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energy efficiency: Home Improvements for Energy Efficiency - 10/23/08 04:59 PM
The first step should be to make sure that you have adequate insulation and weather stripping in place. That low cost improvement can save an amazing amount of utility money by itself.
It may take a bite out of your savings, but upgrading your HVAC system can be  a no-brainer from a … (2 comments)

energy efficiency: Preparing for Winter - 10/07/08 12:39 PM
Rocky Mountain Institutes's Home Energy Briefs (HEBs) are a series of nine practical guides describing what the average homeowner can do to save energy. These reports give paople easy to understand ways can save on energy use in their homes and part of the funding for the reports came from the National … (3 comments)

energy efficiency: 'Tis A Gift to Be Simple - 12/20/06 10:01 PM
  For those of you old enough to remember Werner Erhardt and EST this may come as a shock. While I never understood why people were so enamoured of him or EST I do think that he made at least one very profound statement. In the process of "Getting it" people … (7 comments)

energy efficiency: MORE GREEN ROOFS - 08/14/06 12:49 AM
 There is a very good article in the current issue of the Audobon Society's ECOLOGICAL HOME IDEAS  http://www.ecologicalhomeideas.com about green roofs and their value to us all. More and more cities are installing green roofs on their city halls and other community buildings. The plants growing on the roofs aid in storm … (3 comments)

energy efficiency: Old kitchens - 07/16/06 11:49 PM
  Kitchen remodels seem to be the one thing that just about everyone agrees is needed in most older homes. At the very least, replacing older appliances with energy efficient models is a necessity.  Not only do they save money by using less energy they generally have a larger capacity than … (2 comments)

 
Real Estate Agent: Deb Hurt, ABR, e-Pro, EcoBroker, TRC (Exit Realty of Albuquerque)
Deb Hurt, ABR, e-Pro, EcoBroker, TRC
Albuquerque, NM
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Exit Realty of Albuquerque

Office Phone: (505) 296-7700
Cell Phone: (505) 321-0562
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My blog is as much about a philosophy of life and living as it is about real estate as a business. E.F. Shumacher subtitled his book SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL "Economics as if People Mattered" In the real estate industry we realize that people matter and that where they live matters. We now also have a larger responsiblity, I believe, to get them to consider HOW they live. Everyone in the developed world using less energy and resources makes it possible for those who have access to neither to experience a better life and to make the difference between their being able to having a roof overhead or not or for their children to eat or not. 



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