What are the most common misconceptions about green cleaning products?
MM: That they are more expensive and/or may not clean as well. The majority of green cleaning products clean as good or better than traditional products. The pricing sometimes may appear to be more expensive but in reality is not, because the product is often more concentrated. What’s your favorite low or no VOC paint? JG: Green Seal’s GS-11 standard is 50 grams of VOCs per liter for flat and 100 grams per liter for non-flat. Use this as a baseline; you can often do better than that. Benjamin Moore’s Eco-Spec or Natura and AFM Safecoat are my favorites. What’s the #1 mistake you see people make when trying to “go green” in their homes? FL: Doing energy improvements in the wrong order. Often homeowners jump to do fixes they know about, such as replacing windows, upgrading the HVAC system, installing solar panels, or adding insulation. These solutions all provide benefits and can be important parts of an overall energy improvement plan, but they are almost never the first steps. In fact,
