Welcome to Sustainable Design

Recently, there has been much conversation about the values and types of Insulation. At Sustainable Design, we are not locked in with any one type of insulation, however, there are certain more desirable types we would recommend over another.
This brings up the issue of exactly what a sustainable residence is all about, which we will cover later at more depth. For the time being let us just focus on insulation and building performance.

Sustainable Design's Outdoor Solar Lighting
It used to be that when you wanted to install outdoor path or accent lighting, you had a substantial job on your hands. First you’d have to dig a trench to run electrical wire from the house to the light fixtures. You’d then have to lay wire and connect the lights. When that was done, you’d have to drill a hole in the wall and run the electrical wire to the main service panel (breaker box) or connect to a nearby circuit.

According to McGraw Hill, more than one third of architects, engineers and contractors in the U.S. say they have “green” jobs. That’s 661,000 jobs, a number that is expected to climb to more than 900,000 jobs in the next three years.

That’s in line with the $71 billion American green building market, which represented 25% of all new U.S. construction activity in 2010. The value of that activity is on track to reach $145 billion in 2015.

Say what? I thought that green jobs weren’t real?