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  • Green Building Blog

    Green Remodeling Workshops Coming to a Town Near You

    REGREEN Roadshow: USGBC and ASID's guide helps you navigate green remodeling projects like kitchens, baths, basements, deep energy retrofits, and more. And GBA is a big part of taking the training on the road.

  • Green Building Blog

    BuildingEnergy: The Best Little Conference in the Northeast

    Deep energy retrofits are the answer to many problems facing our nation: energy, housing, economy, jobs, and pollution. People at this conference know how to do it.

  • Business Advisor

    Green Remodeling is a Process of Discipline and Discovery

    When you're talking about building and remodeling three words should be part of the conversation: Green, smart, and quality. Some parts are up to consumers, some are up to us.…

  • Article

    Remodeling for Energy Efficiency

    How to prioritize an energy efficiency upgrade to an old house

  • Article

    A Skylight Cheers Up an Attic Bath

    Of all the rooms in the house, this attic bath used to have the worst layout. Dark and cramped, it measured less than 5 ft. wide and 11 ft. long,…

  • Article

    Greening an Outdated Kitchen

    Smart use of space and materials made a small kitchen family and environmentally friendly

  • Article

    Kitchen for a Lifetime

    This kitchen was built for comfortable living as the owners ease into their golden years

  • Green Basics

    Green Remodeling Guide

    Green Remodeling Is Different from Building New, but the Goals Are the SameIn fact, remodeling an existing house is inherently greener than building a new one.#Americans spend roughly $200 billion a year remodeling their homes. The scope of these projects varies from simply repainting a kitchen to gutting a house down to the studs. What all remodels have in common is that they are upgrading rather than replacing, rebuilding rather than building new. And from an energy resources point of view, remodeling a house, rather than building a brand new one with all new materials on a previously undeveloped site, is a green thing to do.What makes a remodel green? In a nutshell, it means seeking the same objectives with a remodel as we would in new construction: energy efficiency, resource conservation, and a healthy indoor environment. You get there the same way as new construction: planning and design. Begin with a home energy audit to see where the biggest greening opportunities are, and then look for ways to roll improvements into the scope of future remodeling plans.REMODELING PROJECTS:#Kitchen | Addition | Bathroom | Energy Retrofit | Basement | Gut Rehab | Home Office | Decks/Porches | Weatherization Four steps to green remodeling