My final essay is on the construction process. I talk about how it is un-sustainable but is crucial to modern living. I draw from three out of the four guest speakers we had. They are Mrs. Katz, Mr. Wallon, and Mrs. Derex. I explain how each other them told us different things about inside and outside construction.  Mr. Wallon showed us the solar decathlon house. I used his ideas in the part of my paper on how to make construction more sustainable. Mrs. Katz was the first guest speaker who got me thinking about the construction process. She is the one that said it is un-sustainable process. There is a ton of waste left over. Living next to the new dorm getting built on the sic pack is a perfect example of this. They have dumpsters getting removed full of waste every day. This was an unbelievable amount to waste. Mrs. Derex showed use different things to be put in your house. I called this in my paper inside construction. She said that carpeting is probably one of the worst things to put into your house. It is made from petroleum and holds all the vapors from your house.

                I also got ideas from the online LEED section. This allowed me to show how contractors can build homes that are safe for the environment. BIF (Business Instructional Facility) is a perfect example of this on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. There are solar panels and many windows to allow natural light in. There were also two videos on houses like the adobe brick and stray house. This how was made from resources close to the construction site. The other how was made in cubicles and delivered to the construction site. The house was very environmentally safe. There was a garden on the roof and a gray water reusable tank. There were a lot of things that the owner put in to help safe the environment.