Certifying your green building materials, residence, or commercial building is easier than ever. There are numerous certification agencies for green building materials which can be found by reviewing the Links page on this website. Once you have selected the appropriate certified green building materials for your project, there are also a variety of certification agencies …
There is green certification available for people, products, and buildings. In regards to green certification for individuals, the U.S. Green Building Council can certify you as a LEED AP (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional). You don’t necessarily have to be a contractor, architect, or designer, but you have to possess a familiarity …
The best Green buildings are pleasant and healthy places for people. Truly sustainable design transcends mere technical, ecological, and economic issues. Green Architecture is an integration of environmental elements, spiritual and personal well-being, healthy household practices, architectural designs and non-toxic building materials. The integration of all of these things creates the ideal, modern, nutritious home …
Marilyn’s Ultimate Green Building Checklist A Green Checklist is essentially a list of building materials and methods that you can incorporate into your project to make it GREEN. Within the past decade, many Green Building Checklists have been created around the world. They have been developed by different government entities, public utilities, non-profit organizations and …
In happening upon any large container shipping port, you will discover piles upon piles of discarded containers. Hundreds of containers are discarded every year due to stringent quality and safety regulations on account of the shipping industry. The containers themselves cannot be recycled economically, which accounts for the piles of rusting containers. These containers can …
It is a common misconception that green marketing refers specifically to the promotion and advertisement of products with environmental characteristics (such as Recyclable or Ozone Friendly). While this is true, green marketing is generally a much broader concept, one that encompasses consumer goods, industrial goods and even services (for example, the growing ecotourism market). Green …
*For a list of green building computer control system products listed by category click here The future for green buildings is to blend low tech, alternative buildings with high tech computer monitor devices so that the occupants become more aware of their resource use. The current applications of computer control systems that can be used …
Many individuals have acquired allergies and severe health problems due to lifetime exposure to toxic domestic chemicals, food additives, and out-gassing of traditional building materials made from carcinogenic ingredients. Such clients, and healthy clients who want to stay healthy, hire Green architects. All these clients have one thing in common when they first meet with …
The best Green buildings are pleasant and healthy places for people… Truly sustainable design transcends mere technical, ecological, and economic issues. Green Architecture is an integration of environmental elements, spiritual and personal well-being, healthy household practices, architectural designs, and non-toxic building materials. The integration of all of these things creates the ideal, modern, nutritious home …
An op-ed piece written by Marilyn: I had an exaggeration of my awakening with my dad’s health crisis. His immune system had become so weak. He literally felt like he had a few weeks to live. He listened to my comments about using nontoxic house hold cleaners, nontoxic topical cosmetics, organic food, using non-toxic materials …