Articles About Environmentalists

Although construction in the United States has been slow since the financial meltdown of 2008, there is one niche segment that is thriving – green construction.  According to McGraw-Hill Construction, green buildings now comprise one-third of all new construction, an increase of two percent over 2005, a surprise in an industry that is historically slow […]

Families looking to refinance their mortgages don’t face quite the uphill battle that Jon and Laura Hagar have in their search for the right lender.  That’s because the Hagars’ house in rural Hot Sulphur Springs, CO, is made of 17,000 old tires.  The Hagars’ 2,700 SF house is built of stacked tire bales – five-foot-wide […]