"Home design"

Home design / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Concept and design

How to stay on budget when building a home

...home. Find more building advice in the Ecohome Green Building Guide and these pages here : Find green building design professional in the Ecohome Directory Top tips for building green homes on a budget Maintaining healthy indoor air quality Resilient design features for new home construction Sign up here to...

Crawl spaces

Should I build on a slab on grade foundation or a crawl space?

...home The draw backs of building on a slab on grade: Building your home on a slab on grade means you will have no basement storage, a mechanical room on the main floor, and no ability to move plumbing fixtures for future renovations. So how to deal with that? No basement storage: build a shed, or build your slab slig...

Flexible house design

...home Green Building Guide and these related pages : Tips for seniors on downsizing homes The top ten things home buyers are looking for Evaluating a home before purchase - how to identify major problems and price out repair costs Should you buy a home to renovate, a move-in-ready renovated home or a new home...

Lifestyle and environment

Green buildings are better situated to handle climate extremes

...home design. Find more pages about sustainable construction below and in the Ecohome Green Building Guide pages. Resilient home design features - how to build a durable home All about air and vapor barriers in high-performance homes Rigid foam insulation panels : which to use, and where - polyiso v EPS v styrofoa...