http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/22/AR2008022201319.htmlIt's easier than you think to make your house more environmentally friendly.
Simple changes can save resources and energy and perhaps help slow global warming. A growing demand for energy efficiency led design trends measured by the American Institute of Architects' home-design survey for the second quarter of 2007.
The group's chief economist, Kermit Baker, said that a panel of 500 architecture firms found high demand for insulation panels, tankless water heaters, geothermal heating and cooling, and green flooring products such as bamboo and cork.
Warren, Vt., architect John Connell, a member of the institute's housing committee, said the No. 1 question he gets from confused homeowners is where to start.
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