Renewable Roofing Options

Two Sides to Renewable Roofing Options When considering your choices in making your home as green and eco-friendly as possible, there may be one thing you haven’t thought about – the roof. The roof is just supposed to do its job and every so often, it has to be replaced. Homeowners typically replace their roof [...]

Texas Law Firm Awarded LEED Gold Certification

Haynes and Boone, LLP , an Uptown Dallas law firm, is the first Texas firm to be awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design® (LEED) Gold certification for commercial interior design by the U.S. Green Building Council. “Receiving LEED Gold recognition is a rewarding benefit to creating a healthy and sustainable work space,” said Haynes [...]

A Checklist For Qualifying A Construction Company As “Green”

This is a guest post written by Jonathan Bentz, who works with CB Structures Inc., a construction company that builds pole barns; and garages for residential and commercial projects across the Mid-Atlantic US. There’s a prevailing theory about construction companies today that while many of them say they’re “green” or trying to “go green” – [...]

Seeing Red When Building Green?

Green Washing or Eco-Spin might be something you’d expect from a petroleum giant or a mineral mine but when it starts appearing in The Eco building industry, we need to start paying more attention to our product choices. In the past, mainstream industry has relied on the “every little bit sells” approach to eco-friendly branding. [...]

The Benefits of Eco Homes

Due to our changing environmental and climatic changes, the development of eco friendly properties is a growing trend in the real estate industry. These types of properties are constructed using environmentally friendly equipment and procedures, which protects people as well. As a result of the high demand for homes designed and built ecologically, property dealers [...]

GLSL awarded GOLD certified LEED® green building certification

Green Life Smart Life (GLSL)  announced its official rating by the US Green Building Council as a GOLD certified LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design; green building certification system) for Homes Project. The 4529 sq/ft home scored 92.5 out of 136 points. The home is the first LEED-H Gold home in RI and only [...]

The Sage: nation’s top eco-friendly house

Arbor South Architecture’s, creators of the Sage (eco-friendly built home) can sit in awe today, as the Sage is now the nations most eco-friendly home! This beautiful sustainable built home is located in Eugene, Oregon. The U.S. Green Building Council certified 1,300 houses this year and the council selected the house, as the No. 1 [...]

Energy Star Program Passes Millionth Home

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a major green home milestone for the Energy Star program by passing the 1 millionth Energy Star qualified home. The program first began labeling homes in 1995 to help save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices. Since the program began labeling new homes [...]

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