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Tips for Building "Green" - Introduction
The vast amount of information available about building green can be overwhelming. To assist our customers in making environmentally sensitive decisions while building their new home, Donald A. Gardner Architects has compiled this handy FREE guide to building green.
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GREEN -- how can such a simple word be so confusing? Perhaps because there are many "shades of green," and many ways to incorporate "green" into the home building process. With the following tips, we hope to guide you to the "shade of green" that is right for you. There are also a number of green building programs, requiring specific criteria in the home building process. Some of these programs include LEED, EarthCraft, and NAHB Green Home Building Guidelines. Ask your builder for more information on these or other green building initiatives.

The majority of green building strategies occur in the first stages of the planning process. These strategies include: site orientation (location of house on the building site), design, and building material selection. Secondly, interior selections (including lighting, appliances and plumbing fixtures) offer options for “going green.”

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