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==Single-detached home== | ==Single-detached home== | ||
Note: This estimate doesn't consider ''other'' footprints of living in the suburbs (i.e. car driving and its infrastructure). | |||
===Labor=== | ===Labor=== | ||
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<!-- TODO: compare with other estimates online, just google how many labor hours go into making a house; double it to assume the labor hours that went into materials (because it's common for materials/constructionlabor ratio to be 50/50) --> | <!-- TODO: compare with other estimates online, just google how many labor hours go into making a house; double it to assume the labor hours that went into materials (because it's common for materials/constructionlabor ratio to be 50/50) --> | ||
<!-- TODO: what about maintenance of the house: essential renovations (dont count cosmetic renos, unless we want to count them separately) --> | |||
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But also the land that it takes to grow the wood for the house: | But also the land that it takes to grow the wood for the house: | ||
{{dp | {{dp | ||
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|(1/12) | |(1/12) ft^3 | ||
|Weird unit but ok. | |Weird unit but ok. | ||
|<cite>How Many Trees Does It Take to Build a House?</cite>https://www.thehousedesigners.com/articles/how-many-trees-does-it-take-to-build-a-house.asp#:~:text=House%20Construction&text=To%20keep%20it%20simple%20and,a%202%2C000%20square%20foot%20home.<br /><q>there are 12 board feet in every cubic foot</q> | |<cite>How Many Trees Does It Take to Build a House?</cite>https://www.thehousedesigners.com/articles/how-many-trees-does-it-take-to-build-a-house.asp#:~:text=House%20Construction&text=To%20keep%20it%20simple%20and,a%202%2C000%20square%20foot%20home.<br /><q>there are 12 board feet in every cubic foot</q> | ||
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{{dp | {{dp | ||
|house.wood_volume | |house.wood_volume | ||
|16380 | |16380 board_foot | ||
|Amount of wood in a typical house | |Amount of wood in a typical house | ||
|<cite>How Many Trees Does It Take to Build a House?</cite>https://www.thehousedesigners.com/articles/how-many-trees-does-it-take-to-build-a-house.asp#:~:text=House%20Construction&text=To%20keep%20it%20simple%20and,a%202%2C000%20square%20foot%20home.<br /><q>According to the Census Bureau, the average American home built in 2013 was 2,600 square feet, '''and it would have required 16,380 board feet to build!'''</q> | |<cite>How Many Trees Does It Take to Build a House?</cite>https://www.thehousedesigners.com/articles/how-many-trees-does-it-take-to-build-a-house.asp#:~:text=House%20Construction&text=To%20keep%20it%20simple%20and,a%202%2C000%20square%20foot%20home.<br /><q>According to the Census Bureau, the average American home built in 2013 was 2,600 square feet, '''and it would have required 16,380 board feet to build!'''</q> | ||
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If you have some idea how to estimate the land footprint of other materials, please start the {{talk}}. For now, let's hopefully assume it's small enough to ignore. | If you have some idea how to estimate the land footprint of other materials, please start the {{talk}}. For now, let's hopefully assume it's small enough to ignore. | ||
<!-- TODO: what about the infrastructure (water, electricity, internet)? Those should probably be counted somewhere (if not on this page, that's fine). --> | |||