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Green design and building materials are continually developing, and homebuyers are becoming more aware of this.

Fremont, CA: The incorporation of environmentally friendly components into architectural designs has grown in popularity throughout the years. The advantages of green building are numerous, ranging from environmental protection to energy cost savings.

Let's have a look at some of the top sustainable construction trends that you should incorporate into your building design.

• Healthy, Renewable Building Materials 

It has been revealed that conventional construction materials include chemicals dangerous to humans. Homeowners are becoming more aware of the negative environmental effect and the health risks that some of these products might have. Furthermore, many homeowners also want to know where their building materials came from and what elements they include.

As a result, healthy, sustainable building materials such as low volatile organic compound (VOC) paints are becoming more popular and required when remodeling or creating new spaces. These materials are not only healthier, but they are also more ecologically friendly, helping to lower the structure's carbon imprint.

• Green Energy and Energy Efficiency 

Green, renewable energy is now becoming increasingly significant in building designs. Rather than depending on traditional energy sources, many architects search for methods to design sustainable buildings that use (or generate) solar, hydro, or wind energy.

New construction homes get constructed with energy efficiency in mind and produce renewable energy to help homeowners save even more. Other developments, ranging from interior insulation to modest timer switches that regulate lights, can also play an important part in lowering monthly energy use and expenditures.

• Stormwater Management 

Stormwater management is also another prominent sustainable strategy that is gaining traction. It mainly gets accomplished using porous pavements to minimize floods or through landscape designs that combine filtering and water movement into a basin.

These designs assist in reducing flooding damage, and the basin approach, in particular, gives homeowners the option of reusing and recycling all of the rainfall that has gathered within. The water can then get utilized to irrigate plants or the grass.