This interactive guide for architects, designers and planners, showcases nine house designs inspired by traditional architectural styles. Each featured house details the profiles, colors, finishes, trim, and accessories indicative of its architectural characteristic.

To quantify the “green” attributes of its members’ product offerings, VSI, working with UL Environment and Sustainable Solutions Corporation, has published Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for vinyl siding, insulated vinyl siding, and polypropylene siding.

Unlike other exterior cladding, vinyl siding only requires simple, periodic cleaning with mild soap and water from a garden hose.