Green Retrofitting

In the brainstorming and design phase of a typical home renovation, it is often the case that regrettably little attention is paid to addressing the home's failings as a healthy, green, high-performance building.

In addition to improving a home's aesthetic appeal and functionality, remodeling provides a perfect opportunity to "green" your home: to make it more comfortable and less costly to operate by increasing the efficiency of its energy use and by properly insulating and air-sealing the building envelope; to provide a safer environment by improving indoor air-quality through the use of nontoxic, low VOC finishing practices.

Once the walls are open and the skeleton exposed, the sky is the limit in terms of rendering your home truly eco-friendly.

This is an especially auspicious time to improve your existing home’s energy efficiency, given the incredible new tax credits provided by the economic stimulus plan. Please click on the following link to learn more: tax credits for energy efficiency in existing homes.