Energy-efficient appliances, water-sipping showerheads, recycled-content countertops, and more.
Lighting designer recommends "subtle" lighting, touts benefits of CFLs and LEDs.
Eco-Estate in Silver Spring, Md., features energy-saving products and common-sense design.
South Carolina builder captures green buyers by spending just $1,000 more per house.
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Pellet-burning stoves and wood inserts remain hot items for consumers, who appreciate these appliances' money-saving energy efficiency.
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Report from The Freedonia Group projects rapid growth in demand for FSC-certified wood panels and other green building categories.
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Legal experts offer guidelines to researching product claims and protecting your business from litigation.
Products from Whirlpool, Everpure, Icynene, James Hardie, Vantage, and Nana Wall.
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Hearth manufacturers say consumers want to save money on energy costs.
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More Consumers Buy Wood and Pellet Stoves in 2008
Rising Energy Cost is the Main Driver
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Andersen Windows and Doors is one of the largest window companies to meet the FSC's standards.
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New product should be available in about a year.
High-efficiency toilets step up water conservation.
Eleven new products for sustainable homes.
A sustainable house is the sum of its many, many parts.
As consumers tire of greenwashing practices, both products and homes are being required to substantiate the green claims they make.
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Housing industry companies praised for reducing greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency.
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Green Building Initiative puts helpful planning resources at builders' fingertips
The GreenT line of hardwood plywood panels from Springfield, Ore.-based Timber Products Co. (www.greentproducts.com) is now available with resins containing no added urea formaldehyde, thus reducing emissions that can degrade indoor air quality. The proprietary process also helps the panel line...
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Motorists along California's highway 405 now have something else to look at: a billboard displaying the millions of dollars wasted each day by California homes and businesses that use traditional hot water tanks.