Good To Be Green's Guide to Green Home Building

The Guide to Green Home Building suggests a variety of green building material options for your home. Over the next several months we will also be adding guides for office buildings, schools and healthcare facilities.

When determining which building materials to use on your green home project, it is important to understand your project goals, how to reach your goals using different methods of sustainability and the integration factors that contribute to the overall sustainability of any built structure. This Guide identifies the leading types of green building materials on the market today, highlights the reasons why they are environmentally preferable and points out any negative environmental impacts associated with them. We also encourage you to use a building design checklist, which will help you keep on track—from establishing energy design goals to performing post-occupancy commissioning. With these tools you can fully evaluate your green building options and ensure that your final selection is a wise one that it matches your green goals.

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As the green building market expands so do options for green building materials. As green technologies expand, so will this Guide. It changes as we discover and evaluate new technologies and materials for building green. If you recognize a useful green building material that is not included please let us know.