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Lower Your Heating Bill The Green Way
Share/BookmarkThis month, we’ve featured a few posts on the extremely timely issue of lowering your heating bill. At a time of year when warmth and light should be treated as particularly precious,...
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7 Ways to Reduce Window Condensation and Indoor Moisture
Share/Bookmark Your windows serve a number of practical purposes in your home, including the obvious sources of natural light infusion and the all-important wintertime function of heat retention. But,...
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6 Steps To Weatherproofing Windows and Doors
Share/BookmarkWe often don’t give a lot of thought to weatherproofing during the spring and summer months, unless it gets extremely hot. That’s because for some reason it may not seem as hard to keep a...
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Green Construction Materials For Energy Efficiency
Share/BookmarkWhether you are building new, remodeling, or putting on an addition, your building envelope is crucial to energy efficiency with a high ROI (return on investment). A contractor friend of...
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Heating, Cooling, and Home Construction Energy Efficiency
Share/BookmarkAs the summer begins to approach, the area of managing temperatures in your interiors is once again becoming a key area of concern. After all, you want to be comfortable as the weather...
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Blown-in Insulation Upgrades For An Older Home
Share/BookmarkPhoto: Leslie Robinson Many homeowners dream of living in a period home, full of character and with a sense of history that is exciting to be a part of. But, with the older home come...
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Home Winterizing Maintenance: 5 Checklist Items Pre-Winter
Share/BookmarkHome winterizing seems like a job for way off in the future here in late Summer, approaching early Fall. But, the season is changing, and so should our priorities when it comes to home...
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Weatherproof Your Home In Fall To Reduce Winter Energy Costs
Share/BookmarkPhoto: Dan Zen Sealing out the scent of growing plants, warm breeze and chirping birds never crossed your mind in summer. But the wind is distinctly chillier now and it’s getting colder...
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Choosing Insulation This Winter
Share/Bookmark Insulation is a hot topic right now as the weather changes here at the tail-end of Autumn, and looking at the beginning of Winter. At this point, technology has come pretty far as to...
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Urban Home Renovation, Pt 2: Energy Efficiency
Share/BookmarkIn last week’s entry, guest writer Samantha Peters talked about the benefits of getting to know your neighbors when moving into an older urban home before your engage in a home renovation...
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Healthy Homes: Four Natural Insulations
At the heart of all healthy homes has to be green insulation. It’s how we save energy, keep cool in summer, warm in winter, and keep ourselves breathing easy. The trouble is, where to start? What’s the...
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How To Have An Energy and Resource Efficient Heritage Home
Those of us who love heritage houses know that all that historic charm comes at a price. There are things about old houses that you must learn to live with, if not love — things like smaller rooms,...
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5 Things You Need To Know About Window Gas Fills
While the spaces between the glass in most windows are simply filled with everyday air, certain green windows come with either argon or krypton pumped into the spaces to improve their thermal...
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Why Is My AC Costing So Much? Here Are 6 Possible Reasons
Ah, Summer. A time for the kids to play and the adults to pay. At least when it comes to the cooling bill. Every year countless homes across the globe waste millions upon millions of dollars paying...
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Why Exterior Insulation Will Save You Money
Today’s guest post is from Skylar Bowker, who has been helping homeowners modernize the look of their home while saving them money through EIFS (that’s External Insulation Finishing Systems, kids)...
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Lower Your Heating Bill The Green Way
This month, we’ve featured a few posts on the extremely timely issue of lowering your heating bill. At a time of year when warmth and light should be treated as [...] Related posts: How To Winterize...
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7 Ways to Reduce Window Condensation and Indoor Moisture
Your windows serve a number of practical purposes in your home, including the obvious sources of natural light infusion and the all-important wintertime function of heat retention. But, also in [...]...
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6 Steps To Weatherproofing Windows and Doors
We often don’t give a lot of thought to weatherproofing during the spring and summer months, unless it gets extremely hot. That’s because for some reason it may not seem [...] Related posts: Windows...
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Green Construction Materials For Energy Efficiency
Whether you are building new, remodeling, or putting on an addition, your building envelope is crucial to energy efficiency with a high ROI (return on investment). A contractor friend of [...] Related...
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Energy Efficiency and Human Health in Affordable Housing
Energy efficiency in a residence is vital for any homeowner. But, for those who are seriously in need, and served by an organization like Habitat For Humanity, keeping cost exposure low takes on a...
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