In The Green Directory / New England
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Bio-Floor Dolomite 
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Natural Cork Floating Floor 
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Ecological Landscaping Know-How
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An environmentally friendly yard, or ecological landscape, needs less chemical treatment and less water. It stands to reason that applying far fewer fertilizers and chemicals is much safer for homeowners and the environment. |
 5 Tips for Choosing a Low-Flow Toilet
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 9 Best Practices for Choosing and Installing a Tankless Water Heater
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 Making Your Bathroom Healthy, Efficient and Comfortable
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Advice From GreenHomeGuide
This buyer’s guide summarizes the environmental pros and cons and durability of the three major categories of wood stains: natural oil, acrylic or urethane, and water-based. Use it to find the best stain for your specific situation.
Advice From GreenHomeGuide
Buyer’s Guide to Clear Finishes
This buyer’s guide compares and contrasts clear finishes on their environmental and health qualities, and includes selection tips. Use it to find the best clear coating for your specific situation.
GreenHomeGuide Homeowner Case Study
Energy-Efficient Remodel Delivers More Space, Lower Bills
An expert Atlanta remodeler shares how he significantly increased living space in his historic home while increasing energy efficiency more than 60 percent.
Advice From GreenHomeGuide
Green Buyer’s Guide to Insulation
This buyer’s guide compares and contrasts eight insulation materials on their environmental and health qualities, and includes application tips. Use it to find the best insulation for your specific situation.
Advice From GreenHomeGuide's Subject Editors
Stylish Green Furniture: Our New York Expert’s Top Picks
Our New York–based subject editor shares great-looking, environmentally exemplary furniture finds.
GreenHomeGuide Tips
New York Tested: Tips for Efficient Use of Kitchen Space
When remodeling your kitchen, saving space and maximizing efficiency lead to reducing waste, energy savings and more. Here are some design tips from an expert green interior designer.
GreenHomeGuide Overview
Low- or no-VOC is synonymous with green paints and coatings. According to the EPA, VOCs can cause respiratory, skin and eye irritation; headaches; nausea; muscle weakness; and more serious ailments and diseases. But what exactly are VOCs, and how can you reduce their impact on your project?
GREENHOMEGUIDE HOMEOWNER CASE STUDY
New York Couple Recommends Simple Steps to an Affordable Green Nursery
Reading up and planning ahead let this New York couple green their nursery—and their entire home—at a price they could afford. Here they share how they found green options for everything from flooring to baby care products.
GREENHOMEGUIDE READER TIPS
Choosing a Green Countertop That Works with Your Style and Your Life
Readers who have evaluated, installed and lived with green countertops share their advice about selecting a countertop material that works with your lifestyle.
GREENHOMEGUIDE HOMEOWNER CASE STUDY
Re-Creating a Native Plant and Bird Paradise
Florida homeowners removed invasive trees and planted native species to create a lush environment that both people and wildlife enjoy.
GREENHOMEGUIDE HOMEOWNER CASE STUDY
Creating a High-End, Low-Impact Bathroom
Patience, persistence and making the best use of available resources are paying off in a cost-effective green bathroom remodel.
GREENHOMEGUIDE HOMEOWNER CASE STUDY
Easy Upgrades Boost Water, Energy Efficiency in 1950s Ranch Home
An Atlanta homeowner describes how simple changes and a few upgrades result in big savings.
GREENHOMEGUIDE TIPS
Get Optimal Performance from a Tankless Water Heater
Attracted by the cost and conservation advantages of tankless water heaters? Make sure you get the expected benefits—read our tips on preventing six commonly reported problems.
GREENHOMEGUIDE ROUNDUP
Financing Your Energy Efficiency Upgrade
This Resource Roundup lists many of the local, state, and federal incentive programs that can help you make your home more energy efficient.
GREENHOMEGUIDE TIPS
Achieve Energy Efficiency and Maintain Indoor Air Quality
From easy to transformative, these tips will help you maintain an energy efficient home with high indoor air quality.
GREENHOMEGUIDE MATERIALS OVERVIEW
Navigating the Flooring Thicket: Find the Greenest Way to Meet Your Needs
Your choice of flooring material will affect everyone in your home for decades and have substantial impacts on the environment at large—our overview helps you make your best choice.
GREENHOMEGUIDE TIPS
8 Tips for Selecting Healthy and Environmentally Sound Flooring
Green building consultant Marian Keeler provides eight tips to help you choose healthy and environmentally sound flooring.
GREENHOME GUIDE PROJECT OVERVIEW
Creating a Safe, Healthy Room for Your Child
Careful attention to your nursery’s design, materials, and maintenance creates a safe, healthy room for children, who are far more susceptible to environmental hazards than adults.
GREENHOMEGUIDE Q&A WITH LEONARDO TRASANDE, MD
Is Your Home Affecting Your Children’s Health?
Leonardo Trasande, assistant director of the Mount Sinai Center for Children’s Health and the Environment, discusses potential environmental dangers to children in your home, and why they are so vulnerable.
GREENHOMEGUIDE MATERIALS OVERVIEW
Choosing the Right Insulation Delivers Energy Savings
This guide helps you choose the right insulation for the job so you can boost the energy performance of your home and lessen its environmental impact.
GREENHOMEGUIDE Q&A WITH TATE WALKER
Why Making Your Home Energy Efficient Matters
Energy sustainability expert Tate Walker explains how energy-efficient technology and design strategies can dramatically cut your energy use and improve your health.
GREENHOMEGUIDE MATERIALS OVERVIEW
Selecting Healthy and Environmentally Sound Stains
This guide helps you choose the best stains for beautifying and protecting wood surfaces while minimizing environmental and health impacts.
GREENHOMEGUIDE MATERIALS OVERVIEW
Selecting Healthy and Environmentally Sound Finishes
This guide helps you choose the best finish for floors and other home surfaces while minimizing environmental and health impacts.
GREENHOMEGUIDE MATERIALS OVERVIEW
Selecting Healthy and Environmentally Sound Paints
A new coat of paint or stain can make a room feel fresh again, but it often has the opposite effect on the air quality in your home. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), paints, stains and other architectural coatings produce about 9 percent of the volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from consumer and commercial products, making them the second-largest source of VOC emissions after automobiles.
GREENHOMEGUIDE TIPS
9 Best Practices for Choosing and Installing a Tankless Water Heater
Improve your bathroom’s energy efficiency—and have hot water all the time. An experienced remodeler takes you through the ins and outs of tankless water heaters.
GreenHomeGuide Q&A with Bill Semple
A Fresh Start: The Benefits of Greening Your Bathroom
Learn why you should give your bathroom the environmentally sound edge. CMHC’s Senior Researcher Bill Semple discusses the many benefits of a green remodel for this resource-intensive room.
GreenHomeGuide Project Overview
Creating a Green Kitchen: From Resource Planning to Maintenance
The kitchen is the home’s work center and a top resource consumer. You can mitigate many of the kitchen’s environmental impacts—and provide a healthier environment for your household—by following these recommendations for the design, materials specification, construction process, and use of your kitchen.
GreenHomeGuide Homeowner Case Study
George Mandala owned a large piece of property in Mill Valley, California, with a dilapidated 1946 Sears catalog home that couldn’t be saved. Partway into designing a new house for the property, the computer programmer and his wife, a program manager at a software company, were struck by the environmental impact of building a house and decided to green their project as much as possible. Below, Mandala describes how they did it.
Tips From Designer Lili Wright
Green materials and ecological design are the cutting edge ways to implement sound health and hygiene practices, ensuring that clean water, clean air, and healthy habitats remain available for all species.
