Sustainable Building Products

"Before you are planning for a large house building project you might consider few points: (1) First consulting with an green home contractor, architect or designer. At list you can get some professional discounts on purchasing of sustainable home building products through them. (2) Prepare a list for products required, and survey where can you use Eco-friendly and.."  ...from this post

What are Sustainable Building Products?

Sustainable product: Bamboo trees

These are products that are easily replenished. They come from sustainable resources. One example is bamboo. Bamboo grows quickly and any plants that are cut down are quickly replenished.
Another example might be solar cells. They're not made of sustainable materials. However, they produce sustainable energy. They harness the sun's power and convert it into electricity in your home.
You should consider using sustainable home building products, while building a new home or repairing an existing one. Theses products have come down in price over the past few years. You may be awarded some tax credit for
using them. The prices of these products are low and environment friendly.

What should be the character of Sustainable Building Products?
These are some special characteristics that should be available within any products to be known as Sustainable.

• Comes from Renewable resources
• Should be able to save energy
• Recycled and Recyclable Content
• It should be a Non-toxic or low-emitting Materials
• Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified
• Zero Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions
• Water saving enabled
• Affordable

You can find these Products at your locality in any local stores easily. For example; if you're repairing your hose it is a good idea to use products like: Bamboo, Cement, Recyclable wood products, any Reclaimed appliances, Cork etc. These products can work well for you in terms of affordable and maintainable. Some time you can find second hand or minimal defect products in your community or from any kabadia store, which can be reused by doing a little modification. In that way you can contribute your efforts to make the world more earth friendly, and reduce your cost of living too.


Choose low CO2 emissions products when you are coloring or carpeting your home. You can use environmentally friendly adhesives and sustainable color mixture, commonly available in market. There are many carpet installation companies offer both non-toxic adhesives and carpets.


Before you are planning for a large house building project you might consider few points:

• First consulting with an nature-friendly home contractor, architect or designer. At list you can get some professional discounts on purchasing of sustainable home building products through them.
• Prepare a list for products required, and survey where can you use natural and sustainable products? Where can you avail them locally? How much will they cost for you? Is there any tax incentive offer by your local government for using sustainable building products? And finally how much will they save comparison to traditional products?

Building or reconstructing a home is a matter of satisfaction and comfort. This keeping in mind do your home in such a way, so that it helps the environment and looks great.