Solar Energy Pros and Cons

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by Bryan Wong
Solar energy can be used for electricity, central heating, hot water, cooking, for producing salt and even for desalination. Solar energy comes from the sun’s rays. Solar energy is very environmentally friendly. However, when the [...]

Top Ways To Green Your Home

A green home is one that is eco-friendly and is at harmony with the environment. You can help the environment by making your home greener. Here is how you can do so by adopting a more energy-efficient and earth-friendly lifestyle.
Read the following top ways to green your home.

1. Upgrade to greener appliances.
Make your [...]

Eco-friendly Flooring Options That Will Wow You

If you’re remodeling your home, or building your dream home from scratch (lucky you!), installing a brand new floor might be on your list. There are many flooring materials to choose from, each with different pros, cons, and looks. If you are trying to live green (make environmentally friendly remodeling choices), you may want [...]

Building Green is Building Momentum

Author: www.renovationfinder.com
Green building practices reduce negative impacts on human health and the environment through better design, construction, operation and removal of materials. Ultimately, green building increases the efficiency in which materials are harvested and used.

When it comes to picking a floor for your home take advantage of the availability of recycled wood to replace any [...]

Green Home Design

One of the hottest trends in home buying and home building right now is the “green home” - a green home is green because of the design features which make it more energy efficient, including high insulation values, how it’s meant to integrate into its local landscaping and how it’s constructed.
If you’re considering constructing a [...]

Green Home Building

GREEN BUILDING
Construction of buildings in the early 20th century made structures based on basic climatic design. In the advent of technology and availability of fossil fuels, the simple plan to heat, cool and light these structures got complex. People began to ignore climate issues and their effect on buildings and occupants. Consciousness about the effects [...]

Eco Friendly Bamboo Flooring

Whether you are remodeling an existing home or designing a new home with green in mind, the green features and benefits of a bamboo floor are certainly worth your consideration.
Author: Ernest Jarquio
“There is no question that bamboo is a renewable resource- it is a grass and grows very quickly. Where oak takes 120 [...]

Plastics, Particleboard & the Microwave

Some people have an innate aversion to certain items that turn out to be harmful. Most people may have a natural aversion to harmful products but they learn to override their gut instincts in the name of convenience or fitting in.
I never really understood why I avoided certain products but I just felt [...]

Video: Smoking Teeth=Poisonous Gas

This is a must see video if you have dangerous mercury amalgams in your teeth, particularly if you are pregnant, breastfeeding or trying to conceive.

Is Your Carpet Toxic?

Many people love their indoor carpeting and look forward to having brand new wall to wall carpeting installed. Did you realize however, that no matter how clean you keep your rug, even if you steam clean it weekly, it is still highly toxic to you, your family and your pets?
Over 60% of homes in [...]