The word in new home construction, according to Martin Holladay of the Green Building Advisor is that energy consumption matters more than any other “green” consideration, including energy efficiency, indoor air quality, and those other factors that make a home green. You can make a home as efficient as you want–tight windows, great insulation, and so on–but if you’re building big, the house is going to consume more energy. In other words, big homes are not “green.” Holladay takes a …
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Everyone wants to make their home more energy efficient, but most have no idea where to start. That’s where home energy audits come in handy. By completing a DIY audit or hiring a professional home energy auditor, you can begin cutting your energy dependence and lowering utility bills at the same time.
Here’s how to get started.
Do-It-Yourself Walkthrough
Do-it-yourself audits are quick and easy, as long as you have your last 12 months of utility bills handy. Using the Energy Star Home Energy Yardstick, you can compare your home’s energy efficiency with other homes across the country with a few standard questions (square footage, number of occupants in your home, etc.). Based on the results, Energy Star will provide suggestions to decrease your household energy consumption.
Call in the Pros
For more hands-on help, you should definitely consider hiring a home energy auditor. They’re more qualified to determine exactly where […]

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With consumer interest in greener gadgets on the rise, Apple has refused to include the iPhone in a far-reaching green ranking system for mobile phones in the UK. The rankings convert manufacturers’ answers to a 63-question survey into a ranking of 1-5 for each device, factoring in energy use and materials among other things.

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Myoo Create recently announced the winners of its Care to Air Design Challenge, a challenge run in partnership with Levi Strauss & Co. to find the most innovative and sustainable way to dry your clothes. $10,000 in prize money was doled out to the winners, among which were some cool concepts that I could get behind. After all, drying clothes in a drying machine significantly contributes to a household carbon footprint, while air drying contributes nothing. (If you live in a smog-heavy …
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Designboom tells us that last week, the city of Guadalajara opened a new volcano-like soccer stadium that is veritably exploding with green features! Created for the popular Chivas team by French architects Jean-Marie Massaud and Daniel Pouzet, the eco-friendly stadium features a volcano-evoking exterior that captures rainwater and processes it through wetlands for use in watering the pitch. All lighting is energy efficient, and the parking garage features natural ventilation.

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