Our Environment
Delta Township is Green...and Going Greener!
Delta Township has over eight hundred developed and undeveloped acres of park land and green space. In addition, building walkable pathways continues to be a high priority of Delta Township.
The new library building has been designated a “greener build” because of the environmentally friendly materials that are being used in the construction of the inside and outside of the building.
Delta Township’s Utility Department has received the highest classification from the State of Michigan as it relates to energy efficiency. For over 20 years the wastewater treatment plant has provided their bio solids, which act as a soil conditioner, to local farmers to use on their fields so they use less chemicals on their crops. Additionally, the methane gas that is produced at the treatment plant is used to heat the facility’s buildings in the winter and used to generate electricity in the summer.
Habitat for Humanity builds eco-friendly house in Pontiac
Its first in southeast Michigan
Woody Gontina of Gontina Building & Design, the Clawson firm that planned and designed the house, hopes it will qualify for platinum LEED certification, the most demanding national Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standard.
Even the outside of the home is environmentally friendly, with a special composite siding that's paintable, a system to collect rain for irrigation and drought-resistant native plants. The firm has built high-end LEED homes but wanted to show that it's possible to do the same for low-cost homes, said Gontina's partner, Timothy Risk.
The house cost just under $100,000. LEED features added $4,000 to $8,000, but energy savings will pay that back within a few years, Gontina said.
Chrysler Financial Corp. paid to build the house and gave employees work time off to help construct it.
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