Monday, September 28, 2009
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| Green Home Innovations |
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| Looking for green products for your home? Eco-friendly countertops and floors made from reclaimed wood are just a few examples of environmentally friendly innovations currently on the market. Learn more about how you an incorporate green into your home.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
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| House Plan Buyers Want Green Features, but at the Right Price, Study Says |
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Home buyers are willing to pay more to put green features in their homes — but not much more. Find out more about green home building.
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| House Plan Buyers Want Green Features, but at the Right Price, Study Says
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Monday, August 24, 2009
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| 19 ways that green can be glam |
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Want to build an "earth-friendly" home? Find out how to green up your home without sacrificing your design style.
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| 19 ways that green can be glam
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
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| How to Design Your Dream Green House Plan |
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Want an environmentally-friendly home? Find out what you can do to "green" your house plan.
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| How to Design Your Dream Green House Plan
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
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| House Plans Design And Energy Costs |
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Whether you are designing your own home plans or buying pre-designed house plans, long-term energy costs have a long term effect on the cost to own your home. Did you know that there certain design features of home plans can help maximize energy efficiency? This article will show you what to look for when choosing a plan.
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Monday, July 20, 2009
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| Raising the Bar |
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Find out about Delaware's "Super Green Program" that seeks to preserve tress and open space. Learn how this program has raised the enviromental bar.
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Friday, June 26, 2009
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| 8 green kitchen products |
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Want to green your kitchen? Find out about eight products that will help make your kitchen eco-friendly.
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
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| 10 Earth-friendly Kitchen Counters to Put in Your Next House Plan |
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Interested in building green in every room of your next house? Learn about ten different countertop solutions that are eco-friendly.
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| 10 Earth-friendly Kitchen Counters to Put in Your Next House Plan
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
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| Green Room Products: What to put in your next House Plan |
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The Builder’s LivingHome show home was unveiled at the International Builders' Show in January. This 2,000 square foot home was built in a factory and then assembled on the show floor. The home's features include green products such as an automatic ventilation system and energy saving washer and dryer. Find out which products you should include in your next house plan.
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Monday, May 04, 2009
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| 10 Sustainable Communities Worth Imitating |
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Interested in going green? Tour communities that focus on eco-friendly homes and abundant trees.
Learn more about Green Communities.
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Wednesday, April 08, 2009
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| 5 Ways to Build Affordable, Energy Star-Rated House Plans |
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FirstCoast Homes, based in Charleston, SC, builds Energy Star-rated homes that are more efficient — for a minimal extra cost.
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Monday, March 09, 2009
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| Save Energy in your Home |
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Want to save energy in your home? Try this home energy saver online tool. Enter info such as the year your home was built, the # of windows, and square footage and view customized solutions for how to save energy.
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Friday, February 27, 2009
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| How Green is Your Home? |
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Want to know how your home and the products in your home affect the environment? Go to the MyAbodo site and use their interactive tool to create your own house.
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| How Green is Your Home?
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Friday, February 20, 2009
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| Is Your Home a Green House? |
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Step inside National Geographic's interactive "green house" and see how your home matches up. Take the "Energy IQ" test and improve your knowledge of all things green.
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| Is Your Home a Green House?
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
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| Raising the Bar: Green Communities |
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Green Communities are being built across the country, incorporating trees, open space and nature trails.
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| Raising the Bar: Green Communities
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Monday, February 02, 2009
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| A Guide to Making Energy-Smart Purchases |
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Want to make your home as energy-efficient as possible? Read about how to make energy-smart puchases.
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| A Guide to Making Energy-Smart Purchases
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
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| 20 Energy-Saving Ideas for your House Plan in 2009 |
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Find out how to live greener in 2009.
Read about 20 Energy-Saving ideas.
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| 20 Energy-Saving Ideas for your House Plan in 2009
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Wednesday, January 07, 2009
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| House Plan Owners Can Cut Home Energy Bills |
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| Washington, D.C., January 2009 – U.S. homeowners have a new opportunity to lower their energy costs and save up to $500 on their 2009 federal income taxes by making specified energy efficiency upgrades to their homes, advises the Tax Incentives Assistance Project (TIAP). (See www.energytaxincentives.org/consumers/ for details.)
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Friday, January 02, 2009
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| Check out our new Green House Plan You Tube video! |
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Check out our new YouTube.com video and learn how Plan 1032: the Derbyville was built as a green house plan!
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Friday, December 26, 2008
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| Green Living |
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Building a green home doesn’t have to be all or nothing. You can build your home with some green attributes or go all the way. This article discusses various ways to go green and how the green building movement affects you and your builder.
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Monday, December 08, 2008
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| How Homes Become Green |
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This helpful diagram will show you the different places in your home that can be built green!
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Monday, November 17, 2008
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| Check the Label: A Guide to Green Designations for the Home |
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If you are building a new home and you are considering your green building options, the multitude of organizations and green designations can be overwhelming. This guide offers information on the most popular green building organizations and their standards.
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| Check the Label: A Guide to Green Designations for the Home
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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| A Guide to Making Energy-Smart Purchases for your House Plan |
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While choosing products for your new home, you may want to consider purchasing energy-efficient appliances. Whether you are considering the environment or saving money, choosing these types of products is a smart purchase!
Learn more about energy choices.
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Monday, September 29, 2008
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| A Quest for an Energy-Efficient House |
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Many homeowners are considering different options to save money while being sensitive to the environment. If you choose to build a green home, you may consider an energy audit. These evaluations determine whether and how much energy is wasted in your home. This article follows a homeowner who weighs the pros and cons of different evaluation systems.
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| A Quest for an Energy-Efficient House
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
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| Reclaimed Material Suits Custom House Plans |
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There are so many ways to go green without sacrificing style. The builder profiled in this article is building homes with wood from barns and other structures near demolition. Each home has it’s own unique style and the reclaimed wood makes good use of a material that could have ended up in a landfill.
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| Reclaimed Material Suits Custom House Plans
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Friday, September 12, 2008
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| 11 Myths About Compact Fluorescents |
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Many of us know that replacing standard incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) saves a significant amount of energy and can last up to 10 times longer, but what about the downsides? This article explores the myths about the downside of using CFLs.
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| 11 Myths About Compact Fluorescents
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
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| Energy Efficient Lighting Design |
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This article about lighting design for your new home provides helpful insight about how to create an energy efficient lighting plan for your home by evaluating the use of each space and how much light is needed.
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| Energy Efficient Lighting Design
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
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| Green Moving Tips |
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As the green movement becomes mainstream, many Americans are looking for an environmentally sensible way to take care of all of their day-to-day activities. The author of this article offers several ideas for reducing the environmental impact of moving from one home to another.
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Friday, August 08, 2008
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| A Cool, Recyclable Roof is the Greenest Choice |
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Saving energy and keeping your home cool can be dramatically affected by your choice of roof materials. This article explores the different materials used for roofing and what to look for to ensure that your roof will save energy.
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| A Cool, Recyclable Roof is the Greenest Choice
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Monday, July 28, 2008
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| Some Reasons to Consider a Green Home |
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If you are still trying to decide whether or not to build an environmentally sensitive home, this article from the National Association of Home Builders offers a few reasons to consider building green. Check out some of the links for even more helpful information!
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Monday, July 07, 2008
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| Homeowners Go Green to Save Some Green |
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Environmentally conscious homeowners can trick out their homes with a bevy of "green" products, including carpets, windows — even dog beds. Now, they can pay for those homes with green mortgages.
Read more about going green to save money.
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Monday, June 30, 2008
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| Going Green, Affordably |
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Many people building a new home are considering environmentally conscious alternatives. Some are concerned that the costs will be substantially more than traditional building practices. This article from Residential Architect magazine discusses the different options that are available for those building green on a budget.
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| Going Green, Affordably
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Monday, June 16, 2008
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| Green Home Building Market is Expected to Double by 2012 |
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Research reports that home builders are not only interested in using their green building skills as a marketing tool, but because “it’s the right thing to do.” In the past, environmental consciousness has been a fleeting fad, but McGraw-Hill’s research may prove the opposite this time.
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| Green Home Building Market is Expected to Double by 2012
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Friday, June 13, 2008
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| Builders And Remodelers Go Green |
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Builders and remodelers in Texas have decided to take environmental concerns in consideration with the new homes that they are building. Emphasizing the fact that smart product and procedural choices are more important in a green home than the design of the home, the article details several energy efficient choices and the difference in price from a traditional product.
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| Builders And Remodelers Go Green
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008
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| How House Plans Become Green |
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Find out how to turn your house plan into an energy efficient green home. Learn ways to make your home green from the inside out.
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Thursday, June 05, 2008
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| Green Begins With Design |
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"From the outset, green builders should be working with their clients to educate and manage their expectations. For instance, ask a middle-aged client who wants the master bedroom downstairs to avoid a flight of stairs if they really expect to be living in the house when they are 75. Because if they don’t, it makes more sense to locate all of the bedrooms upstairs so that the first floor doesn’t need to be air conditioned at night, cutting energy bills in half."
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
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| Central Vacuums Meeting Demand for Healthier Homes |
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Central vacuum systems are not only convenient, but can improve the air quality of your new home. According to a survey noted in this article, indoor air quality was second only to energy efficiency when ranked by new home buyers.
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| Central Vacuums Meeting Demand for Healthier Homes
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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| How Homebuilders Can Build a Green House Plan For Less |
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"Builders who aren't selling to the mansion market can afford to build green homes. Many building techniques and products labeled green are labor and resource efficient, so they cost a builder less."
Learn more about building green house plans.
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008
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| Permeable paving a good option for green home plan building |
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"One of the fastest growing approaches to green site development is permeable paving. There are a variety of options: block, stone, brick, permeable asphalt, permeable concrete and structural grids. All operate on the same principle: to allow rainwater to seep through a paved surface, which naturally cleanses pollutants and recharges aquifers instead of having the stormwater run onto other properties and into storm drains."
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Thursday, May 01, 2008
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| Energy-Tuning Your Home |
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"Most homeowners have heard about the health hazards of radon, a radioactive gas that emanates from rocks, soil and water. Outside, it's relatively harmless, but inside it can collect in dangerous concentrations, seeping in through cracks in the home's foundation and other openings. Radon is the No. 1 cause of lung cancer among nonsmokers, and one in 15 homes has an elevated level prior to treatment, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The agency estimates 750,000 to 1 million U.S. homeowners have taken radon-reduction steps over the years and says those steps, along with techniques in new construction, have helped prevent 6,000 deaths."
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Thursday, April 24, 2008
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| Consumers willing to pay more for green products |
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"A new survey released today shows that nearly seven out of 10 U.S. consumers (65 percent) are willing to pay more for products made with renewable resources. The nationally representative survey, sponsored by DuPont and Mohawk Industries, queried 1,001 U.S. homeowners to identify consumers' personal attitudes and behavior toward environmental responsibility."
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
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| House Plan Automation is a Smart Path to Going Green |
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"With “green” now such a big buzz word in the industry and home owners becoming more interested in improving home efficiency, builders and remodelers should consider home automation features for their customers, if they haven’t already."
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| House Plan Automation is a Smart Path to Going Green
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Friday, April 18, 2008
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| The Energy Efficient Home |
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"High energy use not only has environmental impacts but can hit you personally in the pocketbook. Here is a list of helpful suggestions that may allow you to reduce energy consumption in your household."
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| The Energy Efficient Home
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Monday, April 14, 2008
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| How homebuilders can build a green home for less |
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"Builders who aren't selling to the mansion market can afford to build green homes. Many building techniques and products labeled green are labor and resource efficient, so they cost a builder less. A floor plan under 1,500 square feet, framing techniques that save lumber and smaller diameter pipes that save water may not make the pages of glossy consumer home magazines, but designs and technologies like these can help you build an affordable green home while making a profit."
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Monday, March 31, 2008
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| It IS Easy Being Green |
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"It’s not easy being green? Well, actually Kermit may have had it wrong. Making your home more environmentally-friendly and greener is easier than you think. The number of green products available have grown significantly and become even easier to use. With a few minor changes to your home, you can make a big difference."
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| It IS Easy Being Green
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Friday, March 28, 2008
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| The Many Shades of “Green” |
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With so much information available about green building, it can be difficult to decide which ideas are best. Many consumers still hold onto the mistaken belief that building a “green” or sustainable home has to be costly and time-consuming. The degree of “greenness” in a new home can vary greatly depending on your choices. Small changes can make a big impact, such as changing the type of light bulbs used in fixtures and lamps, lowering energy bills. Taking the level of sustainability much further, advances in technology have made it possible for a home to generate its own energy with geothermal heat pumps.
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| The Many Shades of “Green”
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Friday, August 31, 2007
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| The Healthy New American Home |
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Find out about innovative products such as HEPA filtering systems and mold and mildew resistant drywall.
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| The Healthy New American Home
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Tuesday, May 01, 2007
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| Shades of Green |
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Want to make your home more environmentally friendly? From HVAC to insulation and plumbing to flooring, this article explains how you can make your home more energy efficient.
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Monday, April 16, 2007
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| How Homes Become Green |
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"Making your home environmentally friendly is easier than you think." From windows to flooring, cooktops and water heaters, you can find energy efficient products for your home.
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