BuildinG Green
Sustainable
desiGn from
a Builder's
Perspective
By Nicole goldman, founder, green design center
a
Few YearS aGo when we opened
Green Design Center on Cape Cod
(now in four locations including
Metro Boston – South Shore), there was a
fair amount of pushback from builders
who arguably had a right to let us know
that they knew how to build. All true.
What we have all learned, however, since
that time is that there are new, improved
methods of construction that don't need
to encumber the building process, and
that certainly add value to the customer
ex per ience and fina l product . Many
innovations, simplifications, materials
and approaches have emerged under the
umbrella of green building that advance
our ability to build tighter, more energyefficient homes while not overly
complicating the tried and tr ue
methods.
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