What you must know to build a green home and maintain a green and sustainable lifestyle
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The materials used to build a green home must meet certain criteria. Green and sustainable homes not only use minimal energy, they also provide the owners with high indoor air quality. Occupants in homes built with standard building materials are exposed to hundreds of chemicals. Many of these chemicals are toxic and can have a [...]
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The building envelope consists of walls, roof, windows, doors, and ground level floor. These components are intended to keep out heat and cold, wind and water. A well-insulated and tight building envelope is a must for any green home. Energy requirements for heating and cooling are directly related to the quality of the building envelope. [...]
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Green and sustainable architecture describes economical, low-energy green homes, built with environmentally friendly and sustainable building materials. The architecture optimizes the use of passive solar heatign and cooling. Green architecture also minimizes the disturbance of the soil and destruction of existing plants and natural water drainage both during the construction, as well as when the [...]
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