I’m not Green! Today I talked to a client about using remodel funds to enhance the home by installing more insulation and sealing cracks and ultimately make it more efficient and comfortable, you know let’s talk Greener and sustainable. They are getting tile from Turkey instead. That’s a tile that is quarried by people who [...]

Written by Carl Seville, GBA Advisor I left off last time with a caution about understanding the differences in green building and potential side effects of changes that are not clearly communicated to the entire team. Another challenge in greening your work is learning new methods and techniques, training your team to properly implement them, [...]

April 22, 2010 Earth Day and the EPA Lead Rule gets legs. By The Paul Lets forget statistics for now, any college student can tell you statistics are for lying, for not being truthful. Statistics are an exercise in spin. 50% of all glasses are half empty and 50% are half full. 90% of the [...]

Here’s a few links with the EPA Lead Rules explained by different groups. No one I know has done a plastic wrap containment or asked homeowners to take a blood test so I’m assuming we all still guessing as to how the costs and acceptance by homeowners will play out. Some links for understanding the [...]

Beautiful and bright colors It would seem a cruel truth that as Merry Go Rounds were turning and happy children were riding those brightly painted ponies and unicorns the rich colors of the ride itself were coats of lead paint. We already knew lead was poisonous, did we know that the ride itself was covered [...]

There is a season Turn,Turn, Turn, Turn A time to build up, a time to break down A time to dance, a time to mourn A time to cast away stones, a time to gather stones together/ Written by Pete Seeger and adapted from the bible/ Book of Ecclesiastes. Is it time for our organizations [...]