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| environmentally conscious living. Green buildings don't | | | | Windows are one of the worst culprits when it |
| just help the environment at large, but they also | | | | comes to inefficient heating and cooling in a home. |
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| and renovations have exploded, allowing for use of | | | | less energy for heating and cooling and keep their |
| modern spaces that leave little to no carbon footprint | | | | owners comfortable during the hot summer days and |
| without harming our environment. | | | | cold winter nights. |
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| living while still enjoying modern spaces where any | | | | With tax credits and savings, they will often pay for |
| family would love to live. | | | | themselves over the years. With the wide array of |
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| Buildings | | | | modern spaces in their homes. |
| Homes in America account for about one fifth of the | | | | Building Materials |
| total electricity used within the country. When it | | | | New home and building construction is the best time |
| comes to reducing dependence on foreign energy | | | | to get involved in constructing green buildings. There |
| and lowering our use of fossil fuels, alternate home | | | | are many opportunities to use natural resources, |
| energy sources are essential in green buildings. One | | | | recycled materials, and good building practices starting |
| of the most clean and abundant sources of energy | | | | from the ground up. |
| without burning fossil fuels is wind power. | | | | Building construction waste piles into landfills |
| Incorporating wind power can be very easy; | | | | year-round. Utilizing recycled concrete blocks, steel, |
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| in use. In return, homeowners know that any | | | | responsible building that can be used in creating |
| electricity they use does not result in more | | | | modern spaces. Feel free to include Energy Star |
| greenhouse gas emissions. | | | | appliances to further enhance your new or renovated |
| Reducing the carbon footprint of green buildings could | | | | living space. |
| not be any easier. | | | | |