SAVE MONEY According to the U.S. Department of Energy's Building America Program, an integrated, systems-engineering approach can reduce as much as 50% of the energy consumption of a new home - with little or no impact on the cost of construction. A proactive way to protect yourself from the future's higher energy prices!! These substantial increases that you are already feeling in your monthly bills or could hit when college tuitions begins or a fixed income starts. Importance of good energy design cannot be overemphasized.

DESIGN/BUILD “If a design-build firm is available locally with expertise in green design, that will generally be your best option.” Alex Wilson (dean of green building in this country) Your Green Home- A Guide to Planning a Healthy, Environmentally Friendly New Home. Feel confident and stress less when it comes to building your home knowing that any changes needed are recognized an implemented quickly since it's all under one roof.   Already found an architect or have a friend doing the electrical work? Fantastic. We will work with any key player and ensure that they learn and/or follow the green building agenda and that all subcontractors stay green.

BETTER HEALTH We spend 85%-95% of the time indoors with air quality as bad as the air in most polluted cities.  The natural qualities of your surroundings can keep you healthy; from the new tree in your backyard, to the content and placement of your walls & windows -to the lowest possible VOC level in paint and other everyday products.  Not to mention your kids asthma has been better and you actually have energy on the train ride home from work.  If your house breathes easier - YOU breathe easier.

CREATE SPACE  Useful & clever storage areas, thoughtful kitchens, and easy laundry solutions create a stress-less daily living with more room to (literally) breathe.  Actually having counter space to prep for dinner since the small appliances (even that rice cooker you SWEAR you’ll use) found a new creative place.  What?? The washer & dryer on the same floor as the bedrooms?! I bet that sore back from perching 30lbs of laundry on your hip down 3 flights won’t be missed.    A house with a floor plan inspired by your informal lifestyle- not the way our grandparents lived.

CREATE MEANING  Reminding yourself of what it took to put a piece of wood in your house- all the energy and impact that occurred to get it there- it’s a sacred thing.   It’s a lot cooler to say that your handrails on the front porch came from logs that were found near the Hudson River than--“I got them at Home Depot”.

SHOW LEADERSHIP Are you thrilled this whole "Green" revolution is finally here? People are awakening and want guidance to help STOP some of the environmental madness.  This is where actions speaks volumes over words... Usher in the neighborhood to the new era of how out 'smarting' the house across from you becomes the new fad. If you are going to do it, design/build your personal space with practical, long-term sustainable design practices- and do it right.

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