In an office or industrial setting, waste heat can be harnessed using heat exchangers. These systems are custom designed to the particulars of the activities and building, so a well-educated interior designer is needed to find the best opportunities for an energy recovery system. This can range from as simple as capturing the excess heat generated by an oven in an industrial kitchen to boil water for use, to much more complex or opaque systems. Cool Buildings Naturally Photo: “Jagd Suite at Schlosshotel Lerbach” by R Boed, shared under Creative Commons Attribution.

A large living room featuring a brown sofa set with a fireplace and TV in front. The room is surrounded by green walls. This elegant foyer has hardwood flooring that is given a bit of whimsy in its green pastel walls that extends to the ledges of the stairs as well. There is an elegant pendant light hanging in the middle of the high ceiling that augments this foyer’s elegance. Source: Zillow Digs TM A gloomy living space featuring stylish flooring and a green sofa set matching the green walls with multiple wall decors. The white cottage-style bed is flanked by two tall windows with ornate white wooden designs. The dark wooden flooring is a nice earthy complement to the green walls and contrasts with the white built-in cabinets and drawers dominating one wall. A primary bedroom with rich hardwood flooring topped by a large area rug surrounded by green walls.As you browse our Green Living Room gallery, you will notice that green is an attractive and welcoming color for a variety of living room designs from traditional and formal to eclectic and relaxed. The meaning of the color green is diverse as the living room designs that use green as a dominant design color. Lighter shades of green are often associated with nature, vitality, and growth while darker shades of green symbolize wealth and abundance. Despite how the shades of green are used traditionally, you can choose whichever shade you prefer, regardless of the style design.

This kitchen features marble countertops on both green kitchen counters and center island. The area is lighted by pendant lights.The wooden main door of this airy foyer has an arched top that is followed by the sidelights that form an arch over the door. This is properly contrasted by the pastel green hue of the walls that matches well with the white ceiling. The hardwood flooring is topped with a colorful patterned rug that serves as a welcome mat. Source: Zillow Digs TM

Large great room with hardwood flooring and green walls. The area offers a living space near the stone fireplace. There are three fundamental principles to “green” interior design: energy efficiency, resource conservation, and health. When designing or remodeling an interior, optimizing the energy efficiency reduces pollution and saves resources for the entire lifetime of the interior. While maximizing energy efficiency is sometimes more expensive upfront, in the long term reducing energy consumption saves money and pays for itself. At Design Institute of San Diego, we prefer to use sustainable over “green.” Concerned with both environmental impact and social responsibility more broadly, we consider “green” standards to be a bare minimum and aspire to be leaders in environmental design, pushing the boundaries of eco friendly design and striving toward the goal of truly sustainable interior design. Green primary bathroom boasting a Romantic-style bathtub and a very elegant ceiling lighted by pendant lights.Select Energy-Efficient Appliances Built to Last Photo: Appliances by Bryan Alexander, shared under Creative Commons Attribution And, as you can see in the picture above, taken from one of our decorating photo shoots, it goes with almost any other color. The only visible architectural element of this room, the door frame, is painted in a putty pink, which is the exactly the same tone as the green; this allows for bolder colors to be used for the accessories, which are the focal points of the room.' How can I make my green rooms look good? Huge primary bathroom with green classy walls and green tiles flooring. The room offers a floating vanity with two vessel sinks along with a freestanding tub. The biggest offender for energy use is cooling buildings, especially large buildings. With smart interior design, you can save energy by eliminating the need to climate control or by making use of mechanical cooling. There are many options depending on the size and shape of the building. One of the most common is cross ventilation to remove warm air, which works best when the interior is warmer than the outdoor air.

This green-walled primary bedroom offers an amazing view of the surrounding nature through its pair of wide windows that match the white tray ceiling and light gray carpeted flooring. The traditional bed has an ornate iron headboard that matches the patterns of the bedsheets for that chic aesthetic. Small primary bathroom featuring a toilet area, a corner tub and two pedestal sinks surrounded by green walls with a white accent. The bright green walls of this foyer offer a memory of a forest against the earthly representation of the hardwood flooring and finally, the white ceiling is the bright skies that has a shiny stained-glass dome light. The entrance is flanked by two distinct wooden console tables that contrasts the white main door. Source: CEILTRIM This is a spectacular foyer that is a result of the combination of green and white sleek elements that reflect the brightness of the room and the square green panels extend all the way to the ceiling. There are modern built-in cabinets for storage with similar avocado green facades that match the paneling of the wall-mounted hooks for the coats and hats. This is an eclectic grand foyer with a high arched ceiling complemented by immense transom windows. The foyer has double glass doors that pair well with the delightful green walls. The eclectic details that adorn the grand piano give this foyer a homey warmth. Source: Zillow Digs TM

Colour Block with Green

This kitchen features green kitchen counters and a green center island breakfast bar with a wooden countertop. This elegant and bright foyer has white marble flooring that contrasts with the green patterned walls that complement the green carpeting of the stairs. Upon entry, there is an elegant console table on the side that is topped with a matching wall-mounted mirror with the same intricate details. A green living room doesn't necessarily mean wall-to-wall colour however. Indoor plants are the most obvious way to bring in elements of green, you can use clever paint techniques to highlight wall panelling or window frames in pretty shades of sage, or go for one of the most desirable living room pieces – the green velvet sofa. Green is an incredibly versatile colour with an endless array of stunning shades, offering something for everyone. A dining area featuring green walls and hardwood flooring, along with a rustic rectangular dining table set.