How would you like to save handfuls of money with minimal effort? And how would you feel if these actions made your home more comfortable, and were good for the environment?
You can do just that by taking these simple, cost-effective steps to quickly improve the energy efficiency of your home:
Use CFLs. Replace your incandescent light […]

By Adrienne van Dooren
Will traditionally built homes soon join the ranks of the 8-track tape, knob and tube wiring and the manual typewriter?
Ed Begley, Jr., environmentalist and star of HGTV’s hit show Living with Ed, believes that may indeed come to pass. I interviewed Ed during the Earth Day celebrations in Washington D.C. and asked […]

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Earth Sheltered homes are certainly nothing new.  People have been using the earth to provide shelter since…well…remember the caveman?  Today’s Earth Berm or underground home is anything but a cave, but it is usually found nestled into the side of a hill or large berm of earth.  The environmental movement of […]

By David Porter AIA - Consulting architect to the Garlinghouse Company since 1989
By now, you have probably heard loads about everything “green” - building green, living a more “green” lifestyle, and on and on.  “Green” is the new, overly used, buzzword thrown at you from twenty directions each day.  What is this new-fangled movement, what […]