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Tips for Buying House Building Materials

by Tina Gleisner, in Building Products

Tips for Buying House Building Materials

When buying a house we focus on location, views, the kitchen, bathrooms and bedrooms. We rarely think about the house building materials that went into the construction of the house, besides the granite countertops, hardwood floors and other visible features. When you build a custom home or tackle a major remodeling project, you take more … Read More

Tags: green building materials, home building materials, recycled building materials

6 Features of Sustainable Homes

by Tina Gleisner, in Green, Healthy & Safe

6 Features of Sustainable Homes

Our home is our castle, and while we might focus on decorating our houses, we can also expand our focus to build green, sustainable homes. But what does that really mean … and yes, it’s confusing. Knowing there are numerous organizations creating different green home standards, I decided to see what Wikipedia has to say … Read More

Tags: green building, green building materials, green homes, green houses, sustainable houses, sustainable living

Green Home Concepts

by Tina Gleisner, in Uncategorized

Green Home Concepts

Everyone is talking about green, and that includes green home concepts for building, remodeling and decorating your home. There are some basic concepts underlying all things green, so let’s start there and then we’ll keep adding new green terminology that we find. You’re welcome to send us suggestions too as this field is growing by … Read More

Tags: green building materials, green building standards, green homes, green living at home

Green Building & LEED Certification

by Tina Gleisner, in Energy Efficiency, Green, Healthy & Safe

Green Building & LEED Certification

Green building means different things to different people. That’s true unless you are familiar with the LEED certification program launched by the US Green Building Council in February 2008. Most homeowners have read about green homes, green building or similar green concepts related to their homes. As we’ve become inundated with everything green, people have … Read More

Tags: green building, green building materials, green homeowner education, indoor air quality, leed for homes, leed rating system

Building with Rammed Earth Materials

by Tina Gleisner, in Outdoor Living Spaces

Building with Rammed Earth Materials

Building green includes the materials you use to construct a home or outdoor feature like a patio. The ideal green material is found locally and it can be replaced easily. So you can imagine that when they were building the Great Wall of China (Jiayuguan Wall shown here via Wikipedia), the most available material was … Read More

Tags: eco-friendly building materials, green building materials, rammed earth construction, rammed earth patio

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