Greenwashing is alive and well in the housing industry
The practicing of jumping on the "green" bandwagon to sell a home that isn't really green is called greenwashing, and it's happening throughout the housing industry.
Truthfully, the greenest home you can buy is one that's already built because no new materials are needed to build you a new home. Buying a used home also avoids the massive off-gassing of chemicals that usually happens in the first year after a new home is built. Many materials, in other words, are extremely toxic in the first year, but their toxicity goes down thereafter.
Greenwashing is alive and well in the housing industry
ReplyDeleteThe practicing of jumping on the "green" bandwagon to sell a home that isn't really green is called greenwashing, and it's happening throughout the housing industry.
Truthfully, the greenest home you can buy is one that's already built because no new materials are needed to build you a new home. Buying a used home also avoids the massive off-gassing of chemicals that usually happens in the first year after a new home is built. Many materials, in other words, are extremely toxic in the first year, but their toxicity goes down thereafter.
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