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Posted in Green Building Info., Remodeling on Mar 2nd, 2011
I was surfing around the net today and found a cool website that has a few blogs going about energy saving in the home. You can save money and the environment if you build a green home but it loses all the its benefits if you stop there. You need to keep up on your [...]
Posted in Remodeling on Jan 19th, 2011
You know by now that when I start investigating a subject I don’t stop until I know everything about it. Yesterday I kept reading about modern house plans and all the modern stuff you can put in your home. What caught my attention this time didn’t have anything to do with house plans or construction. [...]
Posted in Building Technology, Green Building Info., Remodeling on Dec 16th, 2008
I’m sorry that it has taken me so long to write a new post, but I hope that you’ll forgive me. For those of you who remember taking final exams at the end of the semester at college, you’ll understand when I say that I just didn’t have time. That being said, I did find something interesting [...]
Posted in Remodeling on Oct 30th, 2008
As we all know, our economy hasn’t not been the hottest lately. With frequent changes in the stock market and large fluctuation in oil prices Congressmen are in constant search of a solution. The economic stimulus packages were supposed to be the answer to our problems. These, however, have done little to solve the country’s [...]
Posted in Construction Methods, Green Building Info., Remodeling on Oct 20th, 2008
Freegreen.com is your one-stop green website. This company has everything from products to lessen your carbon footprint to it’s own green social network similar to Facebook and Myspace. You can look at house plans with green features built into them. Once you have a home picked out you can browse over green builders in your [...]
Posted in General, Home Design, Remodeling on Mar 21st, 2008
This last week was the The International Home and Housewares Show 2008 in Chicago. A main focus for many companies was greening up their product line. CNET News gave a thorough report on several of the stand-outs. Among the featured goodies that CNET found are a power strip that tells you how much power you’re [...]
Posted in Construction Methods, Green Building Info., Home Design, Remodeling on Mar 17th, 2008
An important aspect of sustainability is preserving the buildings we can and transforming them into renewed and efficient structures. The unfortunate reality is that remodeling can be a tiring and cumbersome process that leaves a bad taste in your mouth (that’s the mold). Thankfully, remodeling homes is now being recognized and aided. The USGBC and [...]
Posted in Building Mistakes, Remodeling on Aug 22nd, 2007
I was watching one of HGTV’s shows called Dream House or maybe Dream Home. The show is about a couple who are making a huge addition to an existing house. It looks like it will be a beautiful house when all is said and done. However, the couple is in way over their heads. The [...]
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