Green Living and other home improvements
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Metal roofs making a comeback; old asphalt roofs made with toxic lead
The students of the University of Michigan College of Engineering BLUElab Living Building Challenge team discovered something disturbing about our rooftops: they are filled with toxic chemicals and metals that is polluting… More >>
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House with a robot family achieves net zero energy (With Video)
NIST house, photo by NIST For the past year an experimental house run by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been using a virtual family to prove the ability to create production built net… More >>
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3 awesome ways to rethink driveways
Let's face it: driveways are awful. We pave a large percentage of our property with asphalt or concrete. It costs a lot to build and maintain, creates a repressively uncomfortable heat island in the summer, and causes… More >>
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Non-toxic and natural tips for getting rid of ants
1919 illustration of Aesop's Fables by Milo Winter It's that time of year again. If there's ants parading through your home, it must be spring. In even the tightest homes ants will find a way to get food, water, or… More >>
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The love is free at the Little Free Library
Photo credit to Little Free Library "Sharing economy" is the new buzzword since the collapse of "too big to fail" banks and the great recession. Websites are available to help people share their homes (AirBnb), their… More >>
