Inexpensive Strategies for Green Building

Yes, recycled lumber and plantation-grown lumber cost more, but designing smaller houses, orienting them for solar gain and minimizing job-site waste don't
by Alex Wilson

"Green" buildings are in vogue, but what does the term really mean? The Vermont-based editor of the widely respected Environmental Building News answers that question in this article and proposes a number of steps builders can take to conserve building materials and energy while doing more to protect the environment.

From Fine Homebuilding 133, pp. 92-97
September 1, 2000

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