Green House Home Improvements Blog

Greenly labeled Southern California homes are averaging an increase in value of $34,800 says researchers from UC Berkeley and UCLA.

Now that is money you can take to the bank.

Read more below to find out what kind of improvements make the biggest impact. 

Eco-friendly Remodeling In Los Angeles

Many construction companies right now are jumping on the GREEN wagon, all of them have different interpretation of GREEN or eco-friendly remodeling. But what does green building and eco-friendly remodeling really mean?

Eco-Friendly Green Remodeling Basics In Los Angeles

As a green construction specialist, I often give advice and guidance over the phone. Los Angeles is a large territory to cover and many people call with wide range of questions on how apply green home remodeling techniques to their future projects. Below are some questions I sometimes ask clients to consider when considering their next project, appliance, upgrade, remodel or repair. Because sometimes it is more cost effective and environmentally better to replace and upgrade home appliances or home features like old energy draining refrigerators. While other times a few simple yet effective upgrades will save you water, electricity and headache in the long term.

Continue reading after the jump to find out more.

I was at a client's home in Los Angeles, California today providing a comprehensive green home remodeling analysis. Our client's main concern was indoor air contamination that was causing constant allergies. Below are problems and solutions that make indoor air quality toxic or poor, leading and contributing to allergic reactions.

We sweep our floors, spray our bathroom or even scrub the whole house with a full arsenal of home cleaning products. But what about the part of the house that we don’t see yet breathe into our lung thousand times a day. 

Keep reading after the link for 11 top causes of indoor pollution and some solutions: