Benefits of Building a Green Home

Provide a healthier and more ergonomic indoor living environment for the homeowner. It is a proven but not generally well known fact that the least healthy, dirtiest environment that most folks live in day to day is their own home. For the health of you and your family, Green built homes are constructed to minimize chemicals, mold and other harmful substances and promote a beneficial home indoor environment.

To be more energy efficient and less reliant on fossil fuels. With climbing fuels costs and depleting natural resources, alternative ways of designing and building homes has come to the forefront in peoples minds. New technologies in building materials ranging from recycled concretes to foam insulations and lighting packages help reduce annual home energy costs more than 50 percent.

Make more efficient use of water.

Fresh water is a resource that was taken for granted by most people. Not any more. No longer in Florida can we take fresh water for granted. By making cost effective uses of water our energy bills will be lower and public waters well be cleaner, more available, and healthier for us all.

Generate less waste. Less waste is a function of efficiency, sustainability and good economic choices that benefits us all.

To have a personally minimal negative impact on the immediate local environment. By using local products and materials, transportation and fuel costs are minimized. By not wasting water and other resources everyone benefits.

Promote the local economy through the use of local projects, materials, and manpower. Not only do local projects impact the local and global economies through the use of materials and manpower; but also through education. Utilizing Green Building practices as opposed to conventional industry practices will spark interest throughout the local community ranging from the governmental entities, material suppliers to your neighbors who will want to know the efficiencies and sustainability of the Green Building practices and the savings it may bring to them.

Be environmentally friendly. This is the binding concept behind building a Green Home…Its good for all of us and it feels good.