Think Before You Throw Away
If your house seems a bit more cluttered than usual, you might be temped to throw out items you don’t use. However, you may be throwing away money as well. Instead of breaking out the garbage bins, why not have a yard sale? Not only will it be a source of extra income, but it [...]
Help the Planet Move Into a Greener Direction
Saturday, September 24 is Moving Planet Day. What will be your mode of moving?
Moving Planet is a day in which the entire world is asked to make a call for climate action and move beyond fossil fuels.
On that day, people are urged to bike, skate, march, run or walk to send out the message that [...]
Atlanta New Homes from Ashton Woods Selling Fast
Home buyers are flocking to purchase energy-efficient Atlanta new homes in Ashton Woods’ townhome community The Battery on Paces Ferry, with 15 homes sold in just two months. Five homes were sold in July and 10 were sold in August.
While presales are available, Ashton Woods Homes is building showcase homes in anticipation of more home [...]
The Orchards Group Completes First Eco-Comfort Home
The Orchards Group is pleased to announce that it has completed its first Eco-Comfort Home at its popular active adult community, The Orchards of Brannon Oak Farm, in Cumming, Ga.
“All Orchards Group homes are already built with energy efficient products, but due to an ever increasing concern about personal household budgets, we’ve received an increasing [...]
Chicago Multifamily High-Rise First to Earn Green
A Chicago real estate apartment building has earned the city’s first multifamily LEED EB Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
One East Delaware (OED), which is located right off the Magnificent Mile in Chicago’s premier Gold Coast neighborhood, becomes the third largest community in the country to earn the certification.
Owned by Waterton Residential, OED [...]
ENERGY STAR 3.0 Coming to Atlanta New Homes
Atlanta new homes with the ENERGY STAR 3.0 designation will be available after Jan. 1, 2012 from Ashton Woods Homes. The national builder, headquartered in Atlanta, is working hard to ensure all homes built to close after Jan. 1 will qualify for the designation.
The ENERGY STAR designation means homes offer more than just energy efficient [...]
New Chicago Neighborhood Will Focus on Green
The Chicago real estate landscape will be getting an entirely new community in the future, and that community will qualify for the nation’s first sustainable rating system for green neighborhoods.
Lakeside is a proposed community to be built along Lake Michigan on Chicago’s South Side where the U.S. Steel’s South Works manufacturing plant used to sit.
The [...]
Going Green by Downsizing
So you are a green builder. Are you this green? The Equifax Personal Finance Blog recently reported on a home at the University of Hertforshire, UK, that is just 3×3×3 meters. That’s a few inches smaller than 10’x10’x10’.
Called the Cube, the home is designed with all the furnishings one person needs. In addition to a [...]
Sterling Custom Homes Pours Foundation at Newest Lake Travis Home
Sterling Custom Homes has been building high-quality green Austin luxury real estate for the last 20 years. Because of the expertise and dedication to detail shown in their projects, Sterling Custom Homes has become the preferred builder for homeowners at The Reserve at Lake Travis.
Most recently, Sterling poured the foundation for its second custom home [...]
HomeAid Atlanta Does Green Retrofit on Decatur Homeless Facility
The Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association’s official charity, HomeAid Atlanta, is partnering up to help retrofit a Decatur homeless shelter.
HomeAid will work alongside Decatur Cooperative Ministry and WellHome in the project.
The project also has national significance. This particular retrofit is the first undertaking of HomeAid America’s national Environmental Sustainability Program. Funded by a $600,000 grant [...]
