Your Roof Will Be Better If It’s Green!
A whole new meaning to green building! Picture from Emory Knoll Farms Cities can
Rethinking Wall Systems
One of the most important elements in Building Science as it relates to energy conservation is the building envelope. This roughly means the floor, walls and ceiling. The envelope is the interface between conditioned and non-conditioned space. Read more about the innovation we are working on.
Lighting
Did you know that If every American household replaced just one light with an ENERGY STAR light, we would save more than $600 million in annual energy costs, and prevent 9 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions per year, equivalent to the emissions of about 800,000 cars.
Spray foam Insulation
There are those who will swear that spray foam insulation is the panacea for energy efficiency in home construction. Most of these people want to sell you spray foam insulation. We use spray foam insulation in most of our custom homes and in some remodeling projects. We think that it is a very effective product in the right application, even though it has some significant negative issues.
Is Bamboo Flooring Really Green?
Bamboo flooring epitomizes “green washing.” That is, selling something as green that is only made to appear green on the surface. Though there may be products that are less green and still sold as green, bamboo has become the vanguard of green projects.
You Can Avoid a Home Buying Disaster
Remodeling your home, in College Station, is a great way to avoid having to buy a new home in the first place. American homes are poorly built and not made to last. I hate to say that. I don’t mean to be unpatriotic or negative. But it is time that we told the
