Green Residential Communities

We hear about green living and green building all the time, so today I wanted to feature some truly eco-friendly green home communities across the US. The buildings and land used to build homes have a  profound effect on the environment and homeowners. Sustainable home development is a soft approach to creating a healthier environment [...]

Energy efficient landscaping

In an effort to conserve more energy my husband and I have started workin on some energy efficient landscaping. Energy efficient landscaping is exactly how it sounds, landscaping designed to conserve energy in a home or residentail building. Over the last few weeks we have began to plant additional trees around our home to help [...]

Eco friendly flooring options

When it comes to eco friendly flooring for your green home you have several options that can help make your home eco-friendly. When you are ready to throw out the carpet or for a more eco-friendly flooring options, you have several options. Recycled metal tiles, bamboo, sustainable woods,and even stones are all an eco friendly [...]

Green Building Design

Wikipedia describes green buildings as a means to increase the efficiency with which buildings use resources — energy, water, and materials — while reducing building impacts on human health and the environment, through better design, construction, operation, maintenance, and removal — the complete building life cycle. Ecological concerns and the increasing awareness of the advantages [...]

Is Your Home Office Eco-Friendly?

Most of us are pretty diligent about recycling every week. For some of us, the kitchen scraps go to the composter, and glass, plastic and cans are all separated. That’s great for the kitchen, but what about the rest of the house? What most don’t realize is the home office offers a huge opportunity for [...]

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