Sustainable Trends In Home Renovation & Design
When completing a home renovation, it’s important to consider the type of materials that are going into your home and making sure they are locally sourced.
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My Eco-Friendly Home
Going for green structural materials and finishes and energy-efficient appliances gets you well on your way to creating a truly eco-friendly home.
Why Businesses Should Embrace Sustainable Development
Just because people want to avert a climate catastrophe doesn’t mean all businesses also are willing to make changes for the better regarding sustainability and reducing their carbon footprints.
Is a Green Build Too Expensive for Me? How to Compromise
If you’re building a new home, it’s both eco-friendly and economically prudent to make it as green as it can be. So go ahead and incorporate solar power, buy hyper-efficient appliances and incorporate natural and recycled materials where you can.
Building a Home in 2018? Best Green Modifications to Make
Are you building a home in 2018? There’s lots of great green modifications and choices that are now within everyone’s reach…
Why We Should Be Fixing up Vacant Buildings
Vacant Building Syndrome Poses a Danger to People and Neighborhoods…
Is Precast Concrete the Key to Rebuilding Our Infrastructure?
Maybe we should start looking to concrete—made out of locally-sourced water, stone, sand & gravel—as a green solution to America’s infrastructure problems.
Maybe Greener To Maintain Existing Infrastructure Than Build Anew?
Experts think it’s cheaper & greener to maintain existing infrastructure than to build it new from scratch given the resource demands of new construction.
Safer Insulation: Which Home Insulation Is Safest for Health and the Environment?
Dear EarthTalk: The cold winter we’re having here in the Northeast has convinced me to finally beef up my home’s insulation, but I’ve heard that spray foam can off-gas noxious chemicals and pollute the indoor environment. Are there safer options? — Rose Donahue, Framingham, MA Making your home more energy efficient is certainly good for the […]
Is Bamboo Flooring Really Green?
Bamboo is used for everything from lightweight bikes, to flooring, furniture & fishing rods. But is it really as eco-friendly as its manufacturers’ claim?