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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.
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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. -
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.…
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Remodeling for Energy Efficiency
How to prioritize an energy efficiency upgrade to an old house
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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,…
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Greening an Outdated Kitchen
Smart use of space and materials made a small kitchen family and environmentally friendly
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Kitchen for a Lifetime
This kitchen was built for comfortable living as the owners ease into their golden years
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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