How to Use This Issue
This month, we present 11 of the nation’s finest eco-friendly homes from our annual Green Builder Green Home of the Year Awards Program in a format that highlights design ideas and details. Use this issue to inspire the floorplan of your new green home or to retrofit an existing house. In keeping with our effort to integrate online and print content, you can access detailed product information for each home on our website, simply by scanning the barcodes located on each project.
TRY OUR INNOVATIVE BARCODE SCANNER
Turn Your Mobile Phone into a Powerful Tool
Now you can use your mobile phone to get product specifications, watch how-to videos, order materials, or contact a manufacturer directly.
Here’s how to get your mobile phone barcode scanner up and running in less than five minutes:
1. Download the free ScanLife Barcode Reader App to your iPhone, Android, Blackberry, or other smart phone. Simply visit
www.getscanlife.com from your mobile phone.
2. Point your phone at any of the barcodes in this issue. Scan and select from a menu of helpful options.
3. Choose the information you want—general website info, detailed product specifications, or even an installation video. This information is available to you at a moment’s notice from anywhere with cell phone access.
SCAN here to enter this month’s GIVEAWAY!
Download the app once and enter a new drawing every issue. This month’s giveaway: a free PowerSave Envi device! With PowerSave’s Envi you can see in real time how much electricity your whole home is using. Only by knowing how much you are consuming can you start to manage it. You can also enter the Envi giveaway from any computer. Simply log on to www.
greenbuildermag.com/giveaway
Inside: SCAN products for key information.
Get various levels of green product info instantly by scanning a barcode. Each barcodes in this issue is unique, keyed to a specific green product or service. These codes, like the scanner application, are free.
DIGITAL, BUT GROUNDED
To keep up with rapid changes in communication technology, we’ve created a lot more ways for you to interact with us. But at the same time, we realize that building or remodeling a home is not a virtual activity. It’s a hands-on, highly skilled job. Digital tools are just that—additional resources that make building green easier. Use the ones that work for you, and let us know if we can make them more suited to your needs.
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