| Building a green home is not just recycling of soda | | | | Thermally efficient shell materials and recycled |
| bottles. There are various elements involved and | | | | content insulation materials are used for energy |
| through careful planning, one can build a sustainable, | | | | efficient homes. Roof materials must be light colored |
| energy efficient new home for enjoying a green | | | | as they help in conserving energy. There should be |
| living. The planning, location, designing, and landscape | | | | arrangements for utilizing the solar energy in the |
| have an important role to play towards the | | | | home. Conservation of water is also important in a |
| construction of a green home. | | | | green home. By dual plumbing systems the clean |
| The site chosen for building the green home should | | | | waste water can be recycled for toilet flushing. By |
| confirm to the principles of energy conservation. | | | | installing low flush toilets and low flow shower heads |
| Destruction of existing plant life should be kept to | | | | plenty of water which is wasted can be saved. |
| minimum as it has an environmental impact. During | | | | The exterior of the house has to planned so that |
| construction, one should plan the efficiency of | | | | energy and water can be conserved. Rainwater can |
| materials involved. For example, if the wall lengths are | | | | be used through the exterior house channels for |
| same as standard sizes of building materials, one can | | | | natural landscape irrigation. Even though all the |
| save a lot of time and money as there will be very | | | | elements cannot be implemented in a single home, |
| less waste materials. There are various computer | | | | yet even if all the possible elements are taken care |
| modeling programs available which can help the | | | | of, during the construction, it will have a positive |
| designers pre-manage the housing materials. | | | | impact towards green living. |