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
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
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
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
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
