Your Guide to Eco-Friendly Insulation
What’s in Your House? Around the world, people are calling out for green solutions for everyday occurrences. This includes the building or remodeling of homes. If you are a homeowner...
General Building
Learn more about tips and tricks to building a house from the ground up. These articles cover everything from plumbing and floor plans to flooring and painting
Benefits of a Blue Roof House
First conceived as an environmental solution for stormwater management little more than a decade ago, a blue roof is part of a technologically advanced, low-cost system designed to protect our...
Frequently Asked Questions About Solar Energy
Solar energy is a growing business. Demand increased by 27% in the U.S. in 2004. It’s no wonder—the sun sends the Earth more power in an hour than the entire...
Energy Efficient Roof Shingles
The right roof is essential to designing an environmentally friendly and energy-efficient home. If you’ve got typical shingles or hot asphalt on your roof—as many homeowners do—you could be doing...
Shouldn’t all Homes be Built with Pets in Mind
We finally moved into the new home we had built and boy, were we happy! With all of our earthly belongings hauled inside, it was time to show the place...
Green Roofs for Suburban Homes
Most people spend time and money trying to remove moss and vegetation from the roofs of their homes. They do so because they consider it to be dirty and ugly,...
Common Mistakes When Building a House
Building a house is an enormous undertaking; but it is one that a large percentage of the world’s population undertakes at some time in their lives. Some people contract professional...
Suitable Materials for Energy Efficient Roofs
If you’re building a new house or making major changes to an old one, it’s essential to ensure that the roof is energy efficient. In simple terms, this means that...
Framing with Treated Lumber
Wood is a primary element in a large percentage of North American homes, most notably those that are built using popular timber-frame construction methods. Apart from the framework that forms...
New Trends Home Insulation
Today many of the most important new trends in home insulation relate to sustainability and the need for us to quite simply find ways to save energy. It isn’t just...