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Building green in Sacramento
Company offers Sacramentans environmentally friendly products and solutions to paint the town green
By Jennifer Davidson
Welcome to Green Sacramento, the only building store in the Central Valley exclusively dedicated to bringing you green products and solutions for your home. For the environmentally conscious homeowner, the store feels like a museum, showcasing some of its most exciting materials. Whether it’s the beautifully crafted cork flooring; the sea of vibrant colors and patterns of Marmoleum, a natural linoleum, or the vivid palette of paint or the ice-concrete countertops with recycled glass that look like an artist’s masterpiece, Green Sacramento owner Josh Daniels provides endless design, decorating and building products to beautify your home and complement your values.
What follows is a conversation with Daniels to introduce readers to building green at home.
What are the elements of homebuilding or remodeling consumers can adapt with green materials?
Consumers can incorporate elements of green building into nearly every home project, whether it's using materials such as concrete made with a high percentage of recycled byproducts, cotton batting or cellulose-blown insulation, or integrating green design and engineering elements that reduce energy waste and increase efficiency.
Green Sacramento focuses on the tangible green elements--the finishing products for the interior of homes and buildings. These include paints that are healthier for inhabitants and the environment, floors that come from sustainable-forestry practices and rapid-renewable resources, such as cork and bamboo. We also carry several lines of beautiful countertops made from a variety of materials, including paper, concrete, recycled glass and petroleum-free resins. And it took two years, but finally I found cabinetry that represents my commitment to sustainability and health. They're made from Forest Stewardship Council certified, formaldehyde-free plywood with low Volatile Organic Compound finishes.
