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Top Green Materials and Practices

Top Green Materials and Practices

Sustainable builders and architects share their go-to green products and ways of working.

Green Home Features that Sell

Green Home Features that Sell

Colorado architects and builders offer insights and experience on building energy-efficient homes.

For Builders: How & Why To Build Green

For Builders: How & Why To Build Green

Joyanna explains why building green makes dollars and sense.

Energy-Efficient Winner in the HOWIES

Energy-Efficient Winner in the HOWIES

Meet the house plan that won the energy-efficient category in the 2015 HOWIEs.

Energy-Efficient Kit Homes

Energy-Efficient Kit Homes

Options for energy-efficient, panelized, kit-built houses.

Green Resolutions for New Year's

Green Resolutions for New Year's

The top five ways to go green from a Sustainability expert.

Energy Efficient Hot Water

Energy Efficient Hot Water

The 5 types of resource-efficient water heaters now available and how they can save you energy, water, and money.

Green-Built Houses in New Orleans

Green-Built Houses in New Orleans

Thanks to a successful public-private partnership to rebuild New Orelans after Hurricane Katrina, the city offers lessons in energy efficient home building.

Net-Zero Energy Homes

Net-Zero Energy Homes

What you need to know about getting rid of your house's carbon footprint.

5 Lessons From Passive House Design

5 Lessons From Passive House Design

What you can learn from so-called Passive House Design -- i.e. houses with very low energy use -- and apply to the building of any home.

Solar Panels Made Simple

Solar Panels Made Simple

How to make going solar a smooth process.

Meet Our Green Living Plans

Meet Our Green Living Plans

FreeGreen's entire library of energy-efficient plans is now part of the Houseplans.com inventory.

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