Green Home Renovations Made Easy
Follow these simple pointers to make your home renovation project go smoothly.
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How to Create Eco-Friendly and Sustainable Garden Beds
Just because plants are natural doesn’t mean that growing them in your yard makes them eco-friendly. People often use natural elements in their landscaping but choose, arrange, and maintain them in unnatural ways. Here’s how to create low-maintenance, eco-friendly garden beds.
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FREE ONLINE GUIDES FOR SUSTAINABLE HOME LANDSCAPE DESIGN
What do the pros say? The American Society of Landscape Architects offer online guides on a variety of topics to plan your beautiful and sustainable oasis.
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How Your Roof Affects the Environment: Know Before You Buy
Did you know traditional asphalt shingles are a petroleum product and require replacement every 15-20 years (or sooner), resulting in about 20 billion pounds of asphalt shingles ending up in U.S. landfills every year? According to industry data, roughly 7 million U.S. homeowners replace their roof each year and many are looking for new ‘green’, energy-saving options. Here’s what you should know about metal.
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SMART, STYLISH AND SUSTAINABLE: THE TOP 7 LANDSCAPE DESIGN TRENDS FOR 2017
With renewed enthusiasm for the outdoors, today’s homeowners are embracing thoughtful design, stylish plantings and smart technology to enhance their landscapes as extensions of their homes.
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Why Your Copper Sink May Outlive You—and Your Grandchildren
The most astounding thing about copper? It’s essentially ageless. In some cases, you can scarcely tell old copper from new copper. So, while stone sinks from the 18th and 19th centuries most certainly show their age, even the oldest of copper sinks are Benjamin Button-like in appearance. And it gets better: In addition to not aging, copper actually grows better with age and the more it is used the faster it will re-patina.
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18 Lessons We Learned While Building a Green Home
Although green building materials have become more accessible, the lessons we learned while building have not changed. Listed here are 18 lessons that we learned which are relevant today for the homeowner who wishes to build or renovate green.
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The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Greywater Systems
There’s a reason that a key component of green building is water efficiency and reuse. Nationwide water use statistics are nothing short of staggering. And some experts estimate that as much as 50 percent of water used for irrigation is wasted due to evaporation, wind, or runoff caused by inefficient irrigation methods and systems.
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