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The green effect

Earth-friendly trend sprouts in mainstream building construction

By Kay Lazar
Globe Staff / June 17, 2007

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Their matching rubber wristbands proclaim: "Embrace your inner green." But embrace doesn't begin to describe what's going on in Newburyport, where Alexas Kelly and George Stroman are rebuilding their 1889 Colonial-style house from the floor up with earth-friendly precision. (Full article: 1146 words)

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