If you’re in the market for a new home and are firmly strapped on to the green bandwagon you might want to consider incorporating the following questions into your repertoire when talking to builders, brokers, and agents. 1.What are the green features that you have in your basic homes? Can you explain each of them to me?2.What features are you using to consider our dwindling supply of natural resources when building this home?3.What types of native drought-tolerant plants and high efficiency drip irrigation systems are you using on the homes so that I will not have to spend as much money maintaining my landscape?4.What considerations were used to make this home energy efficient? 5.What features are you using to maintain good indoor air quality in this home?And should you want to stay in your current home but amp it up in green standards, you should make a personal checklist to ask yourself the following questions when it comes time to decide on which products to use: 1.Will this product make my home more energy efficient and/or comfortable? 2.Will this product save water? 3.Is this product safe for my family when I use it or after it is installed (or will it off-gas harmful chemicals)? 4.Is this product durable so I won’t have to keep replacing or repairing it frequently? 5.Is this product made from recycled materials and was it manufactured in an environmentally-friendly way?