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Building "Green" For A Better Tomorrow

California Native plant landscape have an initial expense more than a traditional garden. They require less maintenance and save 80% in costs over a traditional garden.
Medium-density fiberboard (MDF) is usually manufactured from sawmill waste and a urea-formaldehyde (UF) binder. Formaldehyde, a known human carcinogen should be avoided in interior products.
A vegetated roof helps control rain run-off and decreases the building contribution to the city’s heat island effect, which is the increase in urban temperatures due to the absorption of heat in non-reflective materials and surfaces of most buildings.
Roofing products should be energy efficient, light colored and reflective to help reduce both energy costs and the “Urban Heat Island” effect.
ENERGY STAR qualified roof products can help reduce the amount of air-conditioning needed in buildings, and can reduce peak cooling demand by 10-15%.
Sealing and insulating our homes is key to energy efficiency and thermal comfort.
Cellulose insulation has several environmental advantages including containing approximately 75-80% post-consumer recycled newspaper and nontoxic borate and/or ammonium sulfate fire retardants.