• What Is Green?
  Find out how to tell whether a product or action is "green" or not.
• NAHB Launches National Green Building Program
  The National Association of Home Builders recently launched the NAHB National Green Building Program, an education, verification and certification program that will allow builders anywhere to build green homes.
• Top Ten Reasons - and Ways - to Remodel Green
  Going green may be easier than you think.
• LEED for Homes - A Primer for Homebuyers
  LEED homes offer many benefits to home owners, including lower energy and water bills; reduced greenhouse gas emissions; increased comfort, less exposure to indoor pollutants such as mold, mildew and other indoor toxins, and lower maintenance costs.
• 100,000 Green Homes Certified Through Market-Driven Green Building Nationwide
  A survey of local home building associations and recent updates reveal that more than 100,000 homes have been built and certified by voluntary, builder-supported green building programs around the country since the mid-1990s, according to the National Association of Home Builders.

• LEED
  The U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ is a nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high-performance green homes and buildings.
• Green Cleaning
  Cleaning to protect both health and the environment.
• ICF or Insulating Concrete Form
  Insulating Concrete Forms or ICFs are popular in green building projects because of their thermal performance, durability, non-outgassing materials, and other reasons.
• LED Lamp
  One of the newest lamp innovations is the LED (light emitting diode) lamp, also called a diode array bulb.
• Radon
  Why you should care about this odorless and colorless gas — and what you can do about it.

• Ladybug XL Steam Cleaner
  The Ladybug XL Steam Cleaner is a great steam cleaner that will allow asthmatics to clean virtually every surface in their homes, with plain water and without using chemicals.

• GridPoint Connect™
  An all-in-one energy management appliance.
• Perf-Go Green 100% Biodegradable Kitchen Bags
  Environmentally-preferable bags that completely decompose in 12-24 months.
• RenewAire EV130
  Indoor, energy-recovering ventilator that works on homes of up to 2,700 sq. feet.
• Touch-Free Auto Trash Bin
  An automatic touch-less battery-operated trash can.
• Zero VOC Flat Wall Paint
  A flat wall paint that won't leave you breathless.

• Green Building A to Z
  A book all about green building and technology for newly interested ones.
• Green Housekeeping
  A book on how to detox your entire home.
• Green Clean
  Step-by-step guide to ecological housekeeping.
• EcoNest: Creating Sustainable Sanctuaries of Clay, Straw and Timber
  Experience a healthy and sustainable kind of building, avoid the pitfalls of modern homes and acute chemical sensitivity, and live simply, in harmony with nature.
• Homes that Heal (and those that don't)
  How your home may be harming your family's health.

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