Green features like a deck made of recycled materials or bathroom floors made of natural stone are nice, he said, but 20 years from now energy consumption will have the most environmental impact. “From a carbon footprint perspective, it’s most important to minimize the costs required to heat and cool a house,” he said.
Still, Goldman says all winter her family only used the first floor’s radiant heating system to warm the entire house. They never turned on the geo-thermal blowers. “We were very comfortable,” she said.
For all her efforts, Goldman doesn’t expect everyone to go as green as she has. “Since everything in my home was going to be new and fresh, I figured I had an opportunity,” she said. “Everybody has to do what they feel comfortable doing. It is a process.”
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