Does Green Building REALLY Cost More?

Welcome to the Kleber & Associates blog!   Does Green Building REALLY Cost More?Here’s the latest .   We’ve all heard it before: It costs more to build green.  But does it? And how can you save money on your green home or...

The growing importance of a Zero-Waste lifestyle

Welcome to the Kleber & Associates blog! Here’s the latest on The growing importance of a Zero-Waste lifestyle  Bea Johnson of Mill Valley, Calif., has her own unique supermarket rituals.  She brings supplies such as glass jars and reusable bags to...

The Great Water War

The Great Water War between tap water and bottled water is an ongoing one. It seems that debates about the environmental effects of tap water and the impact of unrecycled plastic bottles will forever continue between environmental advocates and bottled water...
How we celebrated Earth Day 2010

How we celebrated Earth Day 2010

K&A Green Team on Earth Day As millions of people around the globe recognized Earth Day yesterday, so too did our K&A Green Team. Some of the K&A staff along with our friends at Nichiha disconnected from the grid for a while to help out at a...

Where Health and Sustainability Meet

K&A’s trip to the GREENGUARD offices The “green movement” as we think of it today has gone through a considerable amount of changes since Rachel Carson’s landscape changing book Silent Spring and the legislative fervor of the 1970s....

Keep An Eye Out For PACE

Property-Assessed Clean Energy programs, commonly referred to as PACE, are poised for major growth as more municipalities consider legislation that would allow homeowners this new way to pay for energy efficient retrofits. Here’s how it works. A local government...