Verde Lifestyles; An Eco-friendly Furnishing Business

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Verde Lifestyles is a home furnishings business that is thriving as an eco-friendly vendor of sustainable products. All of their products are made from all natural organics, recycled and sustainable materials. Green Verde states, “We carry only the best green products and have a ton of great information on how best to select, use, take care of and even repurpose each eco friendly home decor item you buy from us.”

Green Building 101: Using Bioclimatic Design to Build a Passive, Sustainable Dwelling

Bioclimatic Design

Building a greener dwelling isn’t some lofty idea but practical solutions we all must make to build a more sustainable future. As we started with consideration of space in Green Building 101-Week 1; How Defines Us in Terms of Sustainable Building; Now, we look at the environment around us as we build our Eco-conscious dwelling. By building in harmony with the natural environment and cooperating instead of fighting with the regional climate; Green Building takes a passive approach which requires less energy to run once the building is erected. Bioclimatic design is utilized during the design phase of a home or building.

The Green Side of Modular Homes

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Modular homes or pre-manufactured kits (see left photo: Shelter-Kit barn and pool) may be appealing because of lower costs and the speed with which the final product can be assembled, but what differences do they have when it comes to measuring how green a home might be.

Kaiser Hospital Goes Live With Solar

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Kaiser’s Santa Clara Medical Center has turned on its recent solar project. The Center will generate 8.6 percent of its electricity use. More projects are planned before the end of 2011, with the ultimate goal being to generate 15 megawatts of power.

Modular Homes Also Come as Kits

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Modular homes are many times built before they are delivered to the lot. Other times they are shipped to the lot as a kit with all components pre-cut and ready to be assembled.