Healthy building materials / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...Materials The Materials concept seeks to reduce or eliminate exposure to hazardous building products and manage materials responsibly. It addresses the specification of products that are free from various toxic chemicals and focuses on the responsible sourcing and safe disposal of building materials. This directly comp...

...Materials and Resources: 15 of 16 available points, with healthy and local materials An extraordinary customer: A nice surprise for Alain Culis, President of the manufacturers of the popular modern green prefab kit home - Le Refuge , was when he learned exactly who the client for this prefab eco home was: "Throughout t...

...building with used and reclaimed building materials. Find more about low carbon green home building in the Ecohome Green Building Guide and these related pages :  Learn all about green building design basics here Tips for how to stay on budget while building and renovating How deconstruction helps recycle materia...

...healthy indoor air quality, learn more about sustainable construction for healthy and durable homes in the Ecohome Building Guide pages Find more pages about sustainable and resilient green building techniques here :  Where to buy hemp building products Where to buy and choose safe zero VOC paints  Choosing forma...