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Green Your Home: Part 2


Let’s delve into Part 2 of Green Your Home.

We are now ready to have a green home. But the question now is where to begin? Step by step of course:

1.      Clarify Your Green Priorities

2.      Create Your Green Team

3.      Build Your Green Project List

4.      Turn Your Project List into a Plan of Action

Let’s start by ranking the three priorities in order from highest to lowest: Healthy, Money Smart, Sustainable. Let’s say Healthy is your highest priority, here are some suggestions for you: Hardwood floors, low-VOC paints, exhaust fans in bathroom and kitchen, plants in the home, carbon monoxide sensors, and air filters. Let’s say Money Smart is your highest priority, here are some suggestions: energy efficient appliances, optimally designed HVAC system, passive heating and cooling features, a tight building envelope, and a right size home with a smaller footprint. Let’s say Sustainable is your highest priority, here are some suggestions: organic finishes like wood/cork/and stone, rainwater collection system, a vegetable garden and compost system, low flow faucets and toilets, and a native landscaped yard with xeriscape features.

Moving on to the Green Team. Behind every great movement is a team, let’s put together yours. First member is your Real Estate Agent, who will introduce you to the rest of the team using his trusted vendors. Second up is your General Contractor, who are experts in the cost and how to do most of your projects. Third up is Skilled Tradespeople, to help out your general contractor for what he is not an expert in. Fourth is a Design Build Professional, to make sure that what is best for your set up is what is going in. Lastly is the Eco-Consultant, the knowledgeable professional who runs test and make sure we are achieving our goal.

Next we are going to be turning the plan and the team into an action plan, see you next week!

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References: Green Your Home by Gary Keller
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