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Articles about green building (0-50 of 2703)
- Building Back Our Lives
By: caz | - I love my husband and our three sons. I love my home; we live in a nice area and have good neighbours. I love my garden, and sometimes I even love my work. Occasionally, I love my Mother-in-law!
We live in a three bedroom house, on a nice estate, not far from the shops, schools. It takes my husband twenty minutes by car to get to work, and I work from home. Ideal, you may say. Yes until just over a year ago, we thought so.
I think it started when my Mother and Fat ...
Tags: Green building, property renovations, garage conversions
- Improving Your Home - The Green Way
By: Benjamin Pendergrass | - Though many of us think that green building and green renovation essentially benefit the environment, there's actually much more to them. Green builders are keen on exclaiming that their efforts are engineered to create shelter that's good for folk, good for the planet, and good for the economy Green home building and transforming are great for folk because they result in more healthy and more comfy homes. They also are good for us because they produce less pollution, defending air we breathe an ...
Tags: diy building, green building, environmental home
- What Is A Green Carpenter
By: Ezra Drissman | - Nowadays, the campaign to save Mother Earth is everywhere. The Earth Hour was initiated around the world to conserve energy through simultaneous turning off electricity-consuming equipment. Almost any household product has modified into using non-toxic and ozone-friendly components. There are various ways of implementing environmental consciousness.
The career outlook for a green carpenter is good. They make on average $13-$24 an hour.
Ecological imbalance affects econo ...
Tags: Green Carpenter, Carpenter, carpenters, green architechture, green building
- Green Building Products Dominate Top 100 List
By: SA HOME | - Given the current consumer appetite for all things green, it's no wonder more than half of this year's Top 100 top building products list, published by Building Products magazine, is dominated by eco products, ranging from nifty solar panels to neat LED lights.
Here's a glimpse at a few of the products, which were ranked based on the number of requests for more information about them from the readers of Building Products, Custom Home, Builder and Remodeling magazines.
E ...
Tags: green building products, building products, green
- Screened Porches - For A Greener Lifestyle
By: Roselind Hejl | - Screened porches bring you in touch with the natural world. They are outdoor rooms, yet, they are sheltered and safe from the elements. If you are planning a green home, screened porches will fit in perfectly.
In our recent building project there are two screened porches incorporated into the plan. The heart and soul of the house is the central porch. It is open and connected to the living area and foyer hall. They open to the porch so that the space can flow together for ...
Tags: screened porch, green building, sustainable building, homes, real estate, Austin Texas real estate,
- Important Considerations To Make Before Choosing General Contractors
By: Roger James Martin | - One of worst mistakes that homeowners could make in their home building or home remodeling projects is to choose and hire general contractors based on how low they offered their bids for a particular project. Hiring a contractor or a home builder with the lowest bid does not guarantee that you will get a high level of quality, an efficient construction schedule, good materials and even security.
Although cost-effectiveness is an important aspect in any home remodeling project and w ...
Tags: Home building, home remodeling, general contractors, home builder, Boston, Massachusetts, home renovation, green building
- Windows: An Important Aspect In Any Home Improvement Project
By: Roger James Martin | - Every responsible homeowner would like to improve, in one way or another, a certain portion or even whole sections in their homes. It is for this reason that a home improvement project would be a welcome and exciting endeavor for a homeowner and his household. Improvement may be in terms of various aspects like aesthetics or how a home or section of the home would appear on the outside. Improvement may also be in terms of efficiency in the way energy is consumed, which translates to higher costs ...
Tags: Home improvement, green building, home remodeling, custom home builders, general contractors, remodeling
- Indoor Landscaping: Don"€™t Be A Dinosaur "€" Go Green!
By: Nancy Clarke | - Climate change and toxic construction materials have moved indoor landscaping and green building up on the list of priorities these days. Contractors are working closely with landscapers to create what the public wants. Consumers are increasingly pressuring builders, and their backers, to go green. Yes, those who fuel the economy have been listening to the science, and many feel that its either go green, or go the way of the dinosaurs.
Green building represents something that to ...
Tags: building, buyers, certification, construction, cost
- Rebuilding Greensburg, Ks: A Look At An Emerging Green Economy
By: Carol McClelland | - A recent New York Times article, entitled "After a Tornado, a Kansas Town Rebuilds Green," highlights a community that had an unusual opportunity to rebuild from the ground up. The community's journey provides an amazing glimpse into what happens as a community makes the decision to go green and acts on their plan.
Greensburg's Story
In May 2007, an intense tornado basically flattened the town of Greensburg, Kansas (http://www.greensburgks.org) in a matter of minutes. I ...
Tags: Greensburg, Kansas, NY Times, Greensburg Sustainable Master Plan, green building
- Green Building Materials Are Totally Awesome
By: Linda Allen | - A lot of people have been working for a long time to try to head off global warming - and some progress is being made. Building with recycled materials can benefit your health and the health of the environment and with all of
the options available you can still have the home you want. Sustainability, the practice of being able to continue the harvesting, extractions, etc., with minimal long-term effects on the environment and people, so a growing number of products are being created to re ...
Tags: green building materials, green building, recycled, cork flooring, bamboo, radiant floor
- Us Reveals New Low-energy Brick: By Obc Bromley Builders
By: OBC Building | - US reveals new low-energy brick:
Last year three of the UKs largest brick manufacturing companies announced a 15% percent increase in their brick prices. That, along with an already bruised economy unsettled the local homebuilding industry. Smaller building companies such as OBC Builders in Bromley have had to adjust to changes and fluctuations in the UK house-building market. As a company our builders in Tunbridge Wells have already started implementing a variety of green building ...
Tags: builders bromley, builders tunbridge wells, green builders, green building techniques, green Home building, eco-friendly building techniques
- Renewable Energy Sources
By: Bob Schlechty | - Renewable energy sources are on everyones mind due to the fast depleting reserves of fossil fuel and the effects of global warming. We all want to go green and have environment friendly renewable energy sources.
Sun, wind, water, waste that is found all around can be used to create energy without depleting the source. They have potential to improve our environment as they dont give off hazardous chemicals as their by-products. And above all these sources are free to ...
Tags: Renewable Energy, Fuel Cell, Green Building, Green Energy
- Bamboo- Helping To Save Hardwood Forests
By: David Sands | - Bhutans efforts might not be enough to save even their ecological haven. Global warming experts and scientists agree that the rise in climate temperature is bringing an onslaught of problems to untouched remote forest lands. In the sub-Artic and Artic, milder winters are creating drier summers, leaving hardwood trees weak and increasingly vulnerable to pests and wildfires. Of the past ten summers in Siberia, eight have seen extreme forest fires. And from Colorado to Washington State, an epidemi ...
Tags: bamboo, green homes, green home, eco-friendly, green building, environment, LEED, green, save forest
- Frequently Asked Bamboo Questions And Answers
By: David Sands | - Bamboo is often referred by many people as being a tree, others are quick to call a grass. Some people will tell you that it takes a long time to grow, others would say that it literally shoots up over-night. Do you know the basic facts about this fascinating plant?
Is Bamboo a Tree?
Bamboo is a grass, it is the fastest growing plant on Earth. It grows one third faster than the fastest growing tree. Some species grow as much as four feet a day.
How long does ...
Tags: bamboo, green homes, green home, eco-friendly, green building, environment, eco house, LEED, green
- Eco-towns Promote Green Building Techniques:
By: OBC Building | - Eco-Towns promote green building techniques:
OBCs Green Builders in Bromley and the UK
Being a building and construction company in the UK, it is important for us at OBC Building in Bromley and Tunbridge Wells to stay up to date with news and innovations that concern the building industry and environment. In order to live up to our reputation as green home builders, it is important for us at our OBC builders in Tunbridge Wells and Bromley to know about current g ...
Tags: green building, builders bromley, builders tunbridge wells
- Green Homes- Building A New Paradigm
By: David Sands | - There is a lot of excitement in the newly developing green building and green home industry. Everyday people are becoming more conscious about the impact they and their home have on the environment. What is green building? And what exactly is a green home?
Green building reduces carbon dioxide emissions, conserves natural resources, improves air and water quality, cuts back waste and saves energy. Building green also stimulates architectural design and green construction that pr ...
Tags: green home, green homes, green building, green, building green
- More Facts About Building Contractors In The Usa
By: David Urmann | - American-based building contractors should have a license and professional knowledge before they are allowed to work and advertise on the market. The local inspection department of the US can get the work re-done if ever the owner had a non-licensed contractor do the job. It is always important to remember to contact a licensed building contractor to do this so as to avoid all the unnecessary payments.
Throughout the years, the American style of living had changed drastically. No ...
Tags: US Green Building Council, Associated General Contractors of America, General Contractors
- Sustainable Green Development: Definitions, Strategies, And Implementation
By: Jim Simcoe | - As a green building consultant one of the biggest fundamental flaws I hear in the green building discussion is that green building costs more and is less profitable. Our goal is to help you design projects that are profitable AND green. Yes, you can be profitable and green at the same time, they are not mutually exclusive.
With that said, one question still mystifies developers- what exactly is sustainable planning and development? What does sustainable development mean? Why are w ...
Tags: sustainability, green, eco-friendly
- Is Greening An Existing Building Worth It?
By: Jim Simcoe | - Greening an existing building is profitable for several reasons. Whether you have a multi-unit complex of 250 apartments or a 100,000 square foot commercial office building-you can make changes that will significantly decrease your monthly operational expenses. Significantly. Not 5%, not 10%, more like 40-70%.
The beauty of incorporating green into your buildings is that the small changes have major impact and thus, major savings. When I first began in the business and 'greene ...
Tags: green, building, remodel, audit
- Green Predictions For 2009
By: Jim Simcoe | - The world of green has exploded. Two years ago words you never heard the words sustainability, LEED, eco and green consulting in every day conversation. Two weeks ago I heard 2 grandmothers in line at a coffee shop discussing LEED for homes. They sounded like environmental scientists.
We've seen a lot change in the last few years around people's perception, interest and commitment to green living/green building. So without further ado, here are our green predictions for 2009: ...
Tags: green, industry, predictions, 2009
- Why Choose Certified Wood Products?
By: Thomas H. Lindblom | - The objectives of certification schemes are to provide assurance to end users that the products they are purchasing came from a source that;
Is legal, and
Is managed in such a way that it ensures positives:
- Environmental outcomes
- Social outcomes, and
- Economic outcomes
FORESTS
Increasingly timber is valued not only as a commodity, but also as a precious resource that requires protection. Forests from which timber pr ...
Tags: eco products, eco friendly products, sustainable building, sustainable development, environmental building, green building, green building australia,
- How Energy Efficient Is Your Residence?
By: Jacob Smithsonn | - A residence that is green is a household built and run with the environment in mind. With the threat of global warming becoming more urgent everyday, the average family needs to do their part to make as little impact as possible. Going eco friendly is a way to do this and the first place to start is with your house. You can find a lot of home supplies from bathtubs to faucets at fuzing.com. Whether you are constructing your toilet or your kitchen, it will help you in the long run if you build ...
Tags: green building, energy efficiency
- Green Remodeling In San Diego
By: Amber Scott | - Many people are looking to go green and the folks of San Diego, California are certainly no exception. There are many ways San Diego people have found to remodel their homes and apartments so that they help maintain the go green movement and also help them to save money in the future in energy costs, fuel costs and living expenses. Some ways people are going green in to replace their existing windows with energy efficient windows, planting trees, installing ceiling fans and even adding a storm ...
Tags: remodel, design, green building, green company
- Fitting Into A Green Collar Job
By: Chris Marentis | - President-elect Barack Obama intends to remedy the economic woes of the United States with the creation of three million jobs during his first term. In December 2008, he reaffirmed the commitment of his incoming administration to specifically targeting those new positions at one field currently experiencing unparalleled growth: green technology.
"[We will]support high-growth industries by training the workers that they need. This includes promoting green-collar jobs," sai ...
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- Pre-engineered Steel Buildings Sport New Energy Efficient Colors
By: Linda Falorio | - Steel Buildings manufacturers now offer energy-efficient color options for pre-engineered buildings. As more and more people look for ways to do their part to save and protect the environment and reduce their carbon footprint, finding a cost-efficient way to do so is not always easy.
Steel building manufacturers are now beginning to offer "cool paints" to provide customers with an energy efficient choice for pre-engineered commercial, industrial, agricultural, and residential stee ...
Tags: steel buildings, metal buildings, pre-engineered steel building, prefab metal building, green building, residential steel building
- Excalibur General Contracting
By: Excaliburgc | - Welcome to Excalibur General Contracting, Inc
Your home and/or business may be the most important asset you have. When you find yourself ready to build or remodel, dont settle for anything less than the best in the business! Excalibur General Contracting goes above and beyond to ensure quality and your satisfaction.
Family owned and operated, Excalibur General Contracting has been Builder serving Volusia and Flagler counties since 1994, specializing in al ...
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- Green Building And Its Advantages
By: Kirthy Shetty | - Green building concept has emerged from the need to meet high standards of energy efficiency and environmental responsibility. Focus is mainly on resources such as energy, water and materials and attains efficiency of these resources. It is said to reduce the energy bills and offer a healthier and more comfortable living environment. Reduce the effect of environmental hazards and ease its effects on human health and environment too. It is said that natural daylight design reduces a building's el ...
Tags: real estate bangalore, building in bangalore, building in my
- Thegreenghost.com Tips On Caring For Our Environment And Making Our Lives Better
By: thegreenghost | - The Green Ghost is a blog written to inform readers about small ways and simple ideas that can make a huge difference to our lives and help us all and the planet make it through the next one hundred years.
It is about thinking a little longer before using plastic bags, when a paper or cloth bag is more than good to carry your stuff and cause less damage to the environment. It is about how we can cut down the use of chemicals in our homes and pave way for natural products in our d ...
Tags: Fuel, Gift ideas, Chemicals, Garden, Household, Recycling, Renewable energy, Green Building, fun, ideas, Holiday, Waste, Ghost, Natural, Natural, Pest
- Green Industry Secrets - Why You Need To Become An Eco Realtor
By: Nestor Santtia | - If you're in the real estate industry, you might be interested in the new green building trend and what it means to you. You've probably also heard the term "Eco Realtor" and wondered if it's worth paying attention to, or if it's just another industry fad. The bottom line is that the green movement is booming and consumers are growing curious on how they can live a more eco-friendly lifestyle. If you become an informed Eco Realtor, you can provide added services that your clients will really ...
Tags: Eco-Realtor, eco-friendly, green, eco realtor, green building
- Leed And Energy Star - Green Homes For Better Living
By: Nestor Santtia | - Do you want to make your home more energy efficient and green? You can definitely take some basic steps to save money on energy costs, and you can fix up an existing home to make it a green home. Or, you might consider purchasing a new LEED property. A LEED certified home is one that has been certified as meeting certain measurable "green" characteristics. Even taking a few simple steps can make a home more energy efficient: unplugging unused appliances, turning off lights in vacant rooms, a ...
Tags: LEED, Energy Star, green homes, eco-friendly, energy efficient
- Green Building To Strike A Balance With The Environment
By: Kirthy Shetty | - Green buildings are eco friendly homes and structures, which is an in thing now. A major revolution has come into being in creating home and structures which focuses on the efficiency of resources such as energy, water, and materials. It eases down the hazardous effect which would have other wise affected the human health and environment and thus makes use of eco friendly materials. Reach out to online sites which offer you range of ethical, eco friendly and fair trade products for house and hom ...
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- Sustainable Building With Environmental Value
By: Kirthy Shetty | - Sustainable building has been in vogue, ever since the green building concept came into existence. Green building means resource efficient and environmentally conscious, sustainable design which is usually dependent on three areas such as conservation, energy, resource conservation and indoor air quality. You can also identify which properties will save you funds when it comes to fuel costs and making repairs.
Viewed as new-age in construction circles, sustainable design looks at ...
Tags: real estate bangalore, building in bangalore, building in my
- Green Communities And New Urbanism - New Terms For Old Fashioned Neighborhoods
By: Nestor Santtia | - Back in the day, neighbors sat on their front porches, and got to know each other. When they needed something, they would walk a short way to the corner store. Communities were built around a central gathering area, where schools, parks, libraries, and community centers, and other shared neighborhood spaces were popular.
This isn't just a nostalgic memory from a "Leave It to Beaver" TV episode, we really have lost our sense of community, somehow. The loss of the old neighborh ...
Tags: green, green communities, green neighborhoods, new urbanism, sustainability, eco-friendly
- Eco-friendly Green Homes: The Solution To A More Comfortable, Healthy, Energy-efficient Lifestyle
By: Nestor Santtia | - The main goal of a green home is to lessen environmental impacts while creating a healthier and more comfortable home. This is accomplished through several means, but generally focuses on increased energy efficiency, smart water use, use of healthier sustainable materials, and careful site selection to minimize impacts to the natural environment. Let's review the most common factors in green building and construction.
Energy Efficiency - a green home certainly takes advantage o ...
Tags: green, sustainable, eco, green home, energy efficient, energy efficiency, green building
- Green Building Design - Not Just For New Builds
By: Dominic Donaldson | - Economic and climatic changes are afoot resulting in some major upheavals in engineering and construction legislation. An attitude shift in a greener direction when it comes to development is being welcomed in the industry. Recently, one of the most coveted awards available in architecture was awarded to a group who combined their knowledge to build sustainable housing on a brownfield site in the UK. The use of energy saving materials and energy saving methods combine to produce accommodation ...
Tags: green building design, environmental engineering, environmental consultants
- Green Building Certification
By: R. Michael Richmond | - What is the effect of the Green Cleaning movement on the janitorial industry? The facts are clean that the cleaning and janitorial world is in transition, and it will be forever changed to what will come to be known as the Green Janitorial era. How people transition to this new status will differ, and there will be those who try to ignore it until the Green practice is literally forced on them by mandate.
What will drive this movement is the demand for Green offices and Green bu ...
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- Green Products Earn A Gold Star
By: Courtney Patterson | - Green building requires a multi-faceted approach. If builders focus primarily on installing green products, including finishes, appliances, and building components, they may miss the point. While green products are important to constructing a green home, they shouldnt be the only consideration. The benefits of green building?energy efficiency, water efficiency, durability, healthy indoor air?are achieved through effective design, construction, and installation, in addition to materials.
Tags: green building, greener construction practices
- Consumer Attitudes About Green Building
By: Courtney Patterson | - Consumer interest in green building exploded in 2007, and its still growing. Thanks to extensive media coverage, an increasing number of consumers are becoming familiar with sustainability and green building. Newspapers warn about climate change and soaring gas prices. Retail giants like Wal-Mart have adopted sustainable practices and opened green stores. Hollywood has jumped on the green bandwagon, incorporating green practices in its 2008 Oscars. Home and garden television shows offer a ste ...
Tags: Green Building, home, real estate
- Easy Green Building Practices
By: Courtney Patterson | - The pressure is on to adopt green building practices. However, green building might seem overwhelming if you associate it with unfamiliar building methods, new technology, and higher costs. You might wonder where to start.
Breathe a sigh of relief, because green building doesn't require dramatic changes immediately. What it does require is a commitment to better building and greater attention to installation. With a few easy strategies, you can begin building greener homes that ar ...
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- Profiles In Green Building: The Austin Real Estate Market
By: Dane Smith | - Austin has long been a home for friendly folk- friendly to each other, friendly to animals, and friendly to the environment. What used to be considered as only the concerns of hippies and the bohemian sect, environmentalism is now at the forefront of commercial and residential design, and "green" businesses are popping up nationwide. Austin, however, was the first city in the United States to establish a local green-building program, laying out environmentally friendly and sustainable guidelin ...
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- When Green Building Is Not Really Green
By: Richmond Real Estate | - A lot of realtors, home buyers, and home builders are jumping on the recent "environmentally friendly" band wagon by throwing around the term "green". Realtors are using the word "green" as a selling point as they try to interest a buyer in a home. Builders are including a hand full of "green" features in new construction and in renovation projects and then trying to use that angle as a way to drum up interest in the project. And buyers are using the term "green" to describe what they are lookin ...
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- A Green Approach To Construction
By: Trev Verte.. | - Humanity has advanced in stunning ways in the last 100 years from a technology perspective. The advancements, however, have come with drawbacks. Green building is an approach that seeks to address some of those drawbacks.
Beginning with the industrial revolution, we started to consume massive amounts of natural resources. A byproduct of such consumption, of course, is waste. The more we use, the more we produce.
On an indirect level, we have known about the costs of ...
Tags: green building, construction, climate change, global warming, environment, society
- Green Building: The Basics
By: Trev Verte | - As the world changes, we are starting to give some thought to the impact we as a society are making on the world. One development from this is the concept of green building.
Beginning with the industrial revolution, we started to consume massive amounts of natural resources. A byproduct of such consumption, of course, is waste. The more we use, the more we produce.
The idea that our way of life may be bad for both the planet and ourselves is not new. Although climat ...
Tags: green building, construction, climate change, global warming, environment, society
- Build Green For Lifelong Savings
By: Roselind Hejl | - Green building is a design process that grows out of a connection with the natural landscape. It is a set of informed decisions that considers the site and materials to reduce the cost, maintenance, and energy usage of the home. Conservation is central to the green building approach. Green homes are healthier, safer, more comfortable, and cost less to operate. They connect people to the land and community around them. Here are seven green building ideas:
1) Build a passive s ...
Tags: sustainable building, green construction, green building, energy efficient homes, native landscaping
- New York Green Building Initiative
By: Rick Solare | - As is occurring in many states, New York is trying to promote Green Building practices. The state is doing it by offering tax credits as financial incentives.
New York Green Building Initiative
The concept of green building isnt particularly old and has arisen as a result of a better understanding of the impact of buildings on people and the environment. Ideally, green buildings are designed to use non-polluting energy, recyclable resources and systems that avoid ...
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