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How green is your home?
Buildings, both in design and choice of materials, have significant impacts on environment. Much of the concern boils down to the use of energy. How much is used in in transporting building material ? Once the house is built, how much energy does it consume to keep its inhabitants comfortable? Consumption of energy has a direct influence on environmental quality, because of pollution through greenhouse gases and other emissions. Then there is the loss of natural beauty, ecosystems and basic resources associated with the extraction of fossil fuels and building materials.
www.greenbuildings.com has links to sites that provide information on houses that require very little energy to keep them comfortable. The links under the head,
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