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It’s not easy being Green or Is it??

KERMIT THE FROG: “It’s not easy being Green”.
Or is it? There is a lot in the news lately about whether this whole Green Movement is based on a hoax or not.  My take on that as far as Green Building goes is, “What does it matter?”  Sustainable development makes sense all the time, not just [...]

Tile Roofs

By Mike Tonsbeek
There basically two types of roof tiles, clay and concrete.  The oldest types of roof tiles are made of clay.  Clay tiles have been around for many centuries dating back to the Neolithic period in China and later made popular by the Romans.  Concrete tiles were first created in the middle of [...]

Hey Dallas…After Last Week Who Wants A Generator?

So there we were last week…cold, snow, wind and then darkness! There were 1000’s of us that lost power last week and let’s face it there is NOTHING enjoyable about being without power!   We were all out looking for a near by hotel where we could keep warm for the night or bunking up with [...]

Texas Green Building Summit shows growing public interest

This last Tuesday, I was attending the  Texas Green Building Summit at the Fairmont Hotel in downtown Dallas. Last years’ event was host to about 700 attendees from all over the DFW Metroplex – Architects, Engineers, Building Officials and people otherwise connected to the green building industry. According to officials, this years’ event had over [...]

Boom or Bust: Green Building Faces a Bonding Crisis

Green building is booming. Energy Star homes and LEED-certified building projects are gaining a greater foothold in communities across the country.
But the movement might stall before it truly gets off the ground unless developers, elected officials and the surety industry can find some common ground.
The problem lies with performance bonds. These are essential risk-mitigation tools [...]

Practical Green Stuff!!

 
VIDEO: Practical Affordable Green Building & Renovation
 

Check out this video of a Brooklyn, NY based green contractor (ECO-BROOKLYN). They have a very practical approach to renovating brownstones in the Brooklyn area.
Their goal is to provide inexpensive practical green solutions to the middle class, which obviously would have the biggest footprint of usage throughout our [...]

Net Metering Pays Green

As a new member of the Dallas Green Building Alliance, I was picked to start off our weekly blogs for the month of February. Sunday morning rolled around and my blog was due Tuesday, so I was starting to sweat it! Well as I was sitting at my breakfast table, drinking a cup of coffee [...]