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How a Green Home is Born

A truly green home is green before any energy-efficient appliances, recycled building materials or eco-friendly décor come into the design and construction.

A truly green home is green before any energy-efficient appliances, recycled building materials or eco-friendly décor come into the design and construction.

Green homes start from conception on the blueprints and in the mind of the visionary who creates them.

If you’re thinking of bringing a new green home into the world, here are five simple ways to make sure you conceive one that has green in its DNA.

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Sun It. Using the free energy from the sun means putting your windows where they can gather sunlight. Properly placed, windows that direct solar energy into a home can contribute significantly to winter heating.

Shade It. Those same sun-facing windows, of course, might also be a liability in the summer. You can buy expensive window glass that reflects some of the heat energy, but overhangs and other simple shading devices (like non-evergreen trees) to block the harshest summer sun while admitting the winter sun is more economical.

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Shape It. Ok, here’s where your eighth-grade geometry comes in handy. A circle – as you recall – encloses the greatest amount of area in the least perimeter. Circle homes are quite unusual, but how about a square? It’s efficient and practical too.  The less exterior wall area you have, the less opportunity your energy has to trickle out.

Check out more birthing tips at zillow.com

If you were to build, what green DNA would your home have?

 

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Where you live is more than a roof over your head. It should improve your quality of life – spiritually, emotionally and psychologically.

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