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Finding Green Products in Each of Us50

Finding Green Products in Each of Us

Goal: Find ways to make your own mark on helping the environment seems difficult at best. Sure, turning the lights off makes a difference, but there has to be something more. For most of us, building a wind-farm in our backyard really isn’t the...

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Home Inspections to know about pending home improvement projects51

Home Inspections to know about pending home improvement projects

I want a house that has got over all its troubles; I don’t want to spend the rest of my life bringing up a young and inexperienced house. British Author Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927) There is a wonderful innocence to these words. But...

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Green Home Features Attract Today's Home Buyers!55

Green Home Features Attract Today's Home Buyers!

According to a recent survey, conducted by ZipRealty, more than half of people shopping for homes reported that Green Home Features play an important part in their decision making process. Yet, only one percent of listings market these features to...

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Recycling Begins at Home - Chips and Mulch Improve Soil46

Recycling Begins at Home - Chips and Mulch Improve Soil

Researchers have shown recently that six inches of mulch around plants (not mounded up against the bark) can have very positive effects on your tree’s health and environment. Soil texture actually improves as the organic matter content rises....

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Breakthrough Green Products44

Breakthrough Green Products

High-cost electric suppliers watch out: Bloom Energy is on its way. This is fuel cell technology powered largely by natural gas. Bloom holds real promise to produce low-cost, clean energy – the Holy Grail in electricity generation. Thin,...

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How to Become a Green Certified Business76

How to Become a Green Certified Business

You can make your company a Green Certified Business through the LEED program. Here's how to get LEED Certified.

16 comments    go green energy efficient usgbc
Green & Sustainable Buildings for a Better Tomorrow55

Green & Sustainable Buildings for a Better Tomorrow

Rising environmental issues, ever increasing demands for energy and other vital resources has led to the adoption of green building practices and concepts. The term green or sustainable building refers to using practices & processes that are energy...

0 comments    renewable energy green jobs
Why Embodied Energy Matters in Sustainable Building77

Why Embodied Energy Matters in Sustainable Building

Embodied energy forces us to examine the energy expenditures it takes to erect and maintain our buildings, and doing so will make them less energy-consuming

2 comments    construction green building leed
How to Become a Green Consultant77

How to Become a Green Consultant

Are you passionate about the environment? Do you like the idea of working as a consultant? This article will tell you how to get started.

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Traditional Architectural Style of Kerala - Nalukettu74

Traditional Architectural Style of Kerala - Nalukettu

The local translation of Nalukettu, and ancient form of Kerala Architecture means 'nalu' (four) and 'kettu' (built up side blocks). It is a house built up with four blocks and a central open courtyard.

3 comments    home architecture sunlight
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