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The Amicus Green Building Center is a collection of genuine “green” products, resources, and expert support for the Mid-Atlantic region. Their mission is to create healthy, environmentally-friendly, stylish, energy-smart, and sustainable buildings. Through services like design consulting, energy analysis, and research reports, and offering green products in the way of paints, flooring, kitchen fixtures, lumber, tile and lighting, among others, the center is a able to assist just about any project toward becoming a little, or a lot more, eco-friendly.

Housewerks "specializes in unusual and carefully selected architectural antiques, industrial salvage, and one-of-a-kind finds. Serving designers, renovators, homeowners, architects, and the film industry." Located in South Baltimore in what used to be the Chesapeake Gas Company in 1885, it itself is a testament to the wonderful uses of old things given some added love. Their store room is immaculate and could be compared to a visit to a museum. Find other salvage centers in the surrounding area here .

The Resource Conservation Technology is a leading supplier of advanced technology for energy-efficient, environmentally-responsible building. They offer a wide range of products, including roof systems, rainwater systems, ventilation systems, and glazing systems.

Capitol Greenroofs provides design and construction administration services to homeowners, developers, public planners, facility managers, and architects interested in developing a program for a greenroof facility, and helps them understand how the appropriate systems are installed and maintained. They can assist in the creation of a project’s development program, prepare cost estimates and landscape planting plans, and generate construction documents and specifications. To ensure quality control, they oversee project installations, can provide cost vs. benefit analyses, life cycle cost and energy savings projections, and assist in the LEED certification process.

DeConstruction Services, LLC is a Fairfax, Virginia-based company that disassembles single-family homes in an eco-conscious manner — salvaging the maximum amount of reusable materials to save landfill-space and reduce energy-use in demolition. The firm’s website features a list of recent projects, with specifics of each home and each list of materials saved — appliances, flooring, outdoor decks, kitchen fixtures, roofs, etc.

Terra Logos Green Home Services, Inc. is a Baltimore-based company that offers cost-effective solutions to reducing energy bills and creating healthier, more comfortable homes. After performing a Home Energy Inspection, they analyze a home’s unique performance, and provide a Home Energy Report, which recommends prioritized improvements with cost estimates.

Ecolistic Cleaning offers an “effective alternative cleaning service void of harmful chemicals, pollutants, and needless waste” in order to human health and the environment. They are “committed to implementing pollution prevention in their daily operations and reducing their release of chemical contaminants and other wastes into the Chesapeake Bay.”