Green Remodeling

  • Sea Change

    This month we introduce two new pages, GreenSpeak and GreenSpec. Together they make up a new department called “Sustainability” that will run every other month throughout 2007. GreenSpeak is devoted to helping you integrate sustainable thinking and practices into your business; GreenSpec sorts...

     

  • Practicing Green Remodeling

    Remodeling is inherently a sustainable business: existing homes are repaired, expanded, and upgraded rather than demolished and rebuilt. Reusing structural and finish materials reduces the impact on limited landfills.

     
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    Reading recommendation from a Big50 remodeler

    I am currently reading the National Association of Home Builders' “Model Green Home-building Guidelines” as a reinforcement of the principles and practices that we incorporate into our building and remodeling work.

     

  • Green Remodeling Program Launches In Atlanta

    Green building may not have caught on yet with remodelers, but the creators of Atlanta's EarthCraftHouse program hope to give the movement a push. "The results from our pilot projects have been much better than we expected," Hackler says.

     
 
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Blog: Michael Anschel on Green Remodeling

Michael Anschel is the owner and principal of Otogawa-Anschel Design Build, a nationally recognized and award-wining design and build firm and a committed leader to the green building movement in Minnesota.