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How to avoid the five most common errors builders make when it comes to energy, health, and resource efficiency.
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Green building can play a role in weathering the downturn, but survival will depend on smart business practices.
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Sustainability should be firmly rooted within the core of your company.
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While driving in my four-door sedan last week with my preteen sons--and whizzing by service stations with $4-plus gas signs out front--my head-strong kids told me that I should trade in my six-year-old car for a hybrid vehicle. They chastised me for not driving an ultra fuel-efficient car and for...
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I am not a braggart, but I feel compelled to toot EcoHome's horn. This week, ecohomemagazine.com was named the best Web site launched during the past year by B2B, a publication that reports on business-to-business (trade) magazines and their Web sites and e-newsletters.
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A roundup of green building news for the week of May 5–9, including the green movement in the remodeling industry; defining the green consumer; and KB Home, D.R. Horton, and Pulte top list of environmentally friendly big builders.
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I’ve officially banned the headline “It’s Easy Being Green” from our magazine and Web site. Not only is it overused, but it’s also just not always true. I’m not saying it’s hard to be green, and it’s certainly becoming easier every day. But for new green builders and remodelers, making a 180 in how...
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Not long after completing the New American Home 2007, a green-built show home at last year’s International Builders’ Show in Orlando, Fla., veteran builder Carmen Domínguez realized the true meaning of her work. A 13-year-old boy approached her while she toured the home. “He said, ‘Thank you for...
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It's one thing to sell green remodeling to clients, and quite another to get buy-in from field employees.