Many builders and homeowners have heard the common myths about green home remodeling and building, including that it is more expensive and the materials are limited and lower quality. On the contrary, eco-friendly building and remodeling is one of the absolute best investments you can make. Building an environmentally friendly house is highly economical in the long run, paying for itself with energy savings in under a decade as well as increasing home value.
Curious about how you can make your dream home out of shipping containers? Here’s an example of the magic that can be made with a couple of recycled shipping containers.
In many markets, certified green homes are now selling quicker and for more money than comparable non-green homes. More than 112,000 residential units have earned LEED certification – here’s how you can get started.
Residential homebuilders Meritage and Hanley Wood set out to rethink the way homes are built. The result is a safer, more comfortable, healthier home that promotes family connectivity, integrates technology seamlessly and challenges the very materials and processes used in conventional construction.
On a quest to create a beautifully designed yet eco-conscious home, Maddy worked with Homepolish designer Michele to undertake a massive gut-renovation and rebuild her home from the ground up. The results are beautiful!
This “Net Zero Victorian” shows that a standard city house on a standard city lot in chilly Minneapolis can be renovated to be net zero in energy with no sacrifice in attractiveness, space, or comfort.
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