Top Green Design Trends for 2013

1. Top "GREEN" Design Trends
for 2013
(1 – 5)
Presented by: Structure Home
Written by: Jill Wolff Interior Design
Sustainably Speaking
June 2013

2. 1
Building
The top trend in “green design” is
building a green home certified by
the USGBC as a LEED certified
home. In markets across the
country LEED certified homes sell
for a higher premium and spend
less time for sale on the market.
High performance luxury
homeowners are learning to expect
the LEED level of performance from
their design-build team and
increasingly will not settle for
anything less.

3. 2
Countertops
Granite has been dethroned. The
new king of countertops is quartz
composite. Many companies have
incorporated recycled materials
into the composite and
manufacturers such as
Caesarstone manufacture their
product with the most up to date
energy and water conservation
possible, read more at
http://www.caesarstoneus.com
/about/environment-first/

4. 3
Paint
We are all familiar with that “fresh
paint smell”…..well, that odor is
quite toxic. Benjamin Moore paints,
which is standard in all Jill Wolff
Interior Design and Structure
Homes, delivers the widest range of
beautiful colors, while delivering a
product with extremely low VOC’s
(Volatile Organic Compounds-the
compound that delivers the smell
and affects our indoor air quality).
There is no reason to compromise
beauty for good clean air in your
home. BTW, emerald green is the
new orange and charcoal grey is the
new black.

5. 4Hardwood Floors
Pre-finished and engineered wood
flooring is already the most popular
flooring that I specify. Aside from
the huge selection of wood species
available, they are a huge money
and time saver, and come in finishes
that would be impossible to
duplicate on the job. The biggest
trend in engineered woods is the
use of natural oils, like linseed oil, to
create the protective finish as
opposed to polyurethanes. Aside
from the benefits of no VOC’s , an
oil finished floor shows much less
wear and tear, which makes busy
families with kids and dogs much
happier in the long run. Trending
right now- “French Oak” which has
a very weathered and textured feel,
in colors that range from driftwood
gray to black.

6. 5
Carpet
Wall to wall carpet continues its
decline in popularity. Although the
process for making the carpet is
now much less toxic, clients have
been preferring the simplicity and
warmth of wood to be used
throughout the home. Sorry carpet
lovers!
Look for Items 6-10 coming soon…

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• Structure Home has been building fine custom homes since 1996. Headquartered in Warner Center,
Structure Home builds in areas throughout the Los Angeles basin.
• Our approach to design begins with looking at a building as a complete operating system, the products
and technology it contains and how it will perform over time.
• To accomplish this objective the entire design and construction team must work collaboratively, in a well-
organized process. We call this approach ‘Whole Lot Living” and we believe that the thoughtful
consideration of the entire structure, as well as its’ relationship to the natural environment, is the only
way we can be responsible stewards of our client’s most valuable asset.