A "Total" Green Home

More and more people are trying out ways to make their home more eco-friendly. Home are either being remodelled or new eco-friendly houses are being built from scratch that leave less environment footprint or conserve less energy.

In a recent article that appeared in www.firstcoastnews.com, a family in Atlantic Beach, Florida is taking their older home and turning it totally green.

Sarah Boren says they first decided to remodel their 1950's home when they had a second child on the way. "We were expecting a baby so we wanted to add on but we wanted to do it right."

They took their 2-bedroom one-bath beach cottage and turned it into a 3-bedroom home with much more space. The home is still far from being completed but the Borens put a lot of thought in remodeling the home to be green. "The things that come to mind when it comes to green is being environmentally responsible with energy efficiency and water efficiency but also a big part of it was health."

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Non-Profits go Green!

I just came across this neat news clip about Habitat for Humanity building a home that is completely eco-friendly.

It is the first earth-friendly habitat for humanity house in Virginia. Builders found creative ways to make it good for the environment and also save the owner some cash. The includes carpets made from recycled coke bottles, walls made from layers of insulation that maintains a constant temperature in winter and summer and therefore saving on electricity costs by about a third.

Habitat for Humanity's director says building the earth-friendly home didn't cost any more than building a regular home, so they hope to build more of these "green" houses in Hampton Roads soon.

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