This is Cat from FM! I just started reading this book called “Cradle to Cradle,” and thought of your site. I think it would be an interesting read for you. We are really accustomed to thinking of industry and the environment at odds at each other, where everything is built and produced based on a cradle-to-grave model, but these guys write about how architecture and products can be designed from the outset that after their useful lives, they can be used for something new. Instead of applying environmental solutions in isolation and tacking new technology onto the same old model when building, and trying very hard to “not be bad to the environment,” the authors explore ways that something can be built with completely positive intentions in mind.

I think your comment is unfair. The point of this article was to convey helpful pointers for homeowners concisely in an easy-to-read article. This is not a 100 page manual, and we cannot include every single possible issue that a homeowner needs to know about insulation. It is a good idea to get a professional audit, and that is why we suggest that to readers in the paragraph called ‘Types of insulation’. I think saying ‘Boo’ and claiming we didn’t consult experts is hugely unfair. I can’t really think of more of an expert on greenbuilding than Eric Corey Freed. To expect that everything in the universe about insulation would be included in the short few paragraphis in this post is an unrealistic expectation. Even as is the article is 7 pages long!