Green Design Improvements
For Your Home
Here is a list of easy ideas to make your home greener. The next time you do a home improvement project; ask about these when working with your architect, designer, or contractor.
Excerpted from an article by Judith Stock
July/August 2005 issue of Smart HomeOwner Magazine
- Local building materials
- Bamboo & natural cork flooring
- Natural fabrics & carpets
- Formaldehyde-free wall units
- Nontoxic blinds
- Nontoxic shower curtains
- Recycled material tiles
- Recycled material roof shingles
- Nontoxic stains, glues & paints
- readily available, check with local suppliers
- Reclaimed wood
- Tankless water heaters
- Energy-efficient lighting
- www.usa.philips.com
- www.panasonic.com/MHCC/pl
- "Energy Star" appliances
- Low-flow showerheads & toilets
- readily available, check with local suppliers