http://www.riverwired.com/taxonomy/term/1542/%252Fblog en http://www.riverwired.com/blog/mygreencottage-national-green-home-building-company <img src="http://www.riverwired.com/files/imagecache/feature_thumb/article/worldglobe5.JPG" alt="worldglobe5.JPG" title="worldglobe5.JPG" class="imagecache imagecache-feature_thumb" /><p class="MsoNormal">If you’re looking to build green with total ease, you may want to check out <a href="http://mygreencottage.com/">MyGreenCottage</a> a nationwide builder of custom green homes. This company is currently all the rage, and for good reason. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Nice green guy, <a href="http://www.edbegley.com/environment/"><strong>Ed Begley, Jr</strong></a>. recently <a href="http://mygreencottage.com/content/view/29/43/">became the official spokesperson</a> for MyGreenCottage which can only enhance the appeal of a company who is already going above and beyond when it comes to green homes. It helps me anyhow. It's looking like <a href="http://www.livingwithed.net/">Living with Ed</a> (HGTV) is not continuing - which has been the great depression of my TV year. It was one of the only shows I liked, so seeing good old Ed elsewhere is kind of nice. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">MyGreenCottage notes that their main goal is to, “Create beautiful, safe homes that are healthy for you, your wallet and the planet.” The also build, “Any style, any size, anywhere.” </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Perks of this green home building company include:</strong> </p> <ul> <li> Consulting, free info about products, fresh home building, and green home renovations.</li> </ul> <ul> <li> The company operates in a paperless and virtual environment – a virtually unheard of achievement among companies in general, but an excellent way to cut down on resource losses. </li> </ul> <ul> <li>They employ a stunning array of green home options including solar, geothermal, energy star, fresh air systems, wind power, and more. </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Offers an on-time, and even better, on budget guarantee. </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Builds for around the same costs of a conventional home.</li> </ul> <p>They also build strong and very fire resilient. MyGreenCottage uses a MGC fire retardant building system. You can <a href="http://mygreencottage.com/content/view/75/1/">watch a video</a> where they actually blast a MyGreenCottage wall with a 5000-degree blowtorch. Pretty cool. <p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Visit the <a href="http://mygreencottage.com/">MyGreenCottage</a> website and see news coverage, watch videos, learn more about their eco-products and design systems, and see great galleries of their homes. Some a little big for green, but keep in mind this is client choice. You could choose a smaller square foot home design with them to keep things truly on the green up and up. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Today’s bonus</strong>: </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="/video/green-renovation-using-zero-voc-paints">Check out this video</a> - MyGreenCottage comes in to do a basic green home facelift on a standing home using zero VOC paints. </p> http://www.riverwired.com/blog/mygreencottage-national-green-home-building-company#comments custom green homes Ed Begley Energy star fresh air systems geothermal green home options HGTV Jr Living with Ed low-cost green homes mygreencottage solar Wind power Architecture Design &amp; Lifestyle Home &amp; Garden Green Architecture Blogs Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:00:00 -0400 jchait 8188 at http://www.riverwired.com