Sustainable House – shares many similar goals
There are several certification programs out there for buildings and products that attempt to standardize the definition of green. FSC for wood and wood products, LEEDS for buildings, Passivhaus for homes, to name just a few. Might try to contrast and compare in an upcoming post, but I want to start by expanding briefly upon [...]
This is truly the kicker. How on earth to define what makes ‘green’ design live up to the hopes of idealists and pragmatists alike?
My husband and I are contemplating building a new house. Not just any house, our eco urban tree house. Tricky part is to decide what criteria we are looking at when designing [...]
How many times have I said that I should write a letter to the editor about this; or, wanted to tell everyone about that. Or thought, ‘wouldn’t it be so much easier to collate my research about a given topic online’… but haven’t. Now I have.
My objectives for this site are:
1) Collate info about ‘green‘ [...]