Building and living in a green home is making a commitment to oneself, future generations and the environment. For me, the question is not “why would you build a green home?†the question is: WHY WOULD YOU NOT build a green home?
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From the monthly archives:
May 2008
The green building industry is still fairly new. It can be difficult, especially for homeowners, to find green and sustainable building materials for our projects. It is also a challenge, to make sense of some of the labeling, which at times is up to interpretation or downright misleading. And without green building materials, we can’t [...]
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It appears that the none of the US largest publicly-traded home builders have fully embraced green and sustainable building practices. This is the outcome of a study by Calvert Group, Ltd. (free download), one of the nation’s leaders in the field of sustainable and responsible investing, with support from the Boston College Institute for Responsible [...]
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Residential solar water heating systems consist of solar collectors, sometimes called solar panels, water piping, pump,storage tank and a heat exchanger in cold climates. These systems supplement, and do not replace (!) the oil boiler, gas furnace and/or water heater.
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Green home building and remodeling requires a different approach than the traditional, established way of building. Traditionally the homeowner, you, approaches an architect who designs the home, based on your descriptions, ideas, dreams and wishes. The finished design is then distributed to several general contractors for bid.
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Did you ever consider using concrete for flooring instead of stone, granite, marble or tiles to store the passive solar heat? Concrete can be a very green option, especially if the concrete is made locally or within 100 miles. Shipping tiles and granite plates from hundreds or thousands of miles away is not a sustainable [...]
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The term geothermal literally means Earth/Ground (Geo) Heat (thermal). Geothermal, or ground source heat pumps, take advantage of the constant ground or groundwater temperatures. A refrigerant loop with a compressor extracts heat from one side (the ground) and “pumps†it to the heating loop in your home. It is essentially the same process that happens [...]
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