Indianapolis Green Builders

Indianapolis Monthly this month has a great article on going green, something we here feel fairly strong about.  They point to a few builders here in Indianapolis that are doing building that is better for the environment.  They pointed to two in particular that caught our eye.  The first was The Re-Development Group that is beginning a condo project on the east side of downtown that is using green materials and methods.  Another of the ones mentioned was CasaVerde which is building green residences in the King Park area.  This is really great to see projects like this going in Indianapolis considering our reputation as the backwater area of the country.

From us here a couple tips that we have picked up on being a little greener:

• If you are going to install hardwood in your new home or your old home you are going to sell than use bamboo.  It looks great, is great for the environment, and it is not expensive (in fact it is really inexpensive).  You can pick up bamboo flooring at The Home Depot right now from US Floors for about $2.50 a square foot (which is an in-stock item right now, the same item special order is about 5 bucks a square foot.)
• Find a recycling center for nearly everything.  This site here has a little search engine with maps on how to find a recycling center near to you.  You can also find places to recycle old electronics.  Also don't forget that nearly every place that now that sells CFL's has a recycling box for those.

Any other green building projects anyone has let us know.