In Conclusion:

As common domestic suppliers like Lowe’s and Home Depot catch on,

The up front expense of integrating Greener building products is lowering; driving down prices as more and more environmentally superior alternatives become available to the market.

More so, Green products have become price-competitive with conventional ones.

As a result,

modest levels of investment offer a quick pay-back to consumers on many levels.

Encouraging those who, as surveyed by Natural Home & Garden Magazine,

would be willing to apply functional, green renovation ideas in their existing homes if they were available...

These methods are abundantly available. Therefore, altering of your existing home should be a worthwhile consideration.

A last thought:

Some green building methods are more complicated than others, so the costs may not be the same.

But designing greener within improved conventional construction methods as much as possible, truly helps to keep the costs down.

(Listed below the sources cited information, is a link to rebates and incentives by state.)

COST Sources cited:

California Sustainable Building Task Force

Natural Home & Garden Magazine, An Adaptation from “Managing the Cost of Green Buildings,” by Geof Syphers, P.E.; Arnold M. Sowell, Jr.; Ann Ludwig; and Amanda Eichel, August 2003.

USGBC (United States Green Building Council),

2004 study by Davis Langdon Adamson “Costing Green: A Comprehensive Cost Database and Budgeting Methodology,”

Pathnet ( PATH)

WORLD BUSINESS COUNCIL On Sustainability

INCENTIVE EXAMPLES BY STATE:

ENERGY STAR

DSIRE (Ohio Incentives)

GREEN RESOURCE COUNCIL- NAR

RESEARCH

INTEGRATION

RESALE

CONCLUSION

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