eco-friendly house

Green Modern Kits offers passive solar, affordable SIPs house kits. We are building a zero energy prefab house in Virginia, please see GreenModernKits.com for updates!

This house is being built Michael Rea in affiliation with Duncan Price on Britain’s most northerly island of Unst, which will bring obvious benefits to the environment. The carbon neutral home lowers the carbon footprint by producing its own energy and storing it to heat the home.

Marmoleum is one of the more popular eco-friendly flooring products out there.  Have you ever wanted to know more about it than what you find at your local retailer, such as how do you install it, or how difficult is it to install?  This is a great video from FOX 12 Oregon that details the installation in an Oregon home!!

The Home Builders Association of Northern California will cut energy use by 50 percent, compared with 1990 levels, and plans to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions associated with those homes by 30 percent by 2020.

The Mayor of London is giving away a free DIY Planet Repairs toolkit to all residents of Greater London. The free kit contains a few things to help you make small but important changes around the home.

I’ve been using soda crystals for a few years. I’ve use it to keep the drains clear and to get the most from my laundry detergent. I’ve also used to use it to clean the greasy gas hob, although I’ve now switched to an induction hob that is much easier to keep clean. It’s very useful, effective stuff, and doesn’t contain phosphates, enzymes or bleach, so it’s gentler on the environment than many of the detergents available these days.