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Our president, Joe Cracco, a Certified Green Professional (CGP) responds:
Good question. Unfortunately, even the experts disagree about what green is. In fact, there are multiple green standards defined by several government agencies and certification groups, with even more green guides in the works! I believe that most remodelers and builders are overwhelmed by the multitude of information and that they think figuring out how to be green will be too overwhelming, so why even bother trying.
I feel differently. I believe that it’s all about trying. Trying to improve…not be perfect, or be the greenest… but to be green-er. I believe that green is a philosophy and an attitude. It’s true that some projects can arguably be called greener than other projects, but I think that it’s more important that we start somewhere rather than not starting at all.
In 1989, I somehow managed to get my (then) employer, a 1200-person construction company, recycling its office paper. Back then, they’d actually pay us for the paper! And yet, I think it’s green enough when someone simply starts to recycle their household paper if it’s something they didn’t do previously. Or maybe someone shuts off the water while shaving, …or selects a dual-flush toilet when the bathroom is remodeled. Wherever we start, it’s for sure that we all need to start somewhere.
Once I understood what green meant to me, taking action to make Modern Yankee Builders a better and greener company became easy. |
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