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Green Building with Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs)

August 17, 2011 By 5 Comments
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All green building materials are meant to save energy and natural resources, reduce emissions and create a healthy living environment for the occupants. Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs) go one step further to reduce build time and maintenance. Building with ICFs is a one-step process to create walls for the building envelope, foundation and floors. The final product is a sandwich of two layers of polystyrene insulation and a concrete filling. There are no wall cavities to insulate. Interior and … [Read more...]

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Prefab Homes Construction: Eco-Friendly Innovation

June 29, 2011 By 4 Comments
Modular construction homes

Prefab homes have had a negative associations attached to them; unglamorous, characterless, low-quality, temporary. But in addition to the falsehood of these associations, as it turns out, they are actually coming into line with a new paradigm for green building. Fashioned in modular processes offsite, and then delivered to a location, a pre-fab home is less instrusive to an eco-system, and less fuel is burned to build them, due to fewer trips to the site. But, what are the advantages of a pre-fab … [Read more...]

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How To Choose Green Building Materials

January 5, 2011 By 3 Comments
choosing green building materials

As a term, 'Green' has been a hard one to truly define in broad strokes. It seems more appropriate to judge what is green based on a setof criteria, and to match products to that set of criteria on a spectrum,  rather than as one hard-coded definition.  The best way to approach the business of choosing green building materials therefore is to take a look at this list of criteria, decide what is most important to you, and see how many 'checkboxes' a certain option in green building materials meets. With … [Read more...]

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How to Recycle Carpeting

October 20, 2010 By 4 Comments
old carpets and rugs

There are a lot of reasons to get rid of your carpeting. Maybe the carpeting you've got is worn out, or just plain unfashionable. But, when you do get rid of your old carpet in order to make way for new carpet, or other floor covering, you've got to figure out how to dispose of the old in order to make way for the new, right? With all of this in mind, our 21st century has presented us with a new and improved paradigm when it comes to throwing things away; these days, we recycle. When carpeting … [Read more...]

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