All Entries Tagged With: "Energy Efficient"
Green Builder S&A Homes Launches New Blog
S&A Homes has launched an interactive blog, www.SAHomesBlog.com. A new home builder, S&A Homes currently builds in more than 70 communities throughout Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
S&A Homes was recently awarded the 2010 Energy Star Leadership in Housing award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for qualifying an outstanding number of ENERGY STAR™ Homes [...]
Green Home Features Galore at Greenhaven
How Green is Green? Pace Homebuilders is proud to present Greenhaven, an eco-friendly Decorators’ Show House in Cobb County. Greenhaven is open to the public Saturday, July 18 – August 9, 2009 for FREE tours. Greenhaven showcases the latest in sustainable interior design, state-of-the-art technology and energy efficiency. Specific green features of the home include:
New [...]
Advice on How to Make Your Home Green
Green building practices and green renovation are a hot topic in the construction industry. They provide the homeowner with temporary tax benefits and lower utility bills and are also less harmful for the environment. It’s an all around great idea to convert your house to more green standards, or look for green standard when purchasing [...]
A Lower Energy Bill – The Green Amenity
There are many ecological benefits to purchasing a new green built home, but even more enticing may be the ecological benefits associated with the energy efficient home. By incorporating energy management into your new home, you will permanently decrease your monthly energy bill. There is no way you haven’t noticed the drastic increase in prices [...]
Construction Continues at Green House
Randal Lowe completed the under slab plumbing phase this week, making the completion of the Atlanta Green House one step closer. With this necessary foundation accomplished, builders can now look forward to the next exciting phase that help will make this house a role model for all other homes in Georgia. The Green House is [...]
Green Remodeling Decreases Utility Bills
Going green in your home is not only great for the environment, but it also saves you money. In fact, green remodeling can make such a major difference in your monthly bills, that it almost pays for itself immediately! The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Remodelers is focusing on how much money you can [...]
Los Angeles Goes Green
The city of Los Angeles has just broken records by becoming the largest city in the United State to adopt a mandatory sustainability program. An article on Multi-Housing news reports that the legislatures of Los Angeles’ City Council voted to require new developments over 50,000 square feet to be 15% more energy efficient over current [...]
NAHB Encourages Congress to Promote Energy Efficient Building
The National Association of Home Builders is trying to help increase the amount of green building in the nation by taking it to our lawmakers. They recently approached Congress with an idea on how to promote residential energy efficiency and sustainability technology by extending tax incentives for new energy-efficient homes. Currently builders who construct a [...]
It’s Earth Day!!
Happy Earth Day! I’d like to take a moment and share with you a few tips that will greatly benefit the environment, but also benefit you in terms of your utility bills. These are three steps that don’t require a lot of time or energy on your part.
For starters, change your light bulbs. They make [...]
New American Home Celebrates 25 Years
This year at the International Builder’s Show the New American Home – a “real world” laboratory demonstrating new concepts, materials, designs and construction techniques – was all Green in honor of its 25th anniversary. Attendees of this year’s IBS were treated to a tour of the new home located in the prestigious 11-lot golf and [...]
