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Whether you are looking to save money or simply have a positive impact on the environment, making your home “green” can help. There are several ways that you can go green with you home that can leave you with cash in your pocket while reducing your footprint on the earth. Take advantage of the [...]
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The economic conditions of today’s market make it more logical to remodel a home or office as opposed to moving on to a new space. Remodeling is advantageous for several reasons, however, one of the most advantageous reasons is that you have complete control over what products are used. As you plan your home or [...]
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About 39% of the nation’s carbon dioxide emissions come from buildings like our homes, both from their construction and operation, according to the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). But amazingly, up to 85% of the country’s electrical needs could be met if all buildings adopted energy-efficient practices. Green practices, features and technologies that can be [...]
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Being green is still a relatively new philosophy; so much so, that there is still ample opportunity to both create new and improve upon existing home, lifestyle, style and technology products that focus on environmentally-smart form and function. Throughout 2011 we saw industry and innovation that turned up the aesthetic and performance notches on basic [...]
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Bolefloor is a natural wood floorboard company which produces unique, one-of-a-kind planks to give floors a more natural appearance, rather than the straight cut boards we have all grown accustomed to. Bolefloor’s environmental claim is that they make use of more wood in the process of creating the planks than traditional wood floors would, and [...]
Read more →The new Gateway Center at Westchester College has just been awarded LEED Gold Certification for its achievements in building green. Keep reading to see photos of the new Gateway Center. The $70,000 square foot building stands three stories tall, and cost a whopping $40 million to build. Not only does the building feature state of [...]
Read more →Last week, history was made on Roosevelt Island in New York when the world-famous building known as The Octagon became the first building in New York State to be powered and heated by a fuel cell. Historic building gone green The Octagon, originally designed by Alexander Jackson Davis, opened in 1841 and was known as [...]
Read more →There is a large emphasis at present for businesses to be taking environmental issues into consideration, from the methods its employees travel to work, to recycling and business premises. Businesses can help to make a huge impact in the fight against global warming due to their size, power and ability to gain green credentials that [...]
Read more →When you consider that flushing the toilet uses between 6 and 20 gallons of water every time, it makes sense to consider other options to go green in the bathroom. To help save on our water consumption when flushing, Rubbermaid Commercial Products is releasing a new waterless bathroom product called the ecoUrinal which could save [...]
Read more →Bacardi, one of the world’s best known alcoholic beverage producers, announced today that the headquarters of its American office in Coral Gables, Florida has earned LEED Gold Certification in Commercial Interiors. The green building received 36 LEED credits for its unique green design. Bacardi’s Headquarters: a Gold LEED Green Building The areas the Bacardi Americas [...]
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