I have created this article to share my best Green Factoidz with you. This is my favorite Green articles as of July 2009 that I have written. I hope you enjoy these Green articles and vote them up if you would like.

Going Green with Tankless Water Heaters

So has all the new water heaters on the market have you confused on which one is the best? Which one is the greenest and most efficient? Well don’t feel alone, there happens to be a lot of options today but the proper application is what needs to be looked at.

http://factoidz.com/going-green-with-tankless-water-heaters/

Building Your Green Home: Does Size Really Matter?

Yes, the size of your home does make a difference when building a green home or a green project and want to be certified. There are many factors play into the square footage and design of your home. Also with the down turn in the economy I think smaller homes will be the new norm.

http://factoidz.com/building-your-green-home-does-size-really-matter/

How “Green Products” can be Misleading

The Going Green phase in home construction has many people confused about what Green really means. Many are struggling to find the balance between renewable, sustainable, recyclable, LEED, NAHB Green Program, Energy Star, energy efficient, net zero, carbon foot print, certified products, low VOC, air quality and a myriad of other green words.

http://factoidz.com/how-green-products-can-be-misleading/

Which grocery bag is really green?

You go to the store several times a week and you are usually asked “paper or plastic” or you may even be the devout green, environmentally conscious person that brings your own, but what is the greenest grocery bag solution? Well depending on who is talking they all are green, but let’s look a little deeper and just see who is the greenest of them all.

http://factoidz.com/which-grocery-bag-is-really-green/

Green Building Should Incorporate Energy Efficiency

Many people don’t totally understand the green building and the purpose it has. The phrase green building misses some of the key points that every home owner should be thinking of. When the word green is used most think of saving trees or natural resources. This is correct but the point many times missed in the saving natural resources.

http://factoidz.com/green-building-should-incorporate-energy-efficiency/

Going Green with Reclaimed Wood

One product that is great for green building and is not new by any means is Reclaimed Wood. Many reclaimed products are showing up in some very prominent new green projects. Reclaimed wood is a form of recycling but with amazing beauty.

http://factoidz.com/going-green-with-reclaimed-wood/

Prefab Homes: the Next Green Building Idea

A movement is taking place in an old methodology. Prefab or modular homes seem to be taking a very popular spot light in the green arena. This is not the old modular homes that most people think of, where the home is a square box split in half and resemble a double wide trailer home. These new breed of modular homes are quite stylish and green friendly.

http://factoidz.com/prefab-homes-the-next-green-building-idea/

What is the difference between “sustainable” and “green?”

“What is the difference in Sustainable and Green?” Too many get caught up in trying to decipher the difference. The main thing to remember is that we should all try and be less wasteful and more conscious of how the products we use affect our environment.

http://factoidz.com/the-difference-in-sustainable-and-green/

Green choices for your hardwood flooring: understanding cork, bamboo, and reclaimed wood

Thinking of building a new home or remodeling? Wanting to find flooring products for your project? The choices are endless and flooring happens to be a product many people decide to go green with. Cork and Bamboo flooring is a great option in the renewable group.

http://factoidz.com/green-choices-for-your-hardwood-flooring-understanding-cork-bamboo-and-reclaimed-wood/

Saving water: You don’t have to “go green” to take part in saving water

The whole green focus was established to help conserve our natural resources, by reducing the use or waste of any natural resource. One natural resource that the whole world needs to help reducing, even if going green is not a consideration, is our water supply.

http://factoidz.com/we-dont-have-to-be-green-to-save-water/

Green Washing: what it is and how to watch for it

Green Building is much more than just following a checklist. Green Building or sustainable building is composed of certain elements like design, energy savings, water savings, health and managing resources used in the home.

http://factoidz.com/what-is-green-washing-and-how-to-watch-for-it/

I hope you enjoyed these articles. I write for this blog called Green Building Ideas. I get my material from working in the home construction industry and my learning on how to incorporate Green into our every day lives. I am a Certified Green Professional (NAHB Green Building Program) and help builders with building green.

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The last few weeks I have been involved with some training and presentation on ways to reduce waste when a conventional or stick frame home is being framed. Reducing waste is one key to all green build certifications, whether LEED® or NAHB Green Building Program®. One of the obstacles I observed from these few weeks of working with Builders and Framers is getting people to change how they do things. People are generally uncomfortable with change and the old ways are known and comfortable.

The top point brought out in our meetings was centered on the design. Proper layout and design of material is where the reduction of waste and efficiency of use of material has to begin. Reducing a stud here and there, precut headers, joists, beams and roof rafters from the supplier, optimizing on center spacing with floor joists and proper lengths of material to yield the least amount of waste are the key components needed to accomplish efficient framing. Many framers have a standard starting package delivered when they begin framing a job. A couple units of studs, small amount of pressure treated plate, a unit of 16’ plate, so many feet of header material and a unit of sheathing. Layout begins and cutting to fit is the standard process.

But if the design and layout is optimized and portions are precut to size prior to hitting the job, the reduction in waste begins. The supplier optimizes the proper lengths of material in house, precuts with minimal waste with the proper use of technology and provides a layout for the framer to follow. Sounds like a great idea, but how do I get a supplier to do this. This process is not available in to many areas, but I did get to see, during our meetings, one company that is driving this concept.

I-Level® (formerly Weyerhaeuser) and Stock Building Supply® have teamed up to create is process across the country. I understand that I-Level® has other suppliers also doing this, but I want to talk about I-Level® and Stock Building Supply® today. These two companies did presentations in several of the meeting I participated in this week. I was able to get some of there information to provide to you.

I-Level® has created a framing design software program called Javelin®. This software is a whole house solution for framing applications. It optimizes and designs the best use of material in walls, floors and roof systems. It does layouts, design loads and proper code calculations with the I-level® products. This designing can then go to a computerized saw which precuts many products going into the home. The only product not being cut to size is the plate material and the sheathing. Studs for rake walls, floor joists, headers, beams and roof rafters are all being cut to exact dimensions, with angle cuts included.

Stock Building Supply® has purchased and implanted this process in three facilities across the country. My understanding is more will be added as the housing market begins to recover. I was very impressed with this process and the feed back from the meeting was also very positive. Again the only reluctance was in the change in thinking and getting away from how this process has always been done. I could not find any information on the SBS website about this, so I contacted them and was told it would be added in the future.

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