How Housing Materials Impact The Environment
We look at three housing materials that harm the environment — and three more sustainable alternatives to help you build/renovate greener.
We look at three housing materials that harm the environment — and three more sustainable alternatives to help you build/renovate greener.
Manufactured homes can be greener than traditional houses if they are designed and built that way — but this may be the exception.
The homes of the future will be built to use a lot less energy and withstand harsher, more extreme weather events thanks to global warming.
Sustainable construction goes beyond building eco-friendly buildings; it takes sustainable practices throughout the entire process.
There’s a lot we can do day-to-day to mitigate climate change, but changing how we build buildings could have a much bigger impact overall.
While it may be easier & cheaper to dump used or unwanted construction materials into a landfill, this waste can have a negative environmental impact.
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.
Going for green structural materials and finishes and energy-efficient appliances gets you well on your way to creating a truly eco-friendly home.
Are you building a home in 2018? There’s lots of great green modifications and choices that are now within everyone’s reach…
The 2030 Challenge sets the goal of carbon-neutral buildings within the next 12 years, and we have a lot of work to do to get there….