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Further Reading on Green Home Buying
Home Buying:
- Since it's not as easy as you'd think, HowStuffWorks has the scoop on how home buying works.
- Green Moves, a UK-based site featuring green homes for sale, presents a basic FAQ of sustainable housing.
- Check out TRI, the EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory. Click on the ‘Where You Live’ tab to search for local polluters, hazardous chemical emissions and waste stations your specific county or ZIP code.
- The World Wildlife Fund looks at moves by the UK’s biggest mortgage lender to reward buyers of green homes.
Building Green and Green Renovation:
- Good Green Homes by Jennifer Roberts may be a good book to get started on working out what you want.
- Building Green brings you all the latest news on, you guessed it, building green.
- Buying a ‘fixer upper’? The Green Guide offers advice on realistic green renovation.
Home Energy Efficiency and Use:
- The Rocky Mountain Institute presents a guide for home owners on energy saving tips, ranked by cost of implementation versus carbon saved.
- What exactly is an Energy Star rated home, and how do you get one?
- Green Homes Concierge explains exactly what happens in a home inspection by one of their energy experts.
- Energy Star’s Home Advisor can give you ZIP-code customized advice on energy and money saving projects for homes in your region.
- Energy Savers, brought to you by the US Government, brings you comprehensive home tips on saving energy at home.
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