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Posted in Green Building Info., Remodeling on Mar 2nd, 2011
I was surfing around the net today and found a cool website that has a few blogs going about energy saving in the home. You can save money and the environment if you build a green home but it loses all the its benefits if you stop there. You need to keep up on your [...]
Posted in Green Building Info., Home Design on Feb 8th, 2011
For the most part, all the passive solar house plans that you see are contemporary in design. They feature crisp lines and look very unique. That is a great style but not everyone that is looking into a passive solar house wants a contemporary house plan. There are still a few different options out there. [...]
Posted in Green Building Info. on Dec 17th, 2008
Now that things have calmed down a little, I’m able to take some time to learn a little more about going green. Let me tell you, the more you learn, the less you know! I found a great site earlier today called greenbuilding.com. Now, I hope I’ve made it abundantly clear that I am an [...]
Posted in Building Technology, Green Building Info., Remodeling on Dec 16th, 2008
I’m sorry that it has taken me so long to write a new post, but I hope that you’ll forgive me. For those of you who remember taking final exams at the end of the semester at college, you’ll understand when I say that I just didn’t have time. That being said, I did find something interesting [...]
Posted in Construction Methods, Green Building Info., Remodeling on Oct 20th, 2008
Freegreen.com is your one-stop green website. This company has everything from products to lessen your carbon footprint to it’s own green social network similar to Facebook and Myspace. You can look at house plans with green features built into them. Once you have a home picked out you can browse over green builders in your [...]
Posted in Green Building Info. on Oct 2nd, 2008
After I posted the article yesterday I searched out what exactly goes into making a green roof. Roofhelper.com has a whole section dedicated to green roofs. This site has a basic overview on what materials go into green roofs and what benefits these roofs can provide. This had some cool info that I though I [...]
Posted in Construction Methods, Green Building Info. on Sep 23rd, 2008
With a recent decline in the housing business, builders and real estate agents are looking for ways to keep the industry abuzz. The option of a “green” has become more and more appealing to consumers. This is helping the industry because, with increased interest, the cost of supplies are dropping. People are loving this green [...]
Posted in Green Building Info., Home Design on Aug 25th, 2008
While on The Daily Texan‘s website I came across an article about at-risk and disadvantaged youth that are finding a way to contribute to their society and can useful on-the-job training. I was intrigued by the head and decided to read on. The youth are representatives of a organization called American YouthWorks. Through this program, [...]
Posted in Construction Methods, Green Building Info., Home Design on May 19th, 2008
I’ve been reading a delightful blog called 100khouse.com. This is the first hand experience of author Chad Ludeman, president of Postgreen, who is developing the 100khouse. The neatest thing of all is indeed the reality of green building. Some things go smoothly for Chad, others don’t, and some don’t go at all. I’m still not [...]
Posted in Building Technology, Construction Methods, Green Building Info., Home Design on May 14th, 2008
I wrote about using old shipping containers to build houses with a few weeks ago. Well here is a great example of a proposed project in Detroit. Designed by architect Steven Flum, in partnership with developer Leslie Horn, the project is waiting city approval. Once received, the condos will end up near Wayne State University. [...]
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