smart green home design
35 Ideas for Building A Greener House May 14th, 2008
Tactics That Can Help You Build Green
Here are 35 ideas for building green... Feel free to add your ideas in the comments. 1. Use salvaged, recycled, and reclaimed materials. 2. Build small. At least only build what you need; no more than...more
Green Homes for Less Money April 24th, 2008
How To Go Green Without Breaking the Bank
CNET is one of my favorite websites - mostly because they always offer the best tech advice in town. If you buy a camera or pda they reviewed, you know what you're getting. Because I...more
The Top 4 Ways to Save Energy in Your Home April 17th, 2008
Why Energy Use Matters More Than Materials
If you're building or renovating a home and want the biggest earth saving bang for your buck than concentrate on energy saving first and materials second. A lot of green building advice focuses on greener,...more
Green Home Site Selection - Part Three April 15th, 2008
Building Your Green Home - Choose the Perfect Plot of Land
Over the last two days we've looked at tips for choosing land when you build a green home from the ground up. Today, we'll finish up the list, and next week, we'll look at specifics...more
Green Home Site Selection - Part Two April 14th, 2008
Building Your Green Home - Choose the Perfect Plot of Land
Yesterday we looked at tips regarding land selection for green home building. Since it would be bulky to smash all the tips together, I split up the tips into a more manageable size. Today we'll...more
Green Home Site Selection - Part One April 11th, 2008
Building Your Green Home - Choose the Perfect Plot of Land
In this post, I'll create a partial checklist that can help you prepare to choose the best plot of land when building your green home. In tomorrow's post (and maybe Friday) we'll see the rest...more
Good Energy - Solar Power at Home April 6th, 2008
One Family Goes Solar
Starts and ends a little odd with a cow, but the middle is the part that counts. One family, and how they went solar. Discusses how...more
50 Sustainable Home Design Features & Resources March 20th, 2008
Sometimes it’s nice to dive deep into a single green home topic. Other times it’s cool to have a nice long list of ideas to work with. Following are 50 features of smart green home design. These ideas...more
Smart Green Home Design Option - Earth Floors March 17th, 2008
Earth floors, sometimes called adobe floors, are pretty cool. I had some pals put one it and I've done the planning for my own, although, in the end we went with different flooring. If you're...more
Green Design Gets Groovy March 11th, 2008
The Latest and Greatest in Smart Green Design
As I was checking out the latest issue of Popular Mechanics in my dentists’ office (not at all because the latest issue of People was taken up by a surly-looking woman with a swollen jaw)...more
