Jennifer Chait

RIVERWIRED BLOG: GREEN HOME

Jennifer is a full-time unschooling mama to Cedar, professional blogger, and freelance writer. She's a tad obsessive about architecture, green living, music, and travel. She recently moved back to the lovely, rainy, Pacific Northwest after too many New Mexico years.

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    Super Slick Solar Home Lighting Design Mar 11, 2008

    Great Solar Sun Tunnels for Your Eco Home

    Green Home the Environmental Store has these great solar sun tunnel light fixtures available for your home. I've actually been obsessed with these lights for a while. I'd seen some in action at a friend's home, and sun tunnels in general... more
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    One Easy Home Cooling Option - Roof Whitening for Energy Saving Mar 11, 2008

    There are some energy saving methods that have large renovation implications and time commitments involved - whitening your roof is not one of them. Roof whitening is a mid-cost solution that can cut your home cooling costs by quite a... more
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    Awesome Solar and Wind System for Greener Building Mar 9, 2008

    Inhabitat, one of my favorite blogs, has a super slick recent post on this great new green building solution, Solar and Wind Photovoltaic ‘Leaves’. SMIT (Sustainably Minded Interactive Technology), one cool sustainable design group has released info on a new product called GROW. GROW,... more
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    More Tips for Building A Green Home for Less Money Mar 8, 2008

    The other day we started looking at ways to build green for less money. Today - some more tips on this important topic.   1. Visit Green Home Building to read their excellent guide regarding Financing Alternative Homes. This resource offers... more
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    Build A Green Home for Less Money Mar 6, 2008

    Green building doesn't have to be overly expensive. Using smart green home design, and other tactics, you can build a great eco home that won't completely break the bank. Overall, most people overestimate the cost of building green. Still, in some areas you... more
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    Greener Building Sites With Healthy Soil Mar 5, 2008

    Healthy soil matters to your home and community

    Recently Building Soil launched. Brainchild of the Washington Organic Recycling Council, this new site offers ideas for builders and home owner surrounding preservation and restoration of healthy soil on building plots. The site is largely slanted at builders, but is a useful read... more
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    What Is Sustainable Building? Mar 4, 2008

    Among architects and building enthusiasts there’s been some controversy over what sustainable building means. Do we need LEED? Why? Shouldn’t everyone just build green as a rule? And so on. Personally I agree with the theory that earth friendly building, or... more
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    Overwhelmed With Green Home Options? Mar 3, 2008

    As someone who did build a green home, I can tell you that all the choices are overwhelming. From cob to reclaimed wood, from composting toilets to a vast array of solar paneling, from figuring your house footprint to wind... more
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    The New LEED for Homes - LEED Benefits Mar 2, 2008

    Benefits that LEED will provide for homes and the earth

    You've likely heard that the U.S. Green Building Council recently released the revised residential LEED rating goals and system. In the past, LEED was mainly being utilized for commercial buildings. Not anymore. There are some major benefits to the introduction of residential LEED.... more

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