| Log homes are gaining popularity these days. Not | | | | other conventional homes. |
| only because of their unique looks but also the eco | | | | 3. Unique and good to look home |
| friendly nature of them. Log homes present many | | | | Apart from being Environment friendly and energy |
| benefits that the conventional homes cannot offer. | | | | efficient, the log homes are unique pieces of art and |
| These log homes are not only beautifully, but also are | | | | elegance. The log homes are very easy to maintain |
| kinder to the environment. | | | | and the maintenance cost associated with the log |
| 1. The Environment friendly home | | | | homes are very low. There are so many house plans |
| There is a misconception that log homes lead to | | | | available and often you can assist in designing the |
| deforestation that in turn leads to serious | | | | home of your dreams. |
| environmental problems. The point to be noted here | | | | Building Log Homes |
| is that these log homes are made from this planets | | | | After seeing the benefits that a log home offers, if |
| best renewable resource, ‘the trees’. The | | | | you are interested in building your own dream log |
| logs required for building the log homes are obtained | | | | home, there are many places that you can do some |
| from legal loggers. These loggers re-plant where they | | | | more research. From flooring plans to roofing, there |
| cut the logs and hence do not lead to deforestation. | | | | are many options available. If you are not sure about |
| Recent surveys indicate that conventional homes | | | | the log home plans, it is always better to some |
| contribute 40% to the total harmful CO2 emissions. | | | | professional help. There are professional log home |
| Hence the log homes are excellent opportunities to | | | | builders out there who offer free log home plans. To |
| reduce the Co2 emissions and save the planet. | | | | save your valuable time and money, there are log |
| 2. The more energy efficient home | | | | home packages too. These packages include |
| Log homes are more energy efficient when | | | | everything from log home flooring plans to living area |
| compared to the traditional homes. Energy statistics | | | | layout and roofing. If you like to know more about |
| on log homes prove that they consume 30% less | | | | the benefits of the unique log homes, there are |
| energy. To confirm this energy efficiency of log | | | | many log home shows and log home seminars |
| homes, ‘the National Bureau of Standards | | | | conducted everywhere. |
| tests’ conducted a test. The test results where | | | | Bottom line |
| amazing. Log homes used approximately 46% less | | | | “Modern technology owes ecology an |
| energy for heating during the spring heating period. | | | | apology” is an old saying. Things are very |
| They then tried an 11 week cooling solution during | | | | different these days. The latest technology of log |
| summer through the log homes. Here the log homes | | | | homes makes the saying change to “Modern |
| used 24% less cooling energy when compared to | | | | technology owes ecology great thanks”. |