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What Is A Green Home Remodel?
It's an approach to home
improvement with the goal of not only making your home look better, but
making it work better - for both you and the environment. Want a
healthier home? Lower utility bills? Reduced maintenance? A
cleaner planet? With careful planning, you can create a home that combines
beauty, efficiency, comfort, and convenience with health and conservation.
These booklets are provided by the
City of Seattle.
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Green Home Remodel:
What is a Green Home Remodel,
and why consider one? This overview guide answers these questions,
as well as describing what a green remodel can look like and
providing project tips.
Download the free guide:
Green Home Remodel (190kb PDF). |
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Hiring a Pro:
This guide outlines tips on hiring and working with design
professionals and contractors when working on green remodel
projects. A green remodel requires a new approach to the design and
construction process; this guide will help you understand this
approach.
Download the free guide:
Hiring a Pro (767kb PDF). |
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Kitchen:
The kitchen is the heart of
the home. As a room subjected to daily heavy use, careful
consideration during your remodeling project can ensure it's
durable, efficient and safe as well as welcoming and comfortable.
The Kitchen Green Home Remodel guide examines everything from
countertops to cabinetry, including the kitchen sink.
Download the free guide:
Kitchen (647kb PDF). |
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Bath & Laundry:
Bathrooms today are both
refuge and a place for the all manner of utilitarian tasks, such as
washing the family dog. They also use large amounts of water and
energy (used to heat that water and warm, light, and ventilate the
space). Use the Bath & Laundry Green Home Remodel guide to help make
important decisions on fixtures, flooring, and more.
Download the free guide:
Bath & Laundry (496kb PDF). |
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Roofing:
A roof provides essential
protection to the rest of your housing investment in this rainy
Seattle environment. But beyond shielding your home from the
elements, choices made when replacing your roof can help protect the
environment and your pocketbook. See the Roofing Green Home Remodel
guide (765kb PDF) to learn how.
Download the free guide:
Roofing (496kb PDF). |
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Landscape Materials:
Your landscape is an
essential part of the way your home presents itself to the world.
Selecting materials that are low-maintenance, nontoxic, and kind on
people and the planet is one way to tell your neighborhood how you
feel about it. See the Landscape Materials Green Home Remodel guide
for selection tips on landscape elements from pathways to pergolas.
Download the free guide:
Landscaping Materials (1.5mb PDF). |
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Salvage & Reuse:
Seattle is a treasure trove
of building materials. Remodeling projects often yield materials
that can be valuable in the project or to someone else.
Additionally, used building materials and architectural salvage from
other projects can be readily incorporated into yours. See the
Salvage & Reuse Green Home Remodel guide to learn how.
Download the free guide:
Salvage & Reuse (431kb PDF). |
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