Planning an eco-upgrade to your home? You’ve come to the right spot for help! Below you’ll find articles with helpful tips and expert advice, inspirational before and after examples, and products galore to make your green dream home!
Sustainable Home Renovating 101
#EcoRenovate Reveal: A Sustainable Living Room Comes To Life
Mindful materials, eco-friendly manufacturing processes, and responsible business practices ruled our selections for #EcoRenovate as a sustainable living room took shape.
What Makes A Truly Energy Efficient Window?
Proper framing, installation, glazing, and styling come together – extending the lifetime of your windows, saving energy, and reducing your carbon footprint
Electrification: The Nexus of Individual and Policy Action
Energy Innovation encourages you take advantage of home electrification, and then share your story with your community and, most important, local policymakers.
How to Get the True Value for Your Green Home Upgrades
Do you know how to unlock the true value of your green home upgrades? Green home realtor Christopher Matos-Rogers shows us around the appraisal Green Addendum.
Can Fire Resistant Landscaping Save Your Home from Wildfire?
If you’re worried about the wildfire threat to your home, landscaping firm FormLA shows how beautiful fire resilience can be.
Produce And Manage Your Own Clean Energy With Sunpower Solar
With grid outages an ever common occurrence, you deserve the peace of mind that comes with knowing that you have access to safe, renewable energy.
7 Green Building Trends Home Buyers Are Helping To Set
“Eco-friendly” is getting a chic makeover. From innovation in materials to major curb appeal to biophilia and bringing the outdoors in, these sustainable trends are leading the charge when home buyers are hunting for their next home.
I.M. Pei’s Modernist Legacy Lives On In This Eco Renovation
I.M. Pei and Araldo Cossutta’s modernist architecture extended to Hyde Park, Chicago in 1961 with the design of the now-historic University Park Condominium. Elemental Green enlisted local architect Richard Kasemsarn to help give one of the penthouse units a green makeover while staying true to its modernist beginnings.
#EcoRenovate Breathes New Life Into an Architectural Icon
Step inside a 1960s historical gem in Chicago, originally designed by I.M. Pei and Araldo Cossutta, as Elemental Green sustainably renovates a penthouse unit.
Is Europe Ahead Of The Curve In Sustainability? (Yes.)
From nontoxic materials to healthy certifications and renewable energy, European brands take the lead in sustainability. These Italian makers show us why.
Five Paths to an Ethically Sustainable Home
Understanding how ethics and sustainability are connected is crucial to unlocking decision-making strategies—wherever you call home.
French Cabinetry Puts Quality and Green Materials First
Jam Iksoulene founded French Cabinetry to bring European philosophies of quality, craftsmanship and sustainability to the United States. And then he brought Plyboo bamboo cabinets to #EcoRenovate.
Sustainable Home Renovating Inspiration
I.M. Pei’s Modernist Legacy Lives On In This Eco Renovation
I.M. Pei and Araldo Cossutta’s modernist architecture extended to Hyde Park, Chicago in 1961 with the design of the now-historic University Park Condominium. Elemental Green enlisted local architect Richard Kasemsarn to help give one of the penthouse units a green makeover while staying true to its modernist beginnings.
#EcoRenovate Breathes New Life Into an Architectural Icon
Step inside a 1960s historical gem in Chicago, originally designed by I.M. Pei and Araldo Cossutta, as Elemental Green sustainably renovates a penthouse unit.
Before & After: Eco-Friendly Renovation of a Historic Home
Vujovich (Voy-o-vich) Design Build tackled a full renovation of this historic home in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Originally built in 1909, this home has been returned to its original charm, only now with a high performance and low impact spin. Inside and out, a thoughtful green remodel shows that sustainable living doesn’t mean sacrificing beauty or comfort.
Before & After: EcoDEEP Haus Sustainable Renovation
This former 1940’s one and a half story Cape Cod house was transformed into a high performance, sustainably designed modern home that uses 50% less energy than code and 40%+ less energy than its predecessor – even at nearly twice the size.
Before & After: Whole House Eco-Renovation in Oregon
Hammer & Hand worked with Seattle architecture firm Board & Vellum to give a home built in 1937, but badly remodeled in the 80s, a fresh update. The home had a myriad of issues: decks that were only accessible by one room, rooms inside the home that didn’t take advantage of Puget Sound and canal views, and much more. The transformation is unbelievable.
Before & After: Modern High-End Design That Doesn’t Cost the Earth
People spend most of their time indoors. Therefore, interior design plays an important role in creating functional, beautiful spaces that also maintain our well-being. Let’s take a closer look at some of the design decisions in this project that have our health and the environment in mind.
Sustainable Home Renovating Products
Sustainable, Eco-Friendly Gift Guide
Give the Gift of Better Living with Elemental Green’s curated list of our favorite eco-friendly products to help jump start your healthier, more-sustainable gift search. We are continually updating this list with fresh products that we recommend enthusiastically – now with over 40 great ideas.
#EcoRenovate Guide to Selecting Sustainable Materials
Selecting sustainable materials is just as important as green design. So look at the entire lifecycle of products, and prioritize on the goals of your project.
#EcoRenovate Reveal: Two Bathrooms Undergo A Green Makeover
Handmade tiles and nontoxic paint marry to give the main and guest bathrooms inside a 1960s penthouse a green makeover, pulling color cues from the surrounding Chicago scenery.
#EcoRenovate Reveal: An Eco-Friendly Bedroom Dream
MIndful furniture choices, a non-toxic mattress, and non-toxic paint set the tone for this sustainable bedroom update, showcasing the beauty of the Lake Michigan view.
Fernwood Demonstrates Affordable Net-Positive Eco-Renovation
A modest, Arts and Crafts–style home was lovingly renovated to the highest green standards. Today it’s healthy, beautiful, and budget-friendly.
5 Ways Community Solar Empowers Solar for All
The benefits of solar aren’t just limited to those who install solar themselves. Community solar allows almost anyone to reap the rewards with no upfront costs.