Two considerations for building a modular, or prefabricated home involve shipping size and cost.
Exploring Modular Homes: Size and Cost Considerations
January 5, 2011 By 2 Comments
What Do Ecolabels Mean?
January 5, 2011 By 1 Comment
Green Building 101 Series: How Space Defines Us in Terms of Sustainable Building
January 5, 2011 By 3 Comments
As with any kind of building, it all starts with the foundation. So let’s start from the beginning. This is a guide for Eco-conscious or Eco-curious homeowners and builders who want to learn effective ways to become more green and tread more lightly on this earth. First consideration for any builder or homeowner should be space. Consideration of space for dwellers should be maximizing living space with minimal consumptive cost.
Hydraulic Fracturing, A Concern for Public Health and Where to Live: The Cost of Natural Gas Drilling?
January 4, 2011 By 5 Comments
Natural gas is a more economical energy source than oil, but the cost of extracting natural gas may be to the price of clean and safe fresh water supplies and to place limits on new land development.The extraction process of natural gas is known as Hydraulic Fracturing Drilling or Fracking. Hydraulic Fracturing may be influencing where we live by contaminating our fresh water supplies.
Zero VOC and Formaldehyde Free, PureBond Plywood, Gets a Nod from the Green Parents’ List
January 4, 2011 By 3 Comments
As the first building product to receive the Green Parents’ List Healthy Home check mark, the PureBond Plywood has no VOC, especially no formaldehyde, a well known respiratory and skin irritant. In order to meet the Green Parent’s List requirement, product must pass the VOC restriction set forth by the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards and also meet additional third party validation.
