by Georgi Todorov | Oct 4, 2026 | Design, Living Green
For most US homes, the most eco-friendly roofing is a light-colored standing seam metal roof: it contains at least 25% recycled metal, lasts 50 to 70 years, and is 100% recyclable at the end of its life. Asphalt shingles, the default choice, last 15 to 30 years, and...
by Georgi Todorov | Oct 4, 2026 | Design, Living Green
The most eco friendly driveway is one that lets rain soak into the ground and uses little new cement or asphalt: gravel, recycled aggregate, grass grid pavers or permeable pavers. Installed prices run from about $2 to $6 per square foot for gravel up to $15 to $25 for...
by Georgi Todorov | Oct 4, 2026 | Living Green
A sustainable business is a company that earns a profit while keeping its environmental and social impact within limits that can continue indefinitely. The standard definition comes from the 1987 Brundtland report: meeting “the needs of the present without...
by Georgi Todorov | Oct 4, 2026 | Design, Living Green
The safest eco friendly paint stripper for most home jobs is a benzyl alcohol or water-based paste with no methylene chloride and no NMP, left on for 1 to 24 hours and scraped off wet. It is slower than the old solvent strippers, and “eco” on the label...
by Georgi Todorov | Oct 4, 2026 | Design, Living Green
A professional home energy audit costs $437 on average in the US, with most homeowners paying between $212 and $698 (2026, Angi and HomeAdvisor). A basic walk-through can be as low as $100, a full diagnostic audit of a large home can reach $2,400, and many utilities...
