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Right now the general building industry is seeing a lot of red, not green. With the housing markets in free fall, homeowners finding out that their mortgage debt exceeds the value of their house and with the foreclosure crisis continuing to grow it doesn’t look good. But even with all this bad news there is one bright spot in the building world, green homes. A recent survey by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), new home buyers would spend almost an additional $9,000 on a home with effective energy efficient features. Another consumer study that indicated that 85% of recent home buyers would choose one home over another because of energy efficiency features. The study also reported that buyers are willing to pay an average of $19,000 more for a green home.

Recently the NAHB marked the 10th anniversary of its National Green Building Conference before a record crowd of more than 1,200 attendees. At the meeting some of the pioneering green builders reflected on how they have gone from being “the people no one wanted to sit next to” to being “the most popular guys in the room.”

Given these signs it looks like more builders will be focusing on building “greener” new homes which should help everyone.

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 Based on a recent survey released by the American Institute of Architects “green” cost effective homes and upgrades are getting more popular and high end items are less popular.

They surveyed over 500 architectural firms about consumer demand for kitchen and bath features. The results showed that there was less interest in luxury items (like upper-end kitchen appliances). Demand for high-end appliances fell over 25% from 2006 to 2007, according to the survey.

As high end features demand drops, the interest in green features is on the way up. Consumers are looking for eco-friendly and energy-efficient products. Key among these are products like low-VOC paints and flooring materials, floors and countertops made out of recycled and/or natural products (stone and concrete), and renewable flooring materials like cork and bamboo. The demand for renewable kitchen flooring materials increased by over 15% from 2006 to 2007 along with an increase in the interest in water-saving fixtures.

It looks like one of the unintended benefits of the slowing of the economy may be a focus on more energy-efficient and cost effective products which will benefit everyone.

To see info on a number of these type products check out GreenProductsNews.

You already own your house and it was built back before people were really aware of “green” building practices (you and about 110 million close friends). With American’s spending over $200 billion dollars on home remodeling there are a lot of people out there making changes to their homes. If you are going to update your home, why not go green. Well, you ask, what are some of the best changes you can make to improve your home’s energy efficiency?

Here is my top 10 list: (from little/easy to big/tougher)

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