Green Home Building...To Build or Not To Build?
05/08/09
Costliness is usually the first word associated with green home building. I would actually have to agree, sort of. Frequently, people neglect perfectly good structures to build better ones in an attempt to go green. Their heart is in the right place, but it doesn't make much sense to me. Search.
In my mind, green home building shouldn't be limited to new construction. Greenness should be promoted in your current home. An example of this includes better insulation to reduce energy consumption. I agree with the idea of being green, but not with the idea of being wasteful in the name of greenness. In my town, a large store went out of business and a difference large store was built. They had a perfectly fine existing structure, but needed to build a newer, better one right next door and coincidently had to demolish acres of woods to do so. Now, they brag about how their market is so green. Hmm...
My point here is that it is usually more efficient to improve existing structures than to waste them and build new ones. Green home building is not building a brand new home. Green home building means building greenness in your existing one. Blogs.