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ECO-FRIENDLY BUILDING MATERIALS

The Constructor

Today many people that are building or remodeling their houses choose to use eco-friendly building materials. An eco-friendly building material is. Building Technology Buildings Green Buildings Building Materials'

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Remodel Green: Make Your House Serve Your Life

Natural Building

Remodel Green: Make Your House Serve Your Life is the second book in my series about green home building (the first was Rolling Shelter: Vehicles We Have Called Home ) and it chronicles much of the personal remodeling I have done over my life. I write about the pros and cons of compost toilets.

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Taos Builder Strives to Work with Green Materials

Natural Building

O’Brien has learned how to construct a house in such a way that it eliminates the many small gaps, and their subsequent drafts, often prevalent in older builds. With highly insulative materials homes require fewer inputs of hot and cold air. O’Brien’s favorite building block for houses is a combination of adobe bricks and straw bales.

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Housing Market Poised and Ready for 2023

Pro Builder

Over 200,000 industry members—including 70,000 registered for IBS alone—flocked to Vegas for the largest gathering of housing professionals in the world. Economic Update and Forecast for Housing Attendees were also keyed into the state of the industry via the NAHB economics team.

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NAHB Chairman's Message: Proposal to Create Climate Risk Committee

Pro Builder

NAHB will continue to be the housing industry’s voice regarding climate issues, with NAHB's Leadership Council recommending the creation of a new Climate Risk Committee. NAHB Chairman's Message: Proposal to Create Climate Risk Committee. Wed, 11/30/2022 - 16:18. Jerry Konter, 2022 NAHB Chairman.

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Remodeling Your Home

Green Home Design Architect

It really pays off to use an architect to design your home remodel. The fire damaged one wing on the house, so we are replacing it with a new two-story addition. The addition is designed to closely match the existing house while taking advantage of the opportunity to make updates to the floor plan.

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Colorful Metal Inspiration

BD+C

You can make a bold color statement, or even emulate materials such as wood and natural metals. The building is also “net-zero ready”, meaning that if the Chicago Housing Authority adds a solar array, it will be energy-neutral. installed custom Dynamic Blue finish panels vertically to give the confined areas a feeling of height.

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