Green houses set example in US

When Larry and Lauri Kraft decided to add a great room and three-season porch to their 1959 split-level home in St Louis Park, Minnesota they chose "green" remodelling to protect their children's health. "We started out first wanting to do a healthy remodel and not bring in a lot of nasty chemicals for our children to breathe," Lauri Kraft said. They learned what green remodelling would mean when their contractor entered their house in a Minnesota GreenStar pilot programme for developing a "checklist...