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Technology: Be Smart About Your Smart Home
Energy efficiencyGreen DesignGreen ProductsChoosing the best home automation products requires research and comparison. December 19, 2014Photo: Creative CommonsSee how different products size up and...
View ArticleEnergy: Harvest Both Sun and Wind Energy with This Small-Scale Generator
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View ArticleEnergy: Buyers Willing to Pay Extra for Solar
Energy efficiencyGreen DesignGreen ProductsGreen ProjectsJanuary 19, 2015Buyers are willing to pay, on average, $4 per watt of solar energy installed on their homes, Realtor Mag reports. In other...
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Water: Green Builders in New Mexico Create Water Efficiency Rating System
Green ProductsBuildersRemodelersThe same way the HERs Index rates energy-efficiency, the WERS Index measures water efficiency.February 12, 2015If you’ve heard of net-zero homes, it usually refers to...
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Green Remodeling: This Infographic Shows What These Forestry Labels Really Mean
Green DesignGreen ProductsMarch 03, 2015The people at BuildingGreen.com share this inforgaphic, which explains what the forestry labels mean.Infographic courtesy of BuildingGreen.com.
View ArticleLighting: LEDs Go Residential and They’re Pretty Cool
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One Architect Tries to Define ‘Net Zero Energy Building’
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View ArticleSolar Energy: What Is Insolation?
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View ArticleWhat’s In A Label?
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View ArticleBuyers Spend More for Homes with Green Features
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Pro's Picks From 2016 Greenbuild
At the Kirei booth, I checked out the sound-absorbing properties (0.85 NRC) of the EchoPanel. This felt product not only dampens sound, it's made up of 60 percent recycled material. All images:...
View ArticleEnergy: Harvest Both Sun and Wind Energy with This Small-Scale Generator
Power pundits maintain that “small-scale urban wind power isn’t all it’s cracked up to be,” Treehugger.com says. But what if the small-scale system is combined with solar harvesters?Windstream has...
View ArticleEnergy: Buyers Willing to Pay Extra for Solar
Buyers are willing to pay, on average, $4 per watt of solar energy installed on their homes, Realtor Mag reports. In other words, buyers will pay an average of $15,000 for a standard 3.75 kW...
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Water: Green Builders in New Mexico Create Water Efficiency Rating System
If you’ve heard of net-zero homes, it usually refers to energy- efficient homes that rank zero (which is good) on the HERS Index. Now, there’s a similar rating system for water.According to Energy...
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Green Remodeling: This Infographic Shows What These Forestry Labels Really Mean
The people at BuildingGreen.com share this inforgaphic, which explains what the forestry labels mean.Infographic courtesy of BuildingGreen.com.
View ArticleLighting: LEDs Go Residential and They’re Pretty Cool
LED fixtures for residential use aren't limited to recessed cans and undercabinet lights anymore. A recent LED expo showcased the bulbs being used as pendants and chandeliers.TreeHugger’s David Bergman...
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One Architect Tries to Define ‘Net Zero Energy Building’
Architect and green building critic Lloyd Alter poses the question: What the heck is a net zero energy building?His treatise, featured on the Mother Nature Network, points out that there are many...
View ArticleSolar Energy: What Is Insolation?
Microsoft Word may not recognize “insolation” as a word, but it is indeed a legitimate word. Building science writer Allison Bailes explains why this term may become more important in the near...
View ArticleWhat’s in a Label?
Remember when all a window had to do was fill a hole in the wall and look reasonably presentable? Actually, to get technical about it, the window is the hole and not what you put in it, or at least...
View ArticleBuyers Spend More for Homes with Green Features
Homebuyers are willing to pay more for energy-efficient homes, according to a study of 64 homes in the Washington, D.C. metro area.The "paired analysis" methodology compared the sales price of two...
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