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What is a Path to a Green Home?To answer this question, I'll need to provide some background. In 2005, my wife and I bought a 117 year old house (built in 1888) in New England – on the North Shore of Boston to be more specific. We immediately fell in love with the house's character – character that just doesn't exist in new homes. We were fully aware that the house would need some maintenance and work, but being pretty handy with a hammer, that part didn't scare us.Fast forward to 2018. Over the past 13 years, we've done a number of small projects in and around the house. Many of them were for maintenance reasons but some were to ‘improve' some aspect of the house or our comfort in the house. We're now to a point where we're ready to make some major renovations and we've created a master plan with a prioritized list of ‘projects'. Over these past 13 years, we've also become more conscious of our environment – our earth – and we want to do our part to help sustain the resources that we have. In the ideal world, we'd like to turn our house into a house that sustains itself – or at least requires a minimal amount of energy (resources) to provide maximum comfort.We are embarking on the Path to a Green Home!As we've started to research various aspects of remodeling an old home to make it greener, we've realized that there are a ton of resources out there, but they are hard to find and disconnected. Unfortunately, we've yet to find the ‘one stop shop' for all of our green home questions and resources.My Mission is to share the information and research that I've come across in my quest to find answers, resources and support in turning our house into a greener home. Hopefully others will add their insight in the form of comments as well. Together we can find the Path to a Green Home.
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