Green home for go green living
A unique spin on recycling; snow fences offer premium reclaimed wood! Reclaimed wood is always a great thing to utilize. If your anything like me, you probably see using reclaimed wood as an inspired act. You could even make the argument that it is essential in any green home. One Wyoming company, Centennial Woods, utilizes old snow fence … [Read more...]
Very cool article in the Long Island Press today I wanted to pass on to you. If you live in Long Island and green building design is your cup of tea, you may be interested in this contest. The opportunity to design a green home and see your plans implemented on a foreclosed home is pretty cool. Here is the article... Piles of snow, … [Read more...]
These plans will teach you how to build chicken coops so simply and effectively... ...you will save money while leaving a smaller footprint, AND you can build them even if you failed shop class like I did! Build Chicken Coops Now I know how you are feeling. The urge to live a more sustainably... a little more "off the grid". A big … [Read more...]
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) Featured on Center for Environmental Innovation and Leadership (CEIL)... Mouthful isn't it??? ;) Well it's important for our green building efforts; here's why... As you well know, last year the Obama administration put into effect an order that put a … [Read more...]
Unlike a decade ago, green home building does not have to mean excessive costs or headaches (finding Eco-certified contractors in the day used to be a pain). Developments related to technology and legislation of green building have come a long way, and excesses in cost and headaches are no longer obligatory (at least as hassle free as residential … [Read more...]
