Elements of a Green Bathroom
January 13th, 2010
St. James Plantation, NC builder Mark Johnson Custom Homes would like to share nine essential elements for a Green bathroom from the U.S. Green Building Council’s Green Home Guide. Lili Wright outlined the eight components below to ensure you have a safe, clean, healthy bathroom in your home and to read each in more detail, click here!
As an alternative to vinyl flooring consider linoleum, made from wood flour, resins, and linseed oil.- For vanities and cabinets, avoid materials like particleboard that contain formaldehyde.
- Countertops offer another opportunity to be creative.
- Consider recycled glass, ceramic, or porcelain tiles for the walls.
- Safer, green alternatives to conventional caulking are now available.
- Older toilets use as much as 5 gallons per flush (GPF), compared to new models’ 1.6 GPF.
- Consider what will flow out with the water as it leaves the bathroom.
- Effective ventilation makes for a more enjoyable and healthier bathroom.
- Designing for longevity is central to the issue of sustainability.
