Eco-Housing, How to make housing more sustainable
Ideas for enhancing and Retrofiting Current Homes
Hello this is a website focused on environmentally friendly construction, and linking resources for home owners, builders and anyone just curious about new materials, ways to save energy or less environmentally taxing construction and design solutions to the problems facing housing today.
What are the issues of housing as they relate to sustainability?
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Design and Material Life cycle-
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Energy Efficiency-
Embodied Energy-
Tiny houses (homes typically between 64 and 300 square feet) are springing up all over the country -- from Vermont to Oregon to post-Katrina New Orleans -- as well as all over the media landscape. They are affordable and energy efficient, they reduce materials consumption, cut your carbon footprint, and they're cute!
Tiny houses (homes typically between 64 and 300 square feet) are springing up all over the country -- from Vermont to Oregon to post-Katrina New Orleans -- as well as all over the media landscape. They are affordable and energy efficient, they reduce materials consumption, cut your carbon footprint, and they're cute!