The Ultimate Value Home
While the overall housing market remains sluggish across much of the country, builders are turning to products and systems that will give them an inch up on the competition until the market corrects itself. Basically, in terms of products and construction practices, anything green goes. But the Next...
The Great Alternative Energy Debate
In Tennessee, former Vice President Al Gore ran into trouble with his community’s zoning laws when he wanted to install 33 solar electric panels on the roof of his home. In Massachusetts, a man sold his house and sued his neighbor after the neighbor installed a smoky, wood-fired boiler in the ...
The Goals of Green Building
You've heard about it and read about it. "Green building," "sustainable construction," or as I prefer to call it, "high-performance building" has been the fastest-growing segment of the building industry for several years now, and there appears to be no end to the growth in sight, even though the co...
Carbon Neutral Communities
Carbon has been receiving a lot of bad press lately” which is a little surprising. After all, carbon is the foundation of all life on earth. It makes up 18.5 percent of the human body mass. Plants need carbon to survive. A diamond is essentially highly concentrated carbon” so it can't be...
