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Green Choices Grow with Energy Star Qualified Buildings

February 25, 2008 – 8:02 am

(Washington, D.C. - Feb. 12, 2008) Finding energy efficient schools, supermarkets, offices, and other facilities throughout the country has become even easier for Americans interested in being green. Now they can find the Energy Star not only where they live but where they work, shop, play and learn. The number of commercial buildings and manufacturing [...]

By Kelly Mead | Also posted in EPA, Home Systems & Construction Issues, Press Release, energy star, green building | Comments (0)

Earthships - Another Recycling Frontier

February 10, 2008 – 6:37 pm

Earthships are earth-sheltered autonomous buildings made of tires rammed with earth, which are usually arranged in “U” or horseshoe shaped modules. Each tire is rammed full of earth manually using a sledge hammer. Windows on the sunny side admit light and heat. The open end of the “U” shaped structure faces South in the northern [...]

By Kelly Mead | Also posted in Earthship, Energy Efficiency, Green Homes In Use, Helathy (green) Ideas, Home Systems & Construction Issues, People Off-Grid, green building | Comments (1)

Log Homes, the Natural Green Building Solution

February 4, 2008 – 6:45 pm

by: Jennifer Grimes
Building and living “Green” is good for your health, conserves energy and protects the environment.  Log homes are the original green building solution made directly from the earth’s natural resource. This abundant, beautiful and renewable natural resource is 100% green.
 Building green is a hot topic among building professionals and consumers – for good [...]

By admin | Also posted in Energy Efficiency, Helathy (green) Ideas, Log Homes, green building | Comments (0)

Enertia- Natural Materials, Natural Energy Homes

February 2, 2008 – 2:07 pm

Anything massive, once warmed, tends to stay warm.  The Earth maintains a habitatable environment in the minus 459 degree cold of space because our atmosphere allows the planet to capture, distribute, and store energy from the Sun. The atmosphere, like the glass skin of a greenhouse, contains this energy, and thermal currents - the wind, [...]

By Kelly Mead | Also posted in Enertia, Green Homes In Use, Heating, Helathy (green) Ideas, Products, Solar-passive, cooling, green building | Comments (0)