I live in Richmond, Virginia and I’m starting a green building project. Does anyone know of organizations willing to donate, sponsor or fund projects of this type?
The building is already there, but it’s old and we’re trying to make green renovations.

1. building regulations, 2.introducing rules , establishing of planning committee or council for approval of building 3.learning cycles of how to implement green building systems 4. how the system can suite each sort of environment since each country has its unique feature of landscape

Currently, most green building materials are pretty expensive, at least in the US.
Say that it’d cost around $300,000-$400,000 to build a 3,000 square foot completely green house now.
How much would it cost 10 years from now?
What green materials do you think will be mass produced?

Looking into Moladi, adobe, strawbale and various other options. I want to build green and completely off-grid (cheaper land) but I am having troubles getting a good method that can be hand done by my family on the CHEAP. Moladi seems the best, but the forms are supposedly kinda expensive. Any links, advice or help would be greatly appreciated.
Some have gotten the wrong impression in that I am a complete noob and uninformed. I researched adobe only before and was set on that until other options came my way. Already drew up plans for the adobe, but they are easily modified. Also, I am planning on an area where there are almost no building codes – so let the ideas fly!

Are you remodeling your home? Our friends Steve and JD did a great looking renovation. What made it something special was the fact that it was done using green home products and environmentally friendly processes. Reusing what they could, recycling what they didn’t need, FSC Certified wood, reclaimed flooring, soy based wall insulation, solar water heating and electricity, recycled rubber roofing, and the list goes on and on. We documented the progress over a year, and put together a 17 minute video from start to end of the construction. Hope you enjoy “Building Green” Part 2

Some countries where sun light are available most time of the year, solar energy can be used; however, some places like vancouver where it rains for more than 200 days a year, is really limited by the use of solar. Please tell me what are the general trends for building green around the world.

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I am a final year student of architecture and doing an extension project of a factory building.I want to conceive its extension part as well as the existing structure as an environment friendly green building.please suggest some guidelines or the websites from where i can get the required data particularly for factory buildings.please note i have already gone through the LEED and Indian green building council’s website but couldn’t find any satisfactory data.

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My wife and I are interested in building a home and we want to build green but we don’t really know where to start. We want to have our home powered by solar power and we want to look into energy efficient building materials and such. Anyone know where we go to start?