Building a Greener Future at Home

Global warming, now a household word, has set the focus on many key elements of a greener lifestyle.  The use of recycled and energy efficient products has increased in both home building and home remodeling to create zero carbon homes. What exactly does this mean? zero carbon? Zero carbon homes, after... Read More

Eco Plumbing

The best on-line resource to search for water saving plumbing advice is on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Water Sense website (http://www.epa.gov/watersense/), a partnership program that makes it easy to save water and protect the environment.  On the site you can find product recommendations... Read More

Sustainable Decking Solutions

Building sustainable decking solutions tends to be a large challenge, because it means trying to get the materials involved in the decking to do what they are not naturally meant to do, including lasting for many years without requiring a great deal of maintenance. Most of the methods that are commonly... Read More

Green Cleaning for a Healthy Home

Do you realize that there is a good chance that the air inside of your home is a lot more toxic than the air you breathe when you go outside? Volatile organic compounds or VOCs are responsible for indoor air pollution as they are emitted as gases from many of the conventional cleaning solutions and other... Read More

Eco Friendly Paint

If you are looking for a way to make your home beautiful, or to restore its former beauty, there are a number of options to consider, one of which is to add a splash of color through the use of paint. There are hundreds of different paint choices available to you, but unfortunately not all of them have... Read More

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