The growing demand for greener kitchens is being met by a range of energy-efficient kitchen appliances and features, a design team has said Interior designers Denna McLaughlin and Celeste Le Sage-Gish told Sfgate.com that an increasing number of their customers were concerned about being eco-friendly when it came to kitchen design.They added that numerous kitchen features are now available in energy- efficient options, but said that it was important that homeowners hired designers and builders who understood the rules and regulations of green building.Ms McLaughlin said choosing environmentally-friendly materials for cabinets and other furnishings was particularly important.For cabinets, some of her favourite materials include sustainable bamboo, lightweight wheat board and sustainable traditional woods... which means they come from companies that adhere to environmentally responsible, socially beneficial and economically viable practices, said the news providerDesigner Jaci Conry recently wrote on Boston.com that kitchen sink areas could add to an eco-friendly house by becoming a focal point for recycling functions.