From the category archives:

Build That Green Videos

Tweet Sophisticated design for exterior garden rooms Admired gardens have focal points that support a garden room theme.  Within that area, you then showcase its best features using focal points. Focal points can be created using splashes of color. They direct views toward desirable spots, and distract the eye from focusing upon unsightly things. Red […]

Tweet You Deserve Better Value, Health & Balance Harness the Holidays and de-stress with these green building ideas to manage your extra decorating and entertaining costs or you’ll end up with financial troubles in January – and beyond. In this series, we’ll focus upon one of 12 smart ways to give yourself Holiday Breaks at […]

Tweet The persistent beeping of an alarm under the floor woke us up at midnight the other night. We’d had a tremendously hot 101 degree day for the summer solstice and all of a sudden, we had a monster rain storm. What we found, was that

Tweet Easy Energy-Saving Project Brings Home Comfort Sick of uncomfortably drafty rooms?  It’s really tough to solve the problem because there can be more than one issue. One very common source of drafts are gaps around electric wall switches and plugs.  This is usually forgotten because the switch plates cover the problem from your view. […]

Tweet We had an unexpected visitor the other day that reminded me about diversity. But before I show you, I wanted to point something  out. Although green building is typically focused on built stuff like your house, the design of your yard and garden with its natural elements have a significant environmental impact too. Good […]

Tweet For the next minute see how easily you save green by going green with this reliable water heater. (Click below for a fun video!) Solar Water by Build That Green

Tweet Here’s What They Said: Renovation Project Makes Old House Environmentally Friendly Click thru Photos 8 to 15 Many Thanks to our Green Partnership Sponsors and Companies for such great efforts on our 2010 Green Remodel Idea House: General  Contractor:       Showcase Construction Plumbing fixtures:           Moen – shower room Plumbing fixtures:           Kohler – […]