Look around and you’ll see that Vail Valley construction is going green.  Colorado builders are focusing on using renewable energy, saving water, reusing and recycling material, reducing pollutants, and creating beautiful, durable homes that will last a lifetime. While new home construction in the Vail Valley is making use of green building, sustainable home... [Read more...]

BOMA (The Buildings Owners and Managers Association),  USGBC, and 14 other organizations recently released a report to the Obama Administration advocating almost 36 measures that the administration  can take across 23 agency programs to further the economic and environmental effects of green building without introducing new legislation. According to an... [Read more...]

Precision Construction West came across some great news! Based on 2010 U.S. Census data, Colorado is the leading state for LEED buildings with 2.74 square feet per person. District of Colombia came in first overall with over 18 million square feet of LEED-certified space, and 31.50 square feet per person. This is great information because according to Rick... [Read more...]

Early last month, former President Bill Clinton joined President Barack Obama in announcing a new plan to make buildings and factories more efficient. Both the former and current president were pitching the plan as a jobs initiative which will employ many people that are needed in order to retrofit the buildings.  “It’s the nearest thing we’ve got to... [Read more...]

A good sustainable material for green building is wood, and more specifically engineered wood. Wood is a renewable building material therefore making it a great choice for the environment and for your home or commercial building for its long-term life cycle performance. We now live in a day and age where many are concerned with environmental impact and green... [Read more...]

When you have a timber home, you need an very attractive finish, which of course, requires a good stain. But if you are wanting to build a green timber home, you must use stains that are earth friendly. That is why you wan to choose a low or no-VOC product. These products are more often than not water-based, or when it comes to paints- latex. It used to be that... [Read more...]

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