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Green Building News Learn About Smaller Homes: Commercial Building Energy Codes Changes Will Drive Energy Efficiency and Emissions Reductions Builders and Consumers Perceive Green Homes as Affordable to Live in – Expensive to Build GSA Moves to LEED Gold for All New Federal Buildings ...
If you've been carefully sealing electrical boxes, but buying cheap windows and neglecting to gasket beneath your wall plates, you've probably been throwing dollars to the wind. The story is told by the accompanying chart, which was created by Dennis Creech of the Southface Energy Cen...
Avoiding fungal growth can be difficult if the surface humidity is over about 80%; the paper facing of drywall is an ideal mould growing substrate, and even ceramic tiles will allow mould growth if soap and skin residue remain on their surface. Maintaining a high, and uniform, wall te...
Green Building Library Waste Reduction and Recycling Roofing Industry Moves to Recycled and Energy Saving Products by Heidi J. Ellsworth ENERGY STAR®, recycling, green roofs all buzzwords in an industry that is making a transition to the world of sustainable building products. The r...
Home ventilation is supposed to improve indoor air quality. In another case of more is not necessarily better, high-powered kitchen range hoods could be hazardous to health. Many new fans remove air at a rate of more than 600 CFM (cubic ft. per minute)--and some exceed 1,000 CFM. In c...
