I recently hired a small business marketing consultant to help me focus my marketing efforts and to fine tune my “message” in a soon to be unveiled website. One of her recommendations was that I should focus energy on upgrading my “green” skills and marketing sustainable design services. Oddly, I’d spoken about my business with [...]
I ran across this blog on Twitter. This person writes a very clear, cogent explanation of what it means to design and build a green home. If you’re curious about what all this “built green” stuff is all about then you couldn’t start at a better place.
Today I convinced a long time client to [...]
I’m currently designing a home near Sequim where the client is interested in using some sort of wind turbine to generate electrictiy for the home. I ran across this today as an example of what might be possible for him. This turbine stands only 4′ tall, and when mounted on a roof wouldn’t be [...]
This canopy at The Mountaineers new headquarters in Magnuson Park was built using old growth timbers and lumber that were salvaged from the building. Seattle Architects have lots of opportunity for doing this for homeowners. With the current trend in “craftsman” style homes, dramatic columns and beams can be made from recycled timbers. There are [...]
Item #2 in the “25 ways to be a resourceful renovator” article I blogged about earlier in the week is, “Choose low- or zero-volatile organic compounds (VOC)-emitting paints for both interior and exterior applications“. Benjamin Moore has recently come out with a series of zero VOC emitting paints. They have a wide range of colors [...]
Here is an excellent article on canadianhomeworkshop.com with practical ideas for making your next new home or home rennovation “greener“. In the coming days I’ll add articles of my own on some of the “ways” described in this article.
Designing “Green Homes” partially involves finding alternatives to traditional materials. While bamboo flooring has been around for quite a while, not all of it is “green” and I’ve never found anything like the selection of products offered by Teragren. I’m particularly enamored with their “Studio line” of wide plank bamboo flooring. It comes in just [...]
