Energy Efficient Green Building

[Pamela martin]

what house frame should a green home have

[aaron.klimchuk]

The best thing to do is use materials that have been recycled or can be recycled easily. Use as much particle board as possible. I-beams made from particle board are now just as strong as steel and can be used in your frame.

Also try and use materials that are readily available in nature if you have to go that route.

[Water Filter]

I recently went to the Green Fest out in San Fransisco and we stayed at the Good Hotel which uses a lot of green recycled material. It was a really cool place with a neat design for everything. And while I think it is headed in the right direction I do believe it has a lot to learn.

I am all about recycling but the problem I have with some recycled materials is they are toxic. It's great to reuse stuff so it doesn't go into a landfill and pollute the Earth but in this day and age there is a lot of toxic building material that needs to be buried into the Earth for hundred years before we can reuse it. Hopefully we will stop building or making things with toxic materials. One example is that they have a bench made from old moving company blankets that you use in the back of uhauls and such. The bench is cool and all but it stinks from all the bad materials these things were made out of plus all the toxins they have absorbed.

So yes recycled is great but try to use clean recycled materials.

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[peetson.s]

Originally Posted by aaron.klimchuk

The best thing to do is use materials that have been recycled or can be recycled easily. Use as much particle board as possible. I-beams made from particle board are now just as strong as steel and can be used in your frame.

Also try and use materials that are readily available in nature if you have to go that route.

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