remodeling

Green Remodeling Products... Don’t Stop There!

Author
BOB ALF CONSTRUCTION
Green home improvement products are everywhere! These products are helpful and fun to use for a green home remodeling project, but they are not the solution to making your home as efficient and sustainable as possible. For example, how sustainable is it to pay a premium for recycled wall tiles for your new kitchen if your home is hemorrhaging heated air all winter long?  We present here a strategy called The Sequencing Strategy, a method to making your home as sustainable and green as possible. Rather than promoting specific green products, this strategy offers
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ON THE WEB!

Center for Energy and Environment, mncee.org

Navien: Tankless water heaters,
navienamerica.com

Read Up!

Natural Capitalism, by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, & L. Hunter Lovins, Little, Brown and Company, 1999.

Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way we Make Things, by William McDonough & Michael Braungart, North Point Press, 2002.

Act Locally!

Bob Alf Construction (remodeling/construction coaching)
St. Paul, MN
651-206-1937
bobalfconstruction.com

Blaylock Plumbing (energy efficient water heaters)
Richfield, MN
612-869-7531
blaylockplumbing.com

Minnesota GreenStar to Take Center Stage

Author
Michael Anschel & Corey Brinkema
Green Remodeling Group & Green Institute

This has been a great year of progress in Minnesota's efforts to become a national leader in preserving and restoring our environment. From the landmark legislation in addressing climate change and developing sustainable energy resources to the growth of our farmers markets and the success of the light rail, Minnesota is becoming a model for other states and on the national stage.

Minnesota GreenStar

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Web Resources

Minnesota GreenStar
www.mngreenstar.org

Builders Association of the Twin Cities, www.batconline.org

National Assoc. of Remodeling, www.narimn.org

MN Pollution Control Agency
www.pca.state.mn.us

Green Institute
www.greeninstitute.org/reuse

Otogawa-Anschel Architects
www.otogawa-anschel.com

Verified Green
www.verifiedgreen.org

US Green Building Council, www.usgbc.org

Print Resources

Builder's Guide to Cold Climates: Details for Design and Construction, Joseph Lstiburek, Taunton publisher, 2000.

Buliding Green in a Black and White World, David Johnston, BuilderBooks.com, 1999.

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