Most remodelers identify their companies as 'moderately green.' Find out more about what that means. More
The U.S. Forest Service says 3.8 billion board feet of good timber–felled from... More
According to the National Association of Home Builders Research Center, residential demolition and remodeling account for over 50 million tons of debris going to landfills every year. More
Demolishing an existing house for a renovation or infill project may be quick and easy, but a lot of those building materials unnecessarily end up in land fills. More
For the hundreds of attendees at the Remodeling Leadership Conference, a successful event is all about networking and asking questions - and when it comes to green, boy, are there a lot of questions! With the conference theme of The Color of Money: Green and the Future of Remodeling, a three-member panel of construction and architecture pros well-versed in sustainability provided a useful forum for inquiring minds to find out just how the panelists' companies turned green theories into realities for their clients. More
A clever adaptive-reuse project saves a 19th-century state hospital from demolition and proves profitable. More
At 8 a.m. on demo day, the framing I'm about to tear out and junk is a perfectly... More
A fence repair specialist explains the basics of a profitable remodeler's niche. More
Q: When rebuilding a chimney above the roofline, is it okay to reuse the existing bricks? I have heard that mortar does not stick as well to reused bricks as it does to new bricks. Is this true? More
