One of the most important things that you should be doing as part of your home improvement endeavor is to have home insulation. This is best done while you are renovating your house or remodeling it as it could save you some money, rather than postponing it to later. The few extra bucks that are spent on insulation would save you considerable amount of money in the long run in terms of low energy or electricity bills.

Any Google search on the subject will tell you that an increasing number of colleges, community colleges, universities and technical/trade schools are adding green degree opportunities and solar energy courses to their curriculums. Up until now there hasn’t been a great deal of interest in this field but with the sagging economy and high unemployment in the construction industry people are looking for recession proof jobs and green is in.