Contemporary Green Homes

To inspire you, this section contains articles presenting some of the greenest homes on the planet.

We will cover from minimalist and simple homes to elaborated sustainable multi-residential buildings containing a multitude of green innovations. You will be amazed at the variety of contemporary green homes in which people are living. I find this section quite interesting because what people are building is incredible and this is just the beginning. The people living in green homes are already experiencing benefits. They are saving money and feeling much healthier thanks to better air quality. Jobs are also opening up in the fields of green building innovations and construction.

Maybe you were planning on building a new home or needed to do some renovations. Start small but aim big with these amazing and inspirational green residences.

The Solaire

Located in the Battery Park City district on 20 River Terrace, the Solaire is New York City’s first green residential use building. It was completed in 2003, near the site of the former World Trade Center and is mostly occupied by people working on Wall Street. Let’s see what this 27 floor residential tower has to offer and what we can learn from this green construction.

LEED: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

Created in 1998 by the U.S Green Building Council (USGBC), LEED is used in the United-States and 30 other countries. It is a Green Buiding rating system, for which any building who wants to obtain the certification must be evaluated according to different key areas.

Woodland Home: Low Impact Living

I stumbled upon the website detailing how Simon Dale and his family built this wonderful low impact woodland home in 2005. With his father, friends and passers by putting in about 1500 man hours and with an investment of 3000 Euros (4385 US$) this contemporary green home was ready to live in.

Tumbleweed Houses, Tiny is Better!

The main reasons why we are contributing to global warming is our over-consumption. We want the most clothes, the biggest cars and the biggest houses. With larger homes, we have more space to put more stuff, so we buy more and more and fill our homes with useless possessions. Jay Shafer found the perfect way to avoid getting stuck in the never-ending over-consumption vicious circle: own a smaller house!

Make Your Home Energy Efficient

Green Energy Efficient Homes has lots of other ideas on how to make your home an energy efficient home.

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