Sustainable Flooring Options: FSC Certified North American Hardwood

With several beautiful species of woods to choose from right here in North America, like Maple, Hickory, Walnut, Oak, and Antique Pine, it’s easy to make an environmentally-friendly choice when looking for long-lasting, durable hardwood flooring.

Sustainable Flooring Options: Cork, It’s Not Just for Wine Bottles

This week, I’ll be writing about various sustainable options for flooring beginning with cozy, comfortable cork.
Cork is the bark of the cork oak tree, grown mainly in the Mediterranean. Harvesting includes not cutting down the tree, but by removing (by hand) about 50% of the bark and drying it for a period of 3-6 […]

Solar Power Hits the Roof

Solar panel manufacturers are overcoming objections by homeowners who are concerned about the way the power-generating panels look, by making them virtually disappear into roofing materials.

Festival of Green Building in Santa Fe

The quaint town of Santa Fe, New Mexico is home to a sustainable mixed-use community called Oshara Village. It’s home to the 2nd annual Festival of Green Building and will be free and open to the public. A tour of green-built homes will be featured, along with displays of solar equipment, alternative building materials, […]

A Green Frontier Project

Construction is set to begin on a new 14,000 foot green, multi-use, demonstration building in Rancho Cucamonga in the Inland Empire region of Southern California. It will be built entirely to high performance green building standards, utilizing the latest in energy-efficient, water-conserving, and environmentally-friendly materials and technologies.

PA Creates Alternative Energy Fund

Pennsylvania is establishing a $500 million fund to support alternative energy projects. Most of the money will be split into six funding sources:
$80 million in grants and loans for solar energy projects; $100 million in grants, loans, and rebates for up to 35% of the cost of solar energy projects at residences and […]

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