Homeowners

Download a copy of the Build Smart Guide For Homeowners for more information about energy-saving, low-impact building and remodeling.

Other resources:

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Living Green: Remodeling and Building http://www.livinggreen.org/topic-building.cfm

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Green Building Guide and Resource Directory
http://proteus.pca.state.mn.us/oea/greenbuilding/cost.cfm

Environmental Protection Agency: Energy Star Home Building Resources http://www.energystar.gov/

U.S. Green Building Council Green Home Building Guide http://www.greenhomeguide.org/

Lakes Area Clean Waters Council
http://www.dropstopabsorb.org/

Download our Conservation Design For Commercial Properties brochure for an overview of low-impact design. Read A Business Person’s Perspective on Environmentalism, Janelle Riley’s first-person account of her experience building the Fairview Office Park, including a cost-analysis of the project.

Available Funding Resources:

EPA Green Building on Brownfields Pilot Project:
www.epa.gov/brownfields/html-doc/greenbld.htm
Playbook for Green Building and Neighborhoods
www.greenplaybook.org
Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficincy (DSIRE)
www.dsireusa.org
Energy Policy Act of 2005
www.energy.gov/taxbreaks.htm

Other Resources:

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Green Building Guide and Resource Directory
http://proteus.pca.state.mn.us/oea/greenbuilding/cost.cfm

University of Minnesota Center For Sustainable Building Research http://www.csbr.umn.edu/

The U.S. Green Building Council
http://www.usgbc.org/

Looking for recycled materials or a contractor familiar with conservation design? Find local sources for your project with our Build Smart Directory.

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