Welcome to Shades of Green

Welcome to Shades of Green, your comprehensive guide to green building practices and possibilities for YouthBuild programs.

Here in one place you'll find an overview of opportunities big and small to go green, clear presentations of the comparative benefits and challenges of available methods and materials, and honest reports from the field where real groups like yours have successfully incorporated these powerful ideas.

How To Get The Most From This Resource

Topics

Learn from the experiences of others! From preconstruction to deconstruction, our subject matter experts have put together the key considerations, processes and concepts you’ll need to tackle green projects. As you click through the blue tabs you will find a variety of videos, podcasts and print resources all designed to introduce you, your staff and your YouthBuild participants to core concepts, ideas and best practices.

Tips

Under the Resources section on the right column of the site you'll find Green Tip Sheets, a series of concise suggestions and ideas on many topics designed to maximize your green building results. Just click on any that relate to your goals.

Tools

Also under Resource heading you'll see the Tool Bench, offering quick how-to references and instructions for accomplishing some of the most common energy and resource saving home improvement projects – indoors and out.

Shades of Green Guide

This site is built on YouthBuild’s popular Shades of Green Guide. You can download individual chapters or the entire guide if you would like a print copy for your construction resource library.

Ready to Go?

If you want to know more about building a green YouthBuild program, this is your foundation! Simply click on Getting Started and you’ll be guided through the important first steps for developing and supporting your Green Building efforts.