There are many areas where you can experience significant energy savings when you are building a green home. By working with an architect in the early design stages, many of these areas can be addressed in the design of your energy efficient home, helping you to save money in the future and enjoy a healthier home: 1) Footprint: Reduce the size of your home. Your home design should be limited to only as much space as your...

Everyone is going green, and many companies are making it easier than ever. If you want to do your part for the environment, a great way to start is right in your own home. With the advent of new technologies, there are now products available that will help keep the environment healthier without having to compromise your own comfort. Spray foam insulation is one product for your home that has recently gone green. Spray...

If you’re interested in “greening up” your home renovation, here are some tips that can give you ideas. Environmentally friendly options are making it easy to improve your property without taking a heavy toll from the environment. Not only will you benefit your natural environment, you’ll also benefit your community. If you’re selling your home and want an interesting way to attract buyers,...

In these days many people are struggling just to keep their homes and fewer people are buying and selling. If you are in a position of deciding to keep your home and remodel and/or enlarge or sell and move-up or even downsize, then here are some options to consider. Let me just say first, hate to admit it but I am not an environmentalist, I don’t drive a hybrid and I’m not even good at recycling my own trash....

In this day and age, there is a big push for everything around you to be built green. That means that it is better for the environment in many different ways. There are many different components of each individual home that when combined, make for an earth friendly space to live in. Building your own home and building it green requires quite a bit of knowledge in the ways of what is earth friendly and what isn’t. There...