chicago’s Green Building Members such as the Museum of Science and Industry have implemented green Standards. procurement strategies as well as incorporated green-building strategies into their business practices. Chicago Green Homes is a program sponsored by the Chicago Department of the The Museum of Science and Industry’s Smart Home: Green + Wired will go a long Environment and the Chicago way toward educating residents and visitors alike on how being green can help Department of Construction and improve the environment as well as save money. By working together, we can Permits to promote sustainable conserve and protect Chicago for future generations to come. green design and residential construction. Richard M. Daley Enjoy your tour through Chicago’s Mayor, City of Chicago extraordinary, one-of-a-kind green home!

4 • www.msichicago.org Meet Michelle Kaufmann

Michelle Kaufmann, founder MSI: How about designing for an and chair of Michelle Kaufmann urban lot?

Designs (MKD), is a leader in MK: The mkSolaire is designed as a the green design community, healthy, green-living solution for the city. and her commitment to Even in a typical city lot where two sides do not see sunlight, this home is washed sustainable living remains with natural light (and the homeowner constant throughout all of her can save energy by using daylight work. She and her husband live instead of artificial light), natural in a “green home” of her design ventilation, with clean lines and warm materials. The home also maximizes in California’s Marin County. every square foot by incorporating roof Michelle Kaufmann inside the Smart Home decks and green roofs, making those MSI: What do you hope Smart Home Museum of Science and Industry: This spaces habitable and making the home visitors will learn or do as a result of is your first project in the Midwest, feel larger. “Design big” rather than this exhibit? Michelle. As an Iowa native, how do “build big” is one of our main mottos. you feel about returning for a project in mk: I hope this exhibit will teach people the “Heartland”? MSI: Why is your partnership with the Mu- to think about how our lives, habits and seum of Science and Industry a “natural”? Michelle Kaufmann: I am so excited to behavior affect the environment. I think seeing so many green alternatives will have one of our homes built in the MK: One of the best parts of this project encourage people to think about how Midwest, not just because this is where is working with the Museum of Science they live and the decisions they make I’m from, but also because growing up and Industry. When I was in middle every day. Hopefully, people will leave here gave me my appreciation of the school, my entire class of 300 kids piled with ideas to incorporate into their own balance between the land, how we live into a caravan of buses and drove from homes. I also hope the home inspires on the land and the climate. My Iowa to Chicago just to visit this Museum! people to imagine, innovate and invent grandparents owned a farm and I The mixture of the grand architecture, sustainable solutions of their own. Fi- enjoyed the beauty of rural buildings science and technology was intoxicat- nally, it’s important to us that people learn like barns. Because barns are designed ing. The combination of these interests that going green is becoming easier. Our for function, climate and the minimal persisted throughout my life and has firm’s mission is to make thoughtful, sus- use of materials, many sustainable brought me to this point. I’ve come full tainable design more accessible because approaches that we incorporate into circle and now have the honor of helping the easier it is for people to go green, the our home designs are born from barns. to create an exhibit that also combines better our chances of saving this planet. Barns use strategically placed open- architecture, science and technology, an That’s another reason we’re so delighted ings for light and breezes; sliding doors exhibit that I dearly hope will inspire the to be a part of the Smart Home exhibit and walls on tracks are some of my fa- children who experience it. This is the educating guests about how to live green. vorite elements. We have incorporated perfect audience; it is this generation of these into the mkSolaire and the Smart children, with support from their parents, Keep updated with Michelle Kaufmann at Home: Green + Wired exhibit. that will save our planet. blog.michellekaufmann.com

www.msichicago.org • 5 All American Homes is an industry leader, with expertise Pre-fabulous in residential and commercial ® The House that All American Homes Built modular (systems-built) construction. When a home is built on site, architects, The Building of Smart Home contractors and builders must contend 1. In summer of 2007, Michelle Kaufmann 12. March 4, 2008, Smart Home arrives at with delays because of weather, wasted Designs (MKD) worked with the the Museum. A 250-ton crane lifts Museum to discuss design. modular components from the trucks materials, among other obstacles. Real- 2. MKD and the Museum worked to to the foundation using heavy-duty izing that pre-built components made integrate the home into the Museum site. cables, steel straps and very careful construction more efficient and affordable, 3. During January 2008, the Smart Home coordination! pioneers in the home-building industry is constructed in the All American 13. Once they were in place, the modular Homes factory from the inside out, units are bolted down and the “button followed the precedent of the automotive with reviews by inspectors following up” work began. industry. Homes built in factories instead every step. From beginning to end, the 14. The “marriage walls” (the area where of on site save time, energy and materials. project is designed and built to meet the modular units come together) tie local building codes, with the most the whole home together, but disap- What is a modular home? stringent requirements. pear once the home is complete. 4. Floors and walls were assembled on 15. Utilities are connected between each A modular home is comprised of complex large assembly lines inside the All module and to the various services “modules,” built offsite in a climate- American factory. on the site. controlled environment. These highly- 5. Utilities are roughed into the floor and 16. Site work and final construction engineered components are built in a wall components and gypsum board is completed by Norcon, Inc. affixed to the structure. 17. April 22, 2008 landscaping installation factory and transported to the building 6. Electrical and heating, ventilation and began. site where they are set onto a permanent air conditioning systems begin. 18. Home automation system installed foundation. Like traditional homes, 7. The roof, which has been constructed by 3G Applied Technologies. modular homes must pass the same at the same time in another part of the 19. Home’s interior is furnished by Verde code requirements. Modular homes factory, is set on top of the walls. Design Studio. 8. Exterior sheathing is installed, and exte- can be fully customized to meet the rior cladding installation begins. homeowner’s preferences and can be 9. Interior finishes (plumbing built to any specification or size. fixtures, lighting, appliances, countertops, etc.) are installed. 10. March 3, 2008, Smart Home Why choose prefab over site built? begins its journey from the All • Typical on-site construction jobs do American Homes factory to not have provisions for materials stor- the Museum on flatbed trucks. age and most materials have to be cut 11. The Parallel Construction™ to length in the field so “cut offs” are process (building the home simultaneously with the foun- often trashed. Modular, factory con- dation) allows Smart Home to struction saves time and materials. be built while the contractors Wood is delivered pre-cut for many excavate and pour the founda- components and computerized saws tion on the site. do the rest. Cut offs from framing are

6 • www.msichicago.org used for blocking or to heat the factory or employees’ homes. Drywall, wiring, sawdust, vinyl and other scraps are collected and recycled. • Generally speaking, a home can be completed in several weeks in the factory, and finished onsite in three to eight weeks. A site built home of similar size could take four months or longer. • Factory built-homes are constructed from the inside out. That means electricians and plumbers have easy access into the walls during construction. • Homes built in the factory are not subject to Mother Nature’s whims. Production continues despite snow, rain, sleet and heat.

All American Homes www.allamericanhomes.com Norcon Inc. General Contractor for the Smart Home and engaged in several green projects throughout the Chicagoland area. www.norconinc.com photos (from left to right): Smart Home on assembly line. Foundation was laid. Modules arrived at the Museum. Norcon finished site work.

www.msichicago.org • 7 struction received 100 points. First runner up: a comparably sized ENERGY Smart Home: STAR home, one built to meet the Department of Energy’s rigorous energy efficiency goals, received 85 points. A Green Giant The winner: The Museum’s Smart Home with a sparse 51 points. This home is From the foundation to the use with the home energy rating system almost twice as energy efficient as an green roof, every square inch index (HERS Index), considered the gold ENERGY STAR home, and nearly three times as green as a Chicago bungalow. of Smart Home demonstrates standard in energy efficiency ratings in Illinois. A zero rating would represent a energy efficiency in action. home that either consumes no energy or Systems, materials, appli- consumes no more energy than it supplies ances, even the direction of the to the grid. Each point represents a one windows work in harmony to percent increase in the energy consumed make this home a lean, green by the house, so the goal is to have as low a HERS Index rating as possible. eco-machine.

The third runner up in the study was the How green? An energy audit was beloved Chicago bungalow, a vintage conducted, comparing Smart Home masonry structure common throughout with other homes, including a typical the 1920s, 30s and 40s. This stately, but Chicago bungalow, to see how they not-so-energy efficient edifice racked measured up in terms of energy ef- up 126 points on the index. Second ficiency. Let’s just say the competition runner up: a typical newly constructed is green with envy. home, one designed to meet the Inter-

national Energy Code requirements The study measured homes‚ heating, and in accordance with City of Chicago The Smart Home energy comparison was air conditioning, electricity and water conducted by Kouba-Cavallo Associates jurisdiction for new residential con- (www.kouba-cavallo.com) using energy rating Home Energy Rating System (HERS) software, the REM/RATE tool used by home energy raters in Illinois and created by Archi- Smart Home (51 pts.) tectural Energy Corporation.

ENERGY STAR (85 pts.)

Newly Constructed Home (100 pts.)

Chicago Bungalow (126 pts.)

0 30 60 90 120 150 HERS RATING INDEX

8 • www.msichicago.org Energy Costs

Smart Home = $837 per year for heat; $125 Save Energy, Save Money! per year for cooling; $1,977 for all energy ComEd and Peoples Gas offer easy ways consumed. Solar cells reduce cash outlay to save energy and trim bills. by $264. • Purchase CFLs. ComEd will offer Bungalow = $2,021 per year for heat; $3230 incentives beginning June 2008 when for all energy uses. you purchase CFLs, which use about 75 percent less energy than incandescent bulbs and last up to 10 times longer. $aving Green summer, install window fans instead • Replace old appliances. Earn Smart Home residents could spend that of cranking the AC. incentives with ComEd, beginning in June 2008, for recycling inefficient air extra $1,253 in green on a wardrobe full • Decide what you want BEFORE you conditioners and secondary refrigera- of vintage clothing, a lifetime supply of open the fridge. tors and freezers. CFLs, a table made from FSC-certified • Scrape, don’t rinse, before using the • Participate in Nature First. Through wood— the possibilities are endless! dishwasher. Nature First, ComEd can remotely cycle customers’ air conditioner compressors • Turn off the light when you leave the room. on and off during peak demand times. How does Smart Home manage to be that • When it’s time to purchase new ap- This program helps participants earn energy efficient? Every decision in the pliances, make them energy-efficient bill credits of up to $10 per month during building’s design and construction was models. summer months and curtail usage. made with energy efficiency in mind. • Consider purchasing a low-flow show- • Check out real-time pricing. Manage your own electricity usage in response

erhead or a dual-flush toilet. to market conditions. Buy power on an Many of Smart Home’s energy efficien- • Use leftover water from your drinking hourly basis and reduce usage when cies can easily translate to your home. glass, pet bowl or cooking pot to hy- prices are high. It’s easy to be green! drate thirsty house and garden plants. • Enjoy reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Peoples Gas provides These simple energy saving tips are a • Read by natural light when possible. natural gas to nearly one million great way to start; then work your way • You can also monitor monthly use by customers; natural gas is the fossil fuel to more! visiting www.ComEdCARE.com or that produces the fewest greenhouse • Snuggle in a sweater or blanket ENERGY STAR’s Home Energy saver gas emissions. before hiking up the heat, and in the at hes.lbl.gov/hes. • Get energy-saving assistance. Peoples Gas provides weatherproof- ing, conservation and energy auditing resources for customers. Powered by the Sun • Find tips for bungalow owners. Atop Smart Home’s roof is the newest in Peoples Gas provides a program solar energy technology: photovoltaic specifically designed to help Chicago (PV) film. This material absorbs the bungalow owners to be greener! sun’s power, transforming it into usable • Weatherize. Team Home Energy energy: enough to power the majority of Assistance Together (HEAT) program the 2,500 square-foot Smart Home. Thin curved roofs. What’s more, when the home enlists Peoples Gas employee volun- photovoltaic film provides maximum is not using the PV system, energy is sent teers to weatherize homes of low- and solar-charged electricity production (15- back to the Museum’s main grid to be used fixed-income residents. 20 percent more efficient than traditional throughout the Museum. • Learn more tips and tools. Visit www.ComEdCARE.com and solar panels), is tolerant of shade and P.V. film supplier | Uni-Solar | www.peoplesgasdelivery.com is easy to install, even on sloped and www.uni-solar.com

www.msichicago.org • 9 Get Smart. Get Wired.

This home leads a secret double life behind the wood and drywall. There’s a digital nerve center built into the Smart Home that works constantly and automatically to save the homeowner’s time, down” mode, reduce energy consumption and make automatically life more entertaining. securing doors, turning off lights and lowering heat or air conditioning. Alarm clocks are a thing of the past when the entire home is programmed to rise Not all the technology is behind the and shine. In the morning, the home’s scenes. A streamlined, foldable Strida Life|ware automation system clicks on bike boasts an ingenious collapsible Wired magazine served as the lights, raises the shades and cues wake- aluminum frame so homeowners can technology and automation up music from the NuVo digital music commute from train to doorstep, sav- advisor for the Smart Home, server. The motorized skylight in the ceiling time and energy. And the ultra- ing opens when detectors sense a cool compact handheld PC from Samsung helping to identify and secure breeze and Botanicalls digital sensors provides easy access to email, energy “smart” systems, with a in the houseplant gives the family a call information and home control screens. focus on energy efficiency, when they need water. Even the household pet, a dinosaur homeowner awareness and robot named Pleo, exhibits lifelike great design. The award- Tr u l y a smart home, the PC-based auto- behavior and allows users to upgrade mation system makes it easy for users its software. winning magazine and Web to add new features and adjust settings. site are the first word on how The energy dashboard in the mechani- Behind the scenes or front and center, technology is changing our cal room offers important information smart technology is making it easy to world. www.wired.com to guide a homeowner’s decisions. The be green. flat-panel LCD screen compares the current use of electricity, gas and water in the home totals from with yesterday and last month. This way, users can discover for ways to curb consumption. Alerts sent Subscribe to Wired just $10 – less than $1 via the Internet from ComEd advise the per issue. homeowner about electricity shortages Visit during peak times of day, saving money. Leaving for the day or for vacation? The www.wired.com/subscribe or call (800) 769-4733 whole house can be placed in “shut-

10 • www.msichicago.org Five Principles

Five key principles guide decisions regarding 3. Energy Efficiency. Smart Home’s design, construction and day- High tech. Low impact. Throughout the home, materials and technology help save energy. The green to-day operation. These ideals, incorporated roof helps cool in the summer, insulate in the winter, absorb throughout the home, demonstrate rainwater and minimize runoff. Huge windows, sliding doors sustainability and environmental and sunshades help light, heat and cool the house. Solar conscientiousness in action: rooftop panels generate much of the home’s electricity. Energy Star appliances and an array of energy-efficient technologies help as well. 1. Smart Design. Our Smart Home was designed to “let the green in.” 4. Water Efficiency. All Michelle Kaufmann Design (MKD) homes are built Water is the Earth’s most precious resource, yet in to human scale, using only what is needed, but remaining traditional homes, more than one-quarter of drinking- open and airy. High ceilings, warm materials, clean lines and quality water is used to flush toilets! Smart Home features abundant light and breezes make the home feel even more an array of water-efficient technologies and appliances, such spacious. A full-home, automated smart technology system as low-flow showerheads and dual-flush toilets that gener- enables homeowners to control heat, window coverings, ally use less than a gallon of water each time. Rainwater and lighting, security sensors and cameras, as well as track “grey water” (rinse water from the clothes washer, shower, electricity, gas and water consumption in real-time. etc.) are used to flush toilets and replenish outdoor greenery.

2. Material Efficiency. 5. Healthy Environment. Faster. Cleaner. More precise. The Museum’s Healthy homes are happy homes. MKD seeks to create Smart Home was prefabricated, built in modules healthy environments by using non-toxic materials: no- or off site. Crafted in a controlled indoor environment, the low-VOC paints; air filtration and purification systems; and construction timeline was shortened. Because it was built spray-in foam insulation, which is more effective than fiberglass more quickly and in a controlled, indoor environment, less batting and minimizes mold. A healthy environment continues energy and fewer resources are used than to build a outside the home, too with water recycling systems to hydrate traditional home. Materials used are renewable or plants, native plants that are better adapted to climate condi- recycled: bamboo flooring, FSC-certified wood and tions, permeable paving materials and more. recycled glass tiles are a few of the low-impact choices.

www.msichicago.org • 11 Exhibit Tour Join us on a tour of the Smart Home. Highlighted are some of the vendors, products, materials, furnishings, appliances and technologies that made the exhibit possible.

l l Windows, doors and skylights (pictured) | Throughout Designer Series and motorized skylights | Gift of: Pella Windows and Doors, Inc. | www.pella. com | Energy-efficient window and motorized Smart Home skylight placement helps optimize energy efficiency, natural lighting and ventilation for the l l Home automation system | Life home, minimizing the need for artificial light and |controller | Gift of: 3G Applied Technologies air conditioning. Dual-panel, Low-E glass can save (hardware) Exceptional Innovation (software) 10 to 25 percent of heating and air conditioning | www.life-ware.com | Simplifies automated from leaking. control of lighting, window coverings, heating, air conditioning, audio and security—saving l Interior paint (pictured) | Air02 | Gift of: homeowners energy and money. Yolo Color House | www.yolocolorhouse.com | No VOC, no off-gassing of toxins. l l Home automation install and integra- tion | Gift of: 3G Applied Technologies | l l Heated radiant subfloor | Warmboard www.3Gappsonline.com.| Text 3G to 30364 to in- Radiant Subfloor | Gift of: Warmboard Inc. | quire about starting your own Smart Home today. www.warmboard.com | The high conductivity of Warmboard leads to lower water tempera- l l l All-digital, high-definition touch panel tures and heats the room from the floor up; | Life|point 8.9 | Gift of: 3G Applied Technolo- both lead to greater energy efficiency. gies | www.life-ware.com | Lighting, audio, climate, cameras and security systems and l l Thaw-Pak Radiant Floor system instant access to digital entertainment. including system engineering, tubing, manifolds and pump control station | Gift of: l l NuVo Multi-room Audio System | Es- Performance Engineering Group, Inc. | www. sentia E6G and NV-M3 | Gift of: NuVo | www. performanceengineering.com | Radiant floor nuvotechnologies.com | Energy Star-compli- system installed into subfloor. ant with unprecedented energy efficiency. l l Heating, ventilation and air conditioning l In-ceiling speakers (part of Kevlar™ | QuietAir High Velocity Air Handler & Insu- series) | Gift of: Jamo | www.jamo.com | All lated Duct | Gift of:z Comfort Pro Systems products are RoHS (restriction of hazard- | www.comfortprosystems.com | These ous substances)-compliant, designed to systems use narrower ducts than traditional help eliminate the disposal of electronics. forced air systems, which makes the air flow Recyclables are used whenever possible in from vents faster and thus heats or cools a components and packaging. room in less time.

12 • www.msichicago.org and eliminates or reduces other construction materials. Minimizes mold, exceeds the American Lung Association criteria for a healthy home.

l Interior doors and millwork | Gift of: National Door & Trim | www.National-Door. com | Recycled sawdust and responsibly harvested hardwoods.

l Metal stairs and wood stair treads (pictured) | Gift of: Designed Stairs, Inc. | www.designedstairs.com | Custom designed and welded steel fabrication with white ash treads and handrail.

l Stair railing | Cable rail™ | Gift of: Feeney Architectural Products | www.feeneyarchi- tectural.com | www.cablerail.com.

l Roof sheathing | Gift of: Barrier Technol- ogy Company | www.intlbarrier.com

l Roof membrane | Gift of: MuleHide | www.mulehide.com | Light colored mem- branes reflect sunlight and cool building interior for energy savings.

l Exterior wrap | WallShield® | Gift of: Vapro Shield | www.vaproshield.com | The most weather-resistant rain screen on the market, which makes it best for reducing the risk of mold, mildew and rot. l Exterior wood siding | Gift of: Iron Woods | www.ironwoods.com | FSC-certified Ipê | Long-lasting, low-maintenance. l Exterior cement siding | Cembonit Fiber Cement Panel Rainscreen | Sand with flint accents | Gift of: Cembonit | www.cbf11. com | Cement is a “green” material, plus the color is integrated into the material, rather than needing paint applied (long-lasting, low- maintenance). l Fire protection sprinkler system | Gift For additional products and information of: Northern Illinois Fire Sprinkler Advisory please visit msichicago.org/smarthome. l Mortar, grout, wood adhesive | Gift of: Board | Installed by: Great Lakes Plumbing MAPEI Corporation| www.MAIPEI.com/US and Heating. | Most products are manufactured within l Smart Design 500 miles with LEED-compliant ratings for Gypsum Board | Gift of: Georgia-Pacific | l Material Efficiency recycled content. www.gp.com | Low-VOC joing compound. l Energy Efficiency l Water Efficiency l Healthy Environment

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l l Entryway light | VESSEL light fixture with LED lights in a vase | Gift of: MKD | www.mkd-arc.com/products/vessel | LED can be 90 times more efficient than incandescent lights.

l Deadbolt lock (pictured) | Sunnect AP501 | Gift of: Cydus LLC | www.cydus-solutions. com | Highest level of security. Auto-lock feature automatically locks your door when it is closed. Protects against lock-picking or vandalism.

l l Terra Green ceramic floor tile | Limestone Jurastone Beige #L711 18” x 18” - l l Shade motors | Sonesse™ 30 RTS Motor Mapei #94 “Straw” grout | Daltile | www.ter- (ultra-quiet precision window-covering automa- ragreenceramics.com | Made with 55 percent tion) | Gift of: Somfy Systems, Inc. | www. recycled glass content and qualifies for LEED somfysystems.com. certification points. l l l Window coverings | Gift of: Springs l l Carpet runners | Straight and Narrow, Window Fashions | Graber® LightWeaves™ Cream | Gift of: FLOR | www.FLOR.com | Roller & Solar Shades | www.graberblinds.com Because each floor tile is separate, cleaning | Low-VOC shade material and installation, is easy: only the tiles that are soiled need to highest human ecological safety standards. be washed. Uses non-offgassing, recycled materials. Greener than traditional carpeting l Bone lamps | 21” and 23” tall, 4” diameter | that harbors mold and mildew. Loaned by: materious | www.materious.com | Made of scrap PVC sewer pipes and salvaged l l Large opening Glass Walls | Gift drainage pipes. Inspired by the structural ef- of: NanaWall® | www.nanawall.com | ficiency of birds. The weather-tight, energy-efficient system meets or exceeds industry standards for air l Console | Loaned by: Green Sawn Studios infiltration, water penetration, structural with Bladon Conner Design | www.greensawn. and thermal performance and forced entry. com and www.bladonconnerstudio.com | Made Pocket doors opens up the walls, extending from recycled plywood, vintage fabric and the sense of space! second hand leather belts.

l iPort | in-wall iPod dock | Gift of: iPort Music| www.iportmusic.com | This in-wall iPod dock lets homeowners pipe audio from their music player throughout the home.

l Umbrella (pictured) | Gift of: Ambient De- vices | www.ambientdevices.com | World’s first intelligent, connected umbrella; forecasts the weather 12 hours in advance.

14 • www.msichicago.org l Faucet | Kohler Coralais® | Single-Control Kitchen Faucet, Polished Chrome | Gift of: Kohler Kitchen | www.us.kohler.com | Aerator reduces the amount of water used. l l Crestwood kitchen cabinets | Oak veneer, Espresso stain | Gift of: McNulty Design Group, Inc l l Ultra Mobile PC | Q1 Ultra Premium UMPC | | www.mcnultydesign.net | Made from FSC-certi- Gift of: Samsung | www.samsung.com | Fully RoHS fied wood, no-VOC wood sealant and formaldehyde- (restriction of hazardous substances) compliant and free particleboard substrates. supports LCD/battery state recycling programs.

l Countertops | Made of EcoTop biocomposite l YHF barstools | Loaned by: S2 Design LLC | (bone/ivory) | Gift of: EcoTop | www.kliptech.com | www.s2designonline.com | Certified baltic birch Blend of recycled wood fiber from demolition sites plywood, no-VOC finish. bound together with a water-based resin formula that is both petroleum-free and VOC-free. l Coffee maker | Breville Gourmet Single Cup Brewer | Gift of: Breville | www.BrevilleUSA.com | l Undercabinet lighting | Gift of: Progress Lighting Reusable My K Cup® uses any coffee grind. | www.progresslighting.com | Energy-efficient LED which can last 30,000 to 50,000 hours, as compared l To a s t er | Breville Die-Cast 2-Slice Smart Toaster to incandescent bulbs’ 800 to 1,000. | Gift of: Breville | www.BrevilleUSA.com | One- touch, automated, plus convenient “lift and look” l Dishwasher | ENERGY STAR-qualified GE Mono- feature. gram® Fully Integrated Dishwasher | Gift of: GE | www.monogram.com | If all Americans used EN- l Servingware | Valencia plates, Miguel glasses, ERGY STAR-qualified GE dishwashers, more than 20 Flair bamboo bowls, Angled bamboo utensil holder, billion gallons of water would be saved per year — bamboo flatware, Hyacinth placemat, Terrazo plant- enough to fill 25,000 Olympic swimming pools. ers, Cabo candleholders | Gifts of: Crate & Barrel | www.crateandbarrel.com |Plates, glasses and ® l Cooktop | GE Monogram 36” Stainless Steel candleholders are 100 percent recycled glass. Bam- Gas Cooktop (natural gas) | Gift of: GE | www. boo products are from fast-growing bamboo plants. monogram.com. Placemat from sustainable water hyacinth plant. Planters are made of marble, stone and cement. l Oven | GE Monogram® 30” Built-In Single Wall Oven | Gift of: GE | www.monogram.com. l Groceries | Gift of: Dominick’s O Organics˙ brand www.dominicks.com/o_organics_main.asp | ® l Range hood | GE Monogram 36” Slide-Out Hood Features more than 300 USDA-certified organic | Gift of: GE | www.monogram.com | Six levels of foods and beverages. Safeway, Dominick’s parent lighting allow user to choose the lighting to match company, is a leader in renewable energy. the cooking task or occasion. l Composter (pictured) | NatureMill tabletop l Refrigerator/freezer | ENERGY STAR-qualified electric composter | NM52 | Gift of: ® GE Monogram 36” Built-In Bottom-Freezer Refrig- NatureMill | www.naturemill.com | erator | Gift of: GE | www.monogram.com | Uses Not only is NatureMill 100 percent recy- 15 percent less energy than currently required by clable itself, it also recycles its weight federal standards. in waste every 10 days, diverting more than two tons of waste from landfills ® l Garbage disposal | GE 1 Horsepower Continuous over its life. Feed Disposer | Gift of: GE | www.ge.com.

Sink | Single Basin Sink Undercounter Kitchen Sink | l Smart Design Kohler Poise™ | Gift of: Kohler | www.us.kohler.com. l Material Efficiency l Energy Efficiency l Water Efficiency l Healthy Environment

www.msichicago.org • 15 Powder Room Mechanical l Toile t | San Raphael™ Comfort Height one-piece, elongated toilet seat (white) | Gift of: Kohler | www. Room us.kohler.com | Uses at least 20 percent less water ® than standard 1.6-gallon toilets. l l Washer | ENERGY STAR qualified GE Frontload Washer | Gift of GE | www.geappliances.com/products/ Toilet seat | Kohler Quiet-close™ seat with quick energy/ | Delivers energy and water savings with the release™ functionality | Gift of: Kohler | www. HydroMotion™ wash system. Uses as little as 10 gal- us.kohler.com. lons of water for a small load, 23 gallons for a large load.

® l Sink | Wellworth Pedestal lavatory | Gift of: Kohler l Dryer | GE Frontload Electric Dryer | Gift of GE | www.us.kohler.com. | Aerator reduces the amount | www.geappliances.com/products/energy/ | Dual- of water used. moisture sensor bars direct dryer to end cycle once clothes are dry. Multiple cycles match to fabric type l l To wels | Hand loomed organic cotton towels | for enhanced performance and flexibility. SpeedDry Gift of: Viva Terra | www.vivaterra.com | 100 percent option dries small loads in as little as 13 minutes. certified organic without heavy metal dyes, chlorine bleach or synthetic finishing agents. l l Home energy monitoring | Gift of: Silver Spring Networks | www.silverspringnetworks.com | Provides l Wall tile | Blazestone tile, 2x2”, mineral water intelligent networking for energy and utility companies. glossy finish classis | Gift of: Bedrock Industries | www.bedrockindustries.com | Made from100 percent l l Energy dashboard | Gift of: Lucid | www.lucid- recycled consumer glass, made entirely from post- designgroup.com | LCD screen shows current use of industrial and post-consumer glass with no additional electricity, gas and water in the home and compares oxides or colorants. totals with yesterday and last month.

l WS2000 Wireless Switch | Gift of: Motorola | Inte- grated router, gateway, and firewall, all in one device. This product is RoHS and Energy Star compliant. | www.motorola.com/ws2000

l MU Gateway | Gift of: Motorola | Motorola’s Pow- erline MU Gateway enables broadband signal into the home’s electrical system. This modem converts the signal back to a standard broadband signal anywhere a connection is needed.| www.motorola.com

l l The Motorola Netopia® 7000 Series Voice Gateways | Gift of: Motorola | Enables the convergence of Triple Play IP services – Video, Voice, and High-Speed data – over ultra-broadband networks. The 7000 Series Gate- ways are designed to make wired and wireless home networking easy and secure. | www.motorola.com

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l Gateway Motorola VIP 1216 IP Set Top | Gift of: Motorola | Advanced interactive set top that can be interconnected via a home IP network to provide entertainment in multiple rooms and share content from a connected DVR. | www.motorola.com

18 • www.msichicago.org Second Floor

l Bamboo flooring (pictured) | SYNERGY l Roomba | iRobot Roomba 560 | Gift of: Prefinished Strand Bamboo Flooring, color: iRobot Corp. | www.iRobot.com | Robotic Java | Gift of: Teragren® commercial and All vacuum that cleans where and when it’s Tile, Inc. | www.teragren.com | www.alltile. most convenient for you. Schedule to clean com | Highly renewable material. It grows whenever you want freshly cleaned floors. quickly – capable of growing more than 90 Roomba navigates and vacuums the entire feet in just a year. Teragren is the nation’s floor, under and around furniture and along leading manufacturer of environmentally walls, and then automatically returns to its friendly bamboo flooring, panels and veneer. homebase to charge. l Hallway book shelf | Custom | Maple l Ova lounge and ottoman | Loaned by: S² veneer, iceberg paint | Crestwood Cabinetry Design LLC | www.s2designonline.com | Cer- Inc. | Gift of: McNulty Design | www.mcnul- tified Baltic birch plywood with no-VOC finish. tydesign.net | Built with FSC-certified maple. Artwork | Loaned by: Tim Anderson l Magazines and books (pictured) | Wired onart.com. magazines from the last 15 years. | www. wired.com | Recommended green reading from the Chicago Public Library, visit www. msichicago.org/smarthome/read. l l Cypress tables | Designed by: Celia Grenier | Locally sourced reclaimed cypress. No-VOC finish. l l Reading light | VESSEL light fixture with LED lights in a vase | Gift of: MKD | www. mkd-arc.com/products/vessel | LED can be 90 times more efficient than incandescent lights. l Spirit Poles | Loaned by: John Geldersma | Painted poles salvaged from a river in New Orleans courtesy of Jean Albano Gallery..

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www.msichicago.org • 19 Bathroom 2 Master Bath l Shower and floor tiles | Squak Mountain Stone l l Floor tile | Frost | Gift of: Terra Green Ceramics | countertop slab, color: natural | Gift of: Tiger Mountain www.terragreenceramics.com | Made with 55 percent Innovations, Inc. | www.tmi-online.com | Handmade recycled glass content and qualify for LEED certification from recycled glass, paper and low-carbon cement. points.

l Aqus™ | Gift of: Arid Solutions Inc. | www.aridsolu- l l Segmental Body Composition Monitor | Gift of: tionsinc.com | Gravity and a small pump move water Tanita Corporation of America | www.thecompetitiv- from the vanity to the toilet via small tubing. If there is eedge.com | Full body analysis including weight, body not enough water in the reservoir the regular water sup- fat, water, muscle and more. Enables user with 36-month, ply will take over for flushing or if the reservoir is full paperless progress tracking. any additional water will go out the regular piping.

20 • www.msichicago.org l l Sleeptracker Pro | www.sleeptracker.com | The watch sends a record of the user’s movements Master during sleep to a computer to help build better habits.

www.msichicago.org • 21 Child’s Bedroom l Bed | Organic Wool Mattress | Gift of: Bower Natural Bedding, Chicago | www.bowernatural- bedding.net | Made entirely of wool upholstery.

l Pillowcases and duvet cover | Gift of: Natural High Lifestyle | www.naturalhighlifestylestore.com | hemp/cotton, efficiently-created.

l Sheets | Organico | Gift of: Crate & Barrel | www.crateandbarrel.com | Formaldehyde-free, 100 percent certified organic.

l Wallcoverings | Hudson | Gift of: Innovations USA | www.innovationsusa.com | Contains no heavy metals, pvc or harmful solvents. Created l Pleo Robotic Dinosaur | Gift of: UGOBE, Inc. | from high density wood pulp. www.pleoworld.com | Pet of the future, Pleo emu- lates appearance and behavior of one-week-old l Bulldog cabinet | Loaned by: Celia Grenier infant. Adapts from experiences through artificial Woodworking | Made of sustainably sourced intelligence. walnut (eco-friendly finish). l R2D2 trashcan | www.thinkgeek.com l TriChair | Designed, crafted and loaned by John Kriegshauser | A copyrighted, ultralight wooden l Library books | From the Chicago Public Li- chair sustainably made of hardwood dowels and brary’s 2008 Read Green, Live Green Summer Read- rawhide leather. Completely biodegradable. ing List | For a complete listing of books please visit www.msichicago.org/smarthome/read. l LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT Robotic Toolset (pictured) | Gift of: Lego | www.LEGOmindstorms. l Built-in desk | Gift of: California Closets | com | Toolset helps kids create the smartest, www.californiaclosets.com | Meets E1 standard, strongest and most advanced LEGO® robot ever. Bellisima White.

l Kid-Tough® Digital Camera | Gift of: Fisher-Price | www.fisher-price.com | This award-winning, best- selling kid-camera is tough and waterproof.

l l XO laptop (pictured) | Gift of: One Laptop Per Child | www.laptopgiving.org | Real-world design, extremely durable, brilliantly functional, energy-efficient, responsive and fun. Program provides low-cost laptops to children in developing countries. Works with renewable power sources and is recyclable.

22 • www.msichicago.org speakers | Two-way center channel speaker | Two-way dipolar surround sound speaker | Front- and rear-firing Home Office subwoofer | Gifts of: Jamo | www.jamo.com | All products are RoHS (restriction of hazardous substances)- l Chicago Park Desk | Designed by: Terry Karpowicz compliant, designed to help eliminate e-waste (the | Donated by: Verde Design Studio | www.verdede- disposal of electronics). Jamo uses recyclables whenever signstudio.net | Chicago Park Desk | Salvagedblack possible in components and packaging. walnut from a fallen tree in the Chicago Park District. l Multimedia storage | Life|media 100 | Gift of: l HYmini™ | Gift of: MINIWIZ Sustainable Energy Microsoft | www.life-ware.com | Provides 500GB to Development, Ltd. | www.hymini.com/eshop/index.html 4TB of storage for digital music, movies, pictures and | First and only, hand-held, hybrid wind and sun-fed recorded TV as well as instant access to Life|ware “green platform” universal charging device, suitable home control. for most digital gadgets. l Garage doors | Gift of: Overhead Door | www. l Weather beacon and 7-day forecaster | Gift of: Am- overheaddoor.com | Having glass doors on two sides bient Devices | www.ambientdevices.com | Changes provides more natural light. The garage was designed color depending on weather patterns, giving users the for flexible use in the future when hopefully the aver- forecast at a glance. age family will not have need to store two cars. l l Botanicalls | Gift of: Botanicalls | www.botanicalls. l l Bike | STRiDA 5.0 | Gift of: STRiDA AREAWARE com | Digital sensors in the houseplant gives the fam- | www.strida.us | Most advanced folding bike on the ily a call when they need water. market. Cycling is one of the greenest modes of transportation, and this model is very space efficient. l Mobile Device MOTO Q™ 9h | Gift of: Motorola | The Moto QTM 9h uses High Speed Downlink Packet l l Outdoor carpeting | Seeing Spots™ Color: Access (HSPDA) technology for lightening fast speed Parakeet | Gift of: FLOR | www.flor.com | Made of and access to personal or corporate e-mail and instant recycled materials and low-VOC. messaging. | www.motorola.com. l Bean bags | Espresso | Gift of: Bean Products | l Baseball ScoreCast | Gift of: Ambient Devices www.beanproducts.com | Made from hemp. | www.ambientdevices.com | Automatically tracks every game from Spring Training to the All-Star Game, l Doors and Skylights | Designer Series | Gift of Pella to the World Series. Windows and Doors, Inc. | www.pella.com.

l Digital entertainment system | OMS-BX3000 | Gift of: Okoro Media Systems, Inc. | www.okoromedia.com Garage | Uses eco-friendly Green Power™ hard drives from Western Digital toward Energy Star 4.0 compliance. l Car (pictured) | Honda Civic Hybrid | Loaned by: American Honda Motor Co., Inc. | civic.honda.com | l l Lawn mower | Gift of: Neuton| www.neutonpow- As the most fuel-efficient car in its class*, the Honda er.com| Battery-powered, eco-friendly lawn mower. Civic Hybrid helps you save money on fuel with up to 45 hwy/40 city mpg*. The air benefits from its status as an Advanced Technology Partial-Zero Emission Vehicle (AT-PZEV)†. And all along, you get to enjoy Civic’s top- flight style and comfort.

*Based on www.fueleconomy.gov and 2008 EPA-estimated 40 city/45 hwy mpg. Use for comparison purposes only. Actual l Smart Design mileage may vary. †AT-PZEV-rated by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). l Material Efficiency l Energy Efficiency l l Home theater speakers | Three-way bass reflex tower l Water Efficiency l Healthy Environment

www.msichicago.org • 23 Landscaping and Vegetable Garden

and mixing fast-maturing crops with slower growers. The result: greater yield in a smaller space. • Chemical applications are avoided by starting with healthy seed and transplants, providing optimal growing conditions, scouting for unwanted pests, and removing dead and diseased plants.

University of Illinois University of Illinois Extension educators train volunteer Master Gardeners to provide gardening programs and horticultural activi- ties to educate the public. U of I Master Gar- deners planted and maintain these gardens and are available to answer your gardening questions. For more information, call your local Extension Office or visit us on the web at www.urbanext.uiuc.edu.

Jacobs/Ryan Associates With strong midwestern sensibilities, Jacobs/ Ryan has provided thoughtful landscape architectural consulting services for more than three decades. | www.jacobsryan.com

Openlands Native Habitats Program Openlands is dedicated to preserving and Landscaping and Vegetable Garden • Green roofs reduce energy costs; decrease enhancing public open space in northeastern The Museum collaborated with Jacobs/ the urban heat island effect by cooling air Illinois. The organization’s Urban Greening pro- Ryan Associates Landscape Architects, the temperature and slow stormwater run-off. gram supports community- and school-based University of Illinois Extension and Openlands to • Permeable pavements, rain gardens and greening within Chicago. | www.openlands.org develop a native and sustainable site landscape bioswales (shallow depressions in the for Smart Home. From the ground up to the roof, ground) ease water run-off into surround- l l Green roof | GreenGrid® by Weston Smart Home’s landscape design demonstrates ing streams and lakes and enable slow, Solutions, Inc. | www.greengridroofs.com an eco-friendly aesthetic with systems that sus- healthy seepage into the soil. | Modular green roof system delivered pre- tain and replenish the environment: green roofs, • Rain barrels harvest rainwater to irrigate planted in 100 percent recycled modules. Ipê decking, rain barrels, bioswales, porous plants, so we use less drinking-quality water. Green roofs save energy and reduce air and paving and rain gardens. Prairie, dune and oak • Fresh, home-grown vegetables and herbs water pollution. savannah plantings recall our region’s past and are available three seasons of the year. working gardens present food production, indoor • Yard and garden waste is composted l Coordinated landscaping installation, climate control and water recycling in action. and added to the garden as a rich soil shrubs, perennials and native plant plugs | conditioner. Gift of: Christy Webber Landscapes | The landscape is carefully designed and man- • Organic mulch minimizes weed invasion, www.christywebber.com aged to conserve and protect natural resources. converts moisture, reduces soil tempera- • Native plants have extensive root systems ture fluctuations, protects root systems l Porous paver system | Gift of: Unilock| www. and are well-adapted to our climate. and keeps the vegetables clean. unilock.com | Installation Gift of: Clauss Broth- Moreover, they add year-round beauty and • Space is maximized via trellises, caging ers, Inc. | Creates green spaces in every aspect attract beneficial insects. and staking tomatoes, container gardening, of the horticultural world. 24 • www.msichicago.org Outdoor Living

The Smart Home’s outdoor living spaces l Meandering Modular Benches | are an important element in the home’s Loaned by: College of Architecture, Illi- overall sustainable design. One of the nois Institute of Technology, Architecture keys to sustainable design is designing & Furniture, Spring 2006 | Unfinished l AsphaltEdge | Gift of: Permaloc Corporation | www. to use less—less space, less energy, clear cedar from sustainably managed permaloc.com | Permanent, sustainable aluminum edg- fewer materials—and blurring the line forests. ings made from recyclable aluminum. between the indoors and outdoors helps do just that. The home’s interior rooms l Roof deck supports and ipê wood tiles l Calamagrostis “Karl Foerster” aka Feather Reed Grass “borrow” space from the outdoors so | Gift of: Bison Desk Supports | www. | Echinacea Pixie Meadowbrite™ | Sedum for Green that they feel larger. Indoor and outdoor BisonDeckSupports.com | Constructed Walls | Aronia melanocarpa “Elata” | Gift of: Midwest rooms open onto each other to create from select cut Brazilian ipê which has Groundcovers, LLC | www.midwestgroundcovers.com. one big, connected living space. The roof been harvested in an environmentally decks maximize all the outdoor space responsible method designed to preserve l Trees and shrubs | Gift of: Kaneville Tree Farms, Inc. the home has to offer. We’ve created still the economic viability of rain forest more livable outdoor spaces by utilizing hardwoods. l Bur Oak and Black Hill Spruce trees | Gift of: GRO the home’s exterior walls and trellises. Horticultural Enterprises, Inc.| www.grohort.net Sustainable design isn’t just about mini- l Fire Cube | Gift of: Sycamore Canyon, mizing our impact on the environment; LLC | www.sycamorecanyonlandscape. l Native wetland and prairie plugs, including it’s also about enjoying it. com | Outdoor fire pit that runs on natu- asclepias tuberose, Aster novae and others | Gift of: ral gas or propane. Constructed of iron JFNew | www.jfnew.com | Native plants and seed for l Outdoor furniture (pictured) | Large with a natural rust patina. sustainable landscapes. extension table, dining chair and pad (palm), dining bench and pad (palm), l Roof decking | Origins 5/4 x 6, Win- l Native plants and perennials | Gift of: Possibility four-piece sectional and cushions (cocoa chester grey | Gift of: Trex | www.trex. Place Nursery and Midwest Groundscovers| www. brown), rice-paper pillow (Trovata), Bali com | Made of reclaimed plastic and possibilityplace.com| Quality native plants grown floral pillow (Trovata), Deep Sea Pillow scrap wood, which would otherwise be in from seed locally (Trovata), lounge chair and cushion a landfill. Maximizes outdoor spaces. (cocoa brown), ottoman and cushion l Earthboxes | Gift of: The Growing Connection | the- (cocoa brown), side table, round cof- l Global Sun Oven® | Gift of: Sun Ovens growingconnection.org | sponsored by Wired magazine. fee table, chaise and cushions (cocoa International, Inc. | www.sunoven.com | brown) | Gifts of: Crate & Barrel | www. Solar bakes, boils or steams food. Keeps l Rustic Granite (decomposed) decorative stone | Gift of: crateandbarrel.com | Furniture made of home cool in the summer by keeping Town & Country Landscape Supply Co. | www.hesod.com plantation-grown teak, supported by the cooking heat outside. Tropical Forest Trust (TFT) l Bioswale rain garden materials | Gift of: Lake Street Landscape Supply | www.lakestreetlandscape- supply.com | Blend of growing materials provides optimal drainage and soil conditioners to encourage plant health and sustainability. l Soil | PM 35 planting mix | Gift of: Midwest Trading Horticultural Supplies, Inc. | www.midwest-trading.com | Blended with green waste compost and pine bark. l Smart Design Master Gardener Smart Home Garden Blog | l Material Efficiency web.extension.uiuc.edu/cook | Follow the l Energy Efficiency development of the vegetable garden throughout l Water Efficiency the growing season. l Healthy Environment

www.msichicago.org • 25 Eco-tips Ways to leave a smaller eco-footprint inside and outside your home. Visit www.msichicago.org/smarthome for more!

Smart Design and 6 million tons of waste would stay paper scraps, coffee and tea grounds, Place furniture near natural light out of landfills. eggshells and more. It’s easy, saves sources – working near the win- garbage from the landfill and helps your dow means less need for electric lights. Recycling just one aluminum soda can garden to grow! saves enough energy to power your TV In the summer, open windows for cross for three hours. Buy vintage/recycled clothing. Many breezes, and install window and ceiling designers are creating hot new fashions fans instead of cranking on the AC. In The energy saved from recycling one with re-used and recycled materials the winter, change the direction of the glass bottle could power a 100-watt Shop thrift shops. Donate your gently ceiling fans to bring the warm air down. bulb for four hours! used items.

Run-off can carry toxic chemicals into Plastic water bottles take 700 years to Use your library card. Imagine ... all the nearby lakes, rivers, streams. Encour- decompose in landfills. books you can read for FREE! Save age rain and snow water to seep into money and paper. the ground rather than wash away. Use If you are planning to purchase new permeable materials like gravel and materials for your home, consider bam- woodchips for walkways and borders. boo, cork or natural linoleum flooring; FSC-certified wood cabinets; recycled Harness the power of the sun. Consider glass tiles; recycled paper countertops; adding solar appliance charges, solar and many other readily available, eco- cookers and rooftop solar panels to friendly materials. your home. Bring your own cup to your favorite cof- Material Efficiency fee shop, or if you are eating in, ask for Recycle! It’s really easy and a “for-here” mug. It makes enjoying a Energy makes a huge difference. Visit hot brew so much more civilized; Plus, Efficiency www.illinoisrecycles.org to find more if you enjoy one cup a day, that’s 365 In terms of energy efficiency, mi- recycling information. less cups in the landfill. Tell a friend to crowaves are better than toaster ovens; do the same. Watch the math! toaster ovens are better than regular If every American recycled the morning ovens. Reduce cooking energy by as newspaper, 41,000 trees would be saved Compost fruit and veggie scraps, much as 80 percent.

26 • www.msichicago.org Unplug! Just keeping your cellphone, TV, load and scrape instead of rinsing. and DVD players plugged in wastes 5 percent of all the energy Americans use Fix that leaky toilet or sink. You may be each year. losing as much as 200 gallons a day. If you must water the lawn, wait until Replace those traditional incandescent night or early morning so it won’t evapo- bulbs if you haven’t already. You’ll save rate during the heat of the day. Use 140 pounds of carbon emissions a year, soaker hoses instead of traditional and compact fluorescents hardly ever sprinklers for deeper saturation. Give need changing. Or consider LED light- gardens and lawns a longer deeper ing as well, an even greener lighting drink, less often. option. Skip red meat occasionally. It takes For each degree you turn down your more water to produce one pound of thermostat in the winter, you save beef than the average American uses in about one percent on what it costs to showers for an entire year. heat your home and you trim your carbon emissions. Start by kicking Healthy Environment it down a notch while you sleep and Switch to natural cleaners that are away from the house. Do more you can make yourself. They if you can. are less expensive than store-bought, clean just as well and are safer for Upgrade the old fridge or freezer in your your family and pets. All you need is basement (the one you use to stock up on a ready supply of white vinegar, lemon beverages or sale items). The juice, baking soda, Plant a tree. Check for species native one in your kitchen (if it’s less borax and essential oils to your area. One mature tree cleans than 10 years old) is probably for fragrance. up after 13 cars! not so bad, but the outdated one is a huge energy hog. For the next paint job or Ride public transportation. Visit home project, look for Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) trip Water Efficiency low- or no-VOC paints, planner at www.transitchicago.com/ If you do nothing else, do thinners, carpet adhe- maps/tripplanner.html. this. Turn off the water sives, etc. when you brush your teeth and save around four gallons Recycle hazardous each person each time. waste and electronics appropriately. Check Use the dishwasher (8.7 www.illinoisrecycles.org gallons per load) instead of for more information. hand-washing (as much as 20 gallons). Be sure to use a full

www.msichicago.org • 27 Glossary

Biodegradable A product or material a rich soil supplement. Visit www.com- made from plant or animal material that, postguide.com for more information. after usage, is broken down quickly by other living organisms. Eco-tip: Bio- Cradle-to-Cradle A term used to degradable products are better for the describe a material or product that is environment compared to their plastic recycled into a new or similar product counterparts, and many biodegradable at the end of its intended life. alternatives are now available such as plastic bags, servingware, etc. Cradle-to-Grave A term used to describe a material or product that is Bioswale A pocket or indentation in the dumped in a landfill or burned at the ground used to collect water that would end of its intended life. otherwise run off into nearby streams, rivers and lakes. Emission The release of any gas, par- ticle or vapor into the environment. Carbon Footprint The environmental impact we have depending on the Energy Star A U.S. government choices we make such as raw-material sponsored program designed to help selection, energy selection, transporta- consumers save money and energy. tion, etc. Eco-tip: Energy Star appliances, products and materials meet strict energy CFL Compact fluorescent light bulb. efficiency guidelines and save you Eco-tip: In CFL bulbs, gas inside the bulb money. Look for the Energy Star label emits light when a chemical reaction next time you buy an appliance! takes place. CFLs use 75 percent less energy than traditional (incandescent) Environmentally-friendly A term often bulbs and CFLs last up to 10 times used to designate a product or process longer. that has a reduced carbon footprint when compared to other products or processes. Compost The act of recycling organic materials for fertilizer. Eco-tip: Instead Fly Ash The leftover particles resulting of throwing away vegetable peels, coffee from burning coal; often used as a filler grounds, tea bags, eggshells and paper, material in concrete to cut down on raw these scraps can be composted along material usage. with lawn clippings, fall leaves, etc. into Glossary

FSC Forest Stewardship Council is an Net metering Programs that provide currently offers this program to consum- international not-for-profit organization an incentive for customers to invest ers. Visit www.exeloncorp.com/Comed- that seeks to find solutions to problems in renewable energy. Customers can Care_Main/ComedCare/learn/RealTime- created by irresponsible forestry prac- generate their own energy to offset PricingPrg/ for more information. tices and to reward responsible forest consumption; meters turn backwards management. Eco-tip: To become FSC when energy generated exceeds Renewable energy energy from sources certified, companies must comply with electricity used. Visit www.eere.energy. that regenerate or reoccur such as wind the 10 Forest Management Principles. gov/greenpower/resources/maps/ for or sunlight. Log onto www.fsc.org to find out more more information and state-by-state about the FSC principles. availability. Sustainability Practice of making products or materials using resources that Greenhouse Effect Rise in temperature Off-gas The evaporation and release can be quickly replaced or replenished. that the Earth experiences because of chemicals from materials (often certain gases in the atmosphere trap building and home furnishing materi- Urban Heat Island Effect The phenom- energy from the sun. als) that lead to unhealthy indoor living enon whereby metropolitan areas are environments. For example, traditional significantly warmer than surround- Greenhouse Gases (GHG) Gases that paints, stains, carpets and flooring ing areas. This temperature increase trap heat in the atmosphere such as release toxic chemicals long after they occurs because cities are composed of

carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) are installed. more artificial surfaces such as asphalt

and nitrous oxide (N20). and concrete, and these materials eas- Organic Products that are commonly ily absorb the sun’s heat, causing the Grey-water Post-bath or sink water used produced without the use of pesticides, temperature of the area to rise. to flush toilets and for landscape watering. herbicides and other harmful chemicals. VOCs Volatile organic compounds LED Light emitting diode. Eco-tip: Photovoltaic (PV) Cell or devices that (found in paints and carpet glue) are Compared to traditional incandescent directly convert sunlight into electricity. the leading cause of indoor air pollution. bulbs, LEDs are incredibly energy effi- Eco-tip: Look for no-VOC or low-VOC cient and can last up to a million hours. Real-time pricing A utility monitoring paints and other home products to and billing structure whereby consum- decrease the amount of pollution inside Modular An architectural system ers are billed for the power they use on your home. Go to www.epa.gov/iaq/voc. in which separate components (like hourly market prices. This structure html to learn more about VOCs. rooms) can be easily added or removed enables consumers to use power during from the overall structure. non-peak times to save money. ComEd

www.msichicago.org • 29 Eco-Resources Guide General Publications: Wired magazine Leadership in Energy and Environmental America from the Air: A Guide to the Land- Design (LEED) scape Along Your Route by Daniel Mathews, Alternative Energy www.usgbc.org/LEED James S. Jackson Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation www.illinoiscleanenergy.org Healthy House Institute Farewell, My Subaru: An Epic Adventure in www.hhinst.com Local Living by Doug Fine American Solar Energy Society (ASES) www.ases.org Indoors/Outdoors, an exhibit at the Chicago The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving Architecture Foundation beginning June 2008, the Planet One Simple Step at a Time by Eliza- American Wind Energy (AWEA) further explores living sustainably at home. beth Rogers and Thomas M. Kostigen www.awea.org By dismantling residential environments and examining their key emotional and physical Green, Greener, Greenest: A Practical Guide The Green Power Network components, the exhibition and programs to Making Eco-Smart www.Eere.energy.gov/greenpower encourage people to consider how “green” Choices a Part of Your Life by Lori Bongiorno home life might become. Renewable Energy Access www.architecture.org Green Living, E/The Environmental Magazine www.Renewableenergyaccess.com Energy Star Green Remodeling: Changing the World One Net Metering/Energy offsets www.energystar.gov Room at a Time by David Johnston and Kim www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/resources/ Master maps Gardening A Taste of Gardening Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organiz- Eco-friendly home resources www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/tog ing Without Organizations by Clay Shirky Michelle Kaufmann Designs My First Garden www.mkd-arc.com www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/firstgarden/basics/ It’s Easy Being Green: A Handbook for Earth- blog.michellekaufmann.com index.html Friendly Living by Crissy Trask Test your carbon footprint at Smart Home Garden Blog The Lazy Environmentalist by Josh Dorfman www.myfootprint.com Follow the development of the vegetable garden throughout the growing season Makers: All Kinds of People Making Amazing Find out how you can reduce your own energy web.extension.uiuc.edu/cook Things in Garages, bill by typing in your zipcode at Energy Basements, and Backyards by Bob Parks Star’s Home Energy Saver Web site: hes. Container Gardening lbl.gov/hes www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/container Prefab Green by Michelle Kaufmann The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments by www.thegreenguide.com Chicago Home Composting George Johnson www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/homecomposting

30 • www.msichicago.org Government Agencies Recycling Environmental Protection Agency Office of City of Chicago Green Homes Program en- www.illinoisrecycles.org and click on Water www.epa.gov/water courages residential builders, developers and “E-cycling” for a list of collection sites homeowners to use technologies, products National Association of Regulatory Utility and practices that provide greater energy www.earth911.org Commissioners efficiency, provide healthier indoor air, reduce www.Chicagorecycling.org www.naruc.org water usage, preserve natural resources, improve durability and reduce maintenance, and Shopping Green WaterAid America (providing healthy water reduce waste and pollution). Smart Home Watch your eco-footprint shrink at the Smart to developing nations) achieved 530 points, the highest preliminary Home’s Shop Earth (located in the Henry www.wateraid.org rating of any home currently participating in Crown Space Center). Feel good about your the program! www.cityofchicago.org/Environ- green purchases, including organic cotton United States Geological Survey (USGS) ment (click on Chicago Green Homes icon) tee-shirts, recycled plastic flowerpots, books water.usgs.gov about sustainable living and more! Environmental Protection Agency and De- Wetlands International partments of the Environment For more extensive green resources (cloth- www.wetlands.org www.epa.gov/wastewise, www.doe.gov ing and accessories, outdoor gear, travel, vehicles, energy alternatives, furniture and Xeriscape Colorado (drought-resistant Chicago Department of the home décor, housecleaning, gardening, elec- gardening) www.xeriscape.org Environment tronics, and much more!) www.lazyenviron- www.cityofchicago.org/Environment mentalist.com/

Chicago Center for Green Technology Greenmaker www.cityofchicago.org/Environment www.greenmakersupply.com (click on the Chicago Green Tech icon) Take the City of Chicago’s Resale Shops Environmental Pledge chicago.citysearch.com/yellowpages/direc- www.earthmonthchicago.com tory/Chicago_IL/110/524/page1.html

Public Transportation www.abstractpublishing.com/resale/north- Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Trip planner suburbs.html www.transitchicago.com/maps/tripplanner.html Water Reading Green American Water Works Association (AWWA) Chicago Public Library www.awwa.org www.chipublib.org Partners + Sponsors Special thanks to Smart Home partners and sponsors

Partners ciencies in time and materials can yield Extension helps people put knowledge to Michelle Kaufmann Designs (MKD) significant cost savings making homes work. Its educational programs aim to Michelle Kaufmann Designs is a full- more affordable. www.allamerican.com make life better, healthier, safer and more service architectural design firm that profitable for individuals and communities. specializes in sustainable, innovative, Wired Magazine high-quality architecture. Working For 15 years, Wired has been the first Sponsors under the belief that sustainable, word on how technology is changing the ComEd well-designed buildings should be world. Each month, the magazine deliv- ComEd is uniquely positioned to bring accessible to more people, MKD has ers a glimpse into the future of business, value to customers and the communities simplified the process and chosen off- science, entertainment, education, cul- it serves, particularly when it comes to site modular technology as its means ture and politics. Under the leadership the environment. ComEd has been com- to create beautiful, eco-friendly homes of editor-in-chief Chris Anderson, Wired mitted to environmental stewardship for and buildings. The goal of the company has been nominated for an unprecedent- some time. The utility’s energy-efficiency is to make it easier to for people to build ed seven consecutive National Magazine and education programs are part of a green and live a more sustainable life- Awards for general excellence, winning comprehensive strategy to cut green- style. www.michellekaufmann.com the industry’s top prize in 2005 and 2007. house gas emissions and reduce the Wired magazine and Wired.com reach carbon footprint of Exelon, its subsid- All American Homes® more than 10 million readers per month. iaries and customers. Through these Smart Home: Green + Wired is a modu- programs, ComEd is helping custom- lar home built indoors by All American University of Illinois Extension ers conserve energy, save money and Homes of Decatur, Indiana. In this The University of Illinois Extension Horti- help the environment. Some examples precision engineered and climate- culture, Environmental and Green Educa- of these programs include discounted controlled environment, All American tor’s assisted the Museum in transforming compact fluorescent light bulbs, weath- is able to build homes 60 percent faster the Smart Home: Green + Wired into an erization initiatives, energy-efficient and in a more environmentally friendly eco-friendly oasis. With the help of its curriculum and support for schools and way than traditional site-built construc- Master Gardeners, University of Illinois Ex- the ComEdCARE.com Web site, where tion. Waste is reduced because much tension help guests create green spaces customers can conduct an online home of the lumber arrives precut, reducing in their own lives. As the flagship outreach energy audit, buy energy-saving products the need to dispose of “cut offs” in of University of Illinois at Urbana-Cham- and access other helpful tips and tools. the field. Drywall scrap is trucked to paign, U of I Extension offers educational ComEd also continues taking steps to local farmers to use in preparing soil programs to residents of all of Illinois’ .reduce its own environmental impact for planting keeping it out of landfills. 102 counties—and far beyond via its through its fleet of biodiesel vehicles, Sawdust is made available for use as award-winning Web site. Through learning Illinois prairie restoration program and livestock bedding. These and other effi- partnerships like this, University of Illinois paperless billing initiatives.

32 • www.msichicago.org Peoples Gas Honda’s spirited commitment to devel- nearly 500,000 tons of materials each For more than 150 years, Peoples Gas op environmentally responsible technol- year. That’s the equivalent of saving (PGL) and North Shore Gas (NSG), ogy. Many other firsts followed, such as 8.5 million trees. Safeway investigates the natural gas delivery companies the industry’s first Ultra-Low-Emission renewable energy sources, too. In 2006 for Chicagoland, have served the Vehicle, America’s first gasoline-elec- Safeway purchased 97 million kilowatt energy needs of more than one million tric hybrid vehicle and the world’s first hours of wind energy. As a testament residential, commercial and industrial government-certified hydrogen fuel-cell to Safeway’s company-wide environ- customers in Chicago and 54 communi- car. This legacy of taking action based mental efforts, the EPA presented the ties in Northeastern Illinois. PGL and on the company’s beliefs, and introduc- company with the Power Purchase of NSG maintain a reliable energy supply ing new technology for the benefit of the Year Award in 2005. to their customers and believe that the Honda customers can be seen in every collective efforts of businesses and product Honda makes. As stated by Motorola residents will help Chicago achieve Honda: “If you could read our minds, Motorola has been at the forefront of its goal to be the greenest city in the you’d see dreams of a greener and more communication innovation for 80 years. nation. They encourage energy ef- environmentally sustainable world.” It develops technologies, products and ficiency as a way to stem the effects of services that make mobile experiences weather fluctuations and have adopted Dominick’s possible, including the broadband prod- innovative green technology by using Dominick’s is proud to offer one of ucts demonstrated in the Smart Home. biodiesel fuels in company vehicles, the most extensive lines of products Motorola works to continuously improve hybrid vehicles to read customers’ certified organic by the USDA. The the environmental profile of its products, meters, and have invested more than $1 brand, O Organics™, includes more considering energy, material content, billion in maintaining and upgrading the than 300 items available for breakfast, packaging, upgradeability, waste, reuse 6,000-mile natural gas delivery system. lunch, dinner and snacking. Dominick’s and recycling. The company continues to The companies continuously educate parent company, Safeway, is one of the reduce energy use in our products even and raise customer awareness about leaders in renewable energy. It became as each device takes on additional func- conservation and energy reduction the only retail organization to join both tionality. Reducing the energy use of its through their Web site and participation the Chicago Climate Exchange and products is one component of its climate in community service projects. the California Climate Action Registry. change strategy, along with using more Safeway saves more than 98 million renewable energy and improving energy American Honda Motor Co., Inc. kilowatt hours of electricity annually, management at the company’s opera- In 1974, Honda introduced the inge- reducing carbon dioxide emissions by tions. Motorola knows climate change is niously simple Civic CVCC. World- almost 100 million pounds. Aware of one of the biggest challenges facing the changing for its low emissions and fuel its responsibility for managing paper world, and it is committed to being part efficiency, the CVCC demonstrated and plastic waste, Safeway recycles of the solution.

www.msichicago.org • 33 Family Fun with the Sun

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Anyone who has had a sunburn knows stand up on its own. Cover the inside 4. Now you are ready to bake! Take the rays from the sun are very powerful of the flap with aluminum foil. Alumi- your oven outside and place it in a and hot. But can these sunrays be num foil reflects light. It will help the sunny spot. Place a few small balls used in other ways, like to bake a batch sunrays bounce around the oven. of cookie dough inside the oven. of cookies? Follow the steps below to Change the angle of the flap until you create a solar oven and find out! 2. Open the entire lid of the pizza box. can see lots of sunlight reflecting off Take a big piece of plastic wrap and the aluminum foil. Use a stick to prop Supplies: cover the opening you made when you up the flap at the right angle. Cardboard Pizza Delivery Box created the flap. Tape the plastic wrap Scissors or Box Cutter down securely on the inside of the box 5. Keep an eye on your cookies and Aluminum Foil top. You should now have an airtight remove them from the oven when Cling Wrap window. they look ready. Share your “sun” Black Construction Paper cookies with your friends and Stick or Dowel 3. Line the bottom of the pizza box family. Enjoy! Cookie Dough with a sheet of aluminum foil. Cover the foil with sheets of black construc- On a very sunny day, a solar oven can 1. Carefully make a flap in the top of tion paper. The aluminum foil helps reach 200°F! Other than cookies, what the pizza box by cutting about an inch sunrays reflect on the bottom of the else could you make in your solar in from the edge on three sides of the oven, and the color black absorbs heat. oven? Experiment with other foods box top. Bend the flap up; it should Your oven will become nice and toasty! and happy cooking!

34 • www.msichicago.org one color

A Home for All Seasons

Join us for four special workshops, one each season, geared to provide tips for more sustainable living. Experts share information and lead demonstrations. Programs are free with general Museum admission. Check www.msichicago.org/smarthome for program times, locations and up-to-the-minute information.

Spring — Saturday, May 10 Summer — Saturday, July 19 Fall — Saturday,4 color October 25 Winter and Holidays — Saturday, December 13

The Museum thanks the following companies for their support. 3G Applied Chicago Public Honda Materious Overhead Door Terra Green Technologies Library HYmini™ McNulty Design Pella Windows and Ceramics ABC Supply Christy Webber Land- Icynene Inc. Group, Inc. Doors Inc. The Comer ACM scapes Illinois Institute of MEP Peoples Gas Foundation Acoustic Magic Inc. Clauss Brothers, Inc Te chno l og y Michelle Kaufmann Permaloc Corpora- The Growing All American Clean Air Counts Inovateus Develop- Designs tion Connection Homes® ComEd ment LLC Midwest Grounds- Performance Engi- Thunderbird All Tile, Inc. Comfortmaker Innovations in covers neering Group, Inc Tiger Mountain Ambient ComfortPro Systems Wallcoverings, Inc. Midwest Trading Pollack Innovations, Inc. Arid Solutions, Inc. Concreteworks Innovative Sleep Horticultural Possibility Place Town and Country Barrier Technology Crate and Barrel Solutions Supplies, Inc. Progress Lighting Landscape Supply Company Crown Boiler Co. iPort black and whiteMike Nagel Publisher from Luxe Tracy Marks Bean Products Cydus LLC iRobot Michael Nicholas Home Magazine Trex Decking Bedrock Industries Daltile Iron Woods Carpentry Chicago UGOBE, Inc. Bison Deck Supports Designed Stairs, Inc. J.F. New Nursery M.J Fogarty & Sadhu Johnston Unilock Botanicalls Dominick’s Jacobs/Ryan Associates, Inc. Sala University of Illinois Bower Natural Eastlake Printing Associates Motorola Foundation Samsung Extension Bedding Eco Top James Cavallo, Ph.D. MuleHide Seal-ect Services, Vapro Shield Brentano Inc. Feeney Architectural Jamo NanaWall Systems Inc. Inc. Verde Design Studio, Breville Products Kaneville Tree Farms, National Door & Scott Sevon Ltd California Closets Fisher-Price Inc. Trim, Inc. Silver Springs Viva Terra Casamonte Bath & FLOR The Kenai Shoe Natural High Soliloquy Textiles Vurtego Home GE Company, Inc. Lifestyle Somfy Warmboard, Inc. CBF Graber® Kohler NatureMill, Inc Springs Window William Good Cembonit Fiber Great Lakes Plumb- Lake Street NeuStep Fashions Willco Wholesale Cement Panel ing and Heating Landscape Supply Norcon, Inc. Stock Building Distr., Inc. Rainscreen GreenGrid® by Lego Systems, Inc. Northern Illinois Fire Supply Wired Magazine Chicago Center for Weston Life|ware Sprinkler Advisory StoryPeople Yolo Colorhouse LLC Green Technology Solutions, Inc. Lighting Control Board STRiDA Chicago Department Georgia-Pacific Lightology® Okoro Media Systems Sun Ovens, Inc *list current as of of the Environment GRO Horticultural Lucid Design Group One Laptop Per Child Tani t a 4/23/08 Chicago Green Enterprises, Inc. Lutron Openlands Native Ter agr en ® Homes Program Mapei Habitats Program Commercial With this run of the Smart Home: Green + Wired Resource Guide the Museum of Science and Industry saved:

Trees...... 233.86 trees Waterborne Waste...... 675.28 pounds Water...... 99,336 gallons Solid Waste...... 10,991 pounds Greenhouse Gases...... 21,641 pounds Energy...... 165,658,000 BTUs Atmospheric Emissions...... 11,245 pounds or Crude Oil...... 5 barrels

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