How are we Green?  
  Modern Yankee Builders has made a commitment to the environment and to the health and well-being of our clients and employees. Because of this, we make a tremendous effort to develop a plan for completing our projects in the most ecologically and environmentally responsible manner we can without adding to the cost of the project.

In some cases, simply choosing one product or vendor over another helps achieve that goal. In other cases, our goal is advanced through a change in our construction methods. Most often, it’s a combination of the two. Of course, it all starts with caring and taking the time to do the research necessary to understand which products and techniques will help. To that end, we take many low- or no-cost steps…as appropriate for each project…to complete our projects in an environmentally sound manner (see Low to No-Cost Green sidebar).

Unfortunately, not all environmentally friendly or quality-of-life options can be incorporated into your project without affecting the initial cost. To be sure, most of them have long-term benefits beyond those of helping the environment; many reduce your energy bills beginning immediately and may have paybacks which are as little as 3 or 4 years. Even so, we believe that it should be up to you to decide which, if any, of these options are appropriate. In such cases, we describe the pros and cons of each system to help you make an educated choice about what is right for you. Each of the options we present happens to be a greener alternative to what would be considered standard construction…each for its own reason. These reasons include: better indoor air quality, use of renewable or reusable resources, energy savings and/or extended life expectancy of the product…a factor in calculating embodied energy (see Other Green Solutions sidebar).

We hope you appreciate what we do for your personal living environment as well as the betterment of the global environment in which we all live.