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Go Green
Green Experts weigh in on their favorite tips and products.
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CharityWorks GreenHouse: Sustainability and Style
The aesthetics of green houses typically has been synonymous with funky spiral lightbulbs, scratchy looking fabrics, and cold institutional finishes. The CharityWorks GreenHouse in McLean, Virginia proves once and for all that those days are gone.
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Making The Greenest Impact
How to make the biggest impacts on home efficiency, air quality, and the environment.
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Energy Efficiency Upgrades
Going efficient at home . . . without breaking the bank. Upgrades that pay you back.
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Living Walls
The living art of Edmundo “Mundo” Ortega.
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Should You Go Alternative?
More and more homeowners are considering alternative energy sources.
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Green Design and Energy Efficiency
TIPS FOR CREATING A GREEN HEALTHY HOME Gone are the days of simple “paper or plastic?” decisions at the grocery store; now people are becoming consciously aware of how they can help conserve energy and our natural resources. While the green movement seems to be in full swing, homeowners are just beginning to understand how to build and maintain an energy-efficient and healthy home. There are three important categories to keep in mind: indoor air quality, green materials, and energy c
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Give Your Home An Energy Audit
How to identify energy waste and increase efficiency in your home.
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Indoor Air Quality
In this, the fifth and final article in our series outlining the standards for green building as presented by the US Green Building Council’s LEED for Homes and the National Association of Homebuilders Model Green Home Guidelines, we turn to indoor air quality.
At the beginning of this series, we said that green goals can conflict. [...] -
Materials and Resources
ChesapeakeHome continues its five part series by taking another look at two just-released national rating systems for green residential development and their guidelines for materials and resources: the United States Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Homes and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Model Green Home Building Guidelines.
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