Building a Sustainable Home

By Melissa Rappaport Schifman

For anyone who is thinking about building or renovating a home, this is an indispensable guidebook book that will help prioritize decisions and cut through the clutter of the overwhelming number of “green” choices. Here, Rappaport Schifman shares her story of LEED Gold certifying her own home, includes bottom-line costs and benefits, and incorporates her perspective on what “sustainability” really means for our collective health, wealth and soul.

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A quick, accessible guide to creating a green home. A must read for every homeowner (and every parent) concerned about creating, and maintaining, a clean, healthy, low-carbon home that is good for our health, wealth and soul!

– Doug Gatlin, CEO of Green Seal, Inc.