Efficient Toilets

Toilets use the most water in your bathroom. Get a low flow toilet.  If you have purchased a home with a pre-installed 1.6 gpf model, there’s no way of knowing whether the previous owner made any such inefficient modifications.  The parts usually last around 5 years so be sure to ask the hardware store for 1.6 gpf replacements.

My new green life thanks to my kids!

A funny thing has been happening lately, my grown children are teaching me. My children have gone green.  They recycle, conserve water, car pool, and eat organic, not because they have to; because they want to. Recently, when I introduced them to a friend of mine in the green build industry; they already knew I wasn’t talking about the color.
Oh sure, I try to do my part, but not to the degree they do. So I decided to educate myself.  I didn’t think I was wasteful, I just thought if I paid a little better attention I too, could do better.
Many bring their own shopping bags to the grocery. Nearly everyone has a recycle bin in their home and out side. If everyone does a little together it’s a lot.
The other day I actually downsized my cable program. It’s really kind of fun.

I found myself looking a little closer at my daily habits. Trying to be a little kinder to the planet and found in doing so I was also a little kinder to my checkbook (yeah, I still have one, don’t want to waste my checks) as well.
When I bought a new toilet; I bought one that conserves water. I am reusing water bottles, bags, sometimes even recycling gifts; it’s no longer rude it’s applauded! Multitasking errands to saves time and money. I try not to waste trips mileage, gas; I don’t want to “use up” my car either. I try not to run my appliances during peak hours and do a full load. I have been trying to save electricity; turn the thermostat up or down just a little wear a sweater, turn on the fan you understand where I’m going with this. If you are reading this I’m probably preaching to the choir.
I am in the market for a new home. I am downsizing. So just for the heck of it I decided to look into building green. I am amazed by what I found.
Green building offers today’s  conservative, earth friendly consumer yet another opportunity to protect our plant while protecting your wallet at the same time. Build green. It just makes sense. Not only are you building with recycled material which is great for the environment; saving trees and conserving water. But I am also participating in the reduction of materials being deposited into our landfills.
My green build will also be more energy efficient, fire and termite resistant, and I will accomplish my project in a shorter period of time. I will save additional dollars simply by the reducing the number of labor hours required to build my new home.
If all the reasons just listed aren’t enough. The government rewards green building with tax incentives. I can take pride in knowing that I am taking responsibility for my carbon print. This is something I didn’t even realize I had until recently.
I have had a house built in the past and green building was never an option that was suggested by our builder. I am so excited. I just can’t wait to tell the kids. Wait, maybe I’ll just ask them when they were looking into buying a new home how big  was the green build factor in helping them to make their decision.

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7:30 AM

SIPS Pannels arrive at the jobsite. The slab is poured and ready for walls.

7:54 AM

Take a drink of coffee, look at the plans. Start laying out the marked panels around the structure.

12:49 PM

The team has started to put up panels now.

5:06 PM

Look how light each panel is. Everyone else took a break.

5:56 PM

After tying all of the panels together, you have a sound structure to put a roof on in ONE DAY! Savings are on cost of labor, equipment, time…