green homes: 2016 Leading Green Building Trends ~ Infographic.
- 02/15/16 10:04 PM
2016 Leading Green Building Trends ~ Infographic. Energy efficient eco-friendly residential and commercial construction is becoming the mainstream of building. This infographic shows the trends for what is hot in green building for 2016 put together by Citizens General Insurance. Here are a few of the hot items this year:- Net Positive Energy Homes – Net Zero energy homes where the ticket last year now these homes actually produce more energy than they use with today’s advancements in building products, materials and construction techniques. Cool Roofs – absorb less heat and reflect sunlight away with new advance roofing materials thus keeping the … (2 comments)
green homes: “AgriHoods” ~ Farm to Table Neighborhoods.
- 11/23/15 06:59 AM
“AgriHoods” ~ Farm to Table Neighborhoods. Agrihoods are a new type of neighborhood that brings farm-to-table living right to your front door. These neighborhoods are not being built around a golf course or pools but around working farms that are maintained by professional farm hands. These new communities are developed based on designs and values that benefit the principals of environmental sustainability from organic farming to minimal land disturbances with large areas of undeveloped green spaces. CBS Sunday Morning (click to watch video) did a bit on Serenbe which is just outside of Atlanta Georgia. Serenbe is a community of 200 homes on 100 … (5 comments)
green homes: Happy Earth Day ~ April 22, 2015.
- 04/20/15 07:13 AM
Happy Earth Day ~ April 22, 2015. Year 2015 is Earth Day’s 45th Anniversary and at earthday.org you can find many links to: International programs. Educational programs and Greening Schools. News articles, Blogs and Press Releases. Calls to Action. Use the free Earth Day Network Footprint Calculator and more…. To find an Earth Day Event near you or worldwide just click here.
Earth Day is not just about one day in a year but every day of the year, check out this years “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life” ~ Milano Expo 2015 the next world’s fair from May 1st to October 31, … (1 comments)
green homes: Increase Energy Efficiency #1 in Housing Satisfaction Gap.
- 03/10/15 03:30 AM
Increase Energy Efficiency #1 in Housing Satisfaction Gap. The Demand Institute’s survey of over 10,000 households reveals what Americans have to what they want in their current living situations called the ‘Housing Satisfaction Gap’. Survey participants ranked the importance of 52 different home and community characteristics along with evaluated their current home on the same 52 characteristics. The report found the top ten largest Housing Satisfaction Gaps are: Increase Energy Efficiency ~ Satisfaction Gap 36%. 90% of households have taken some measure in the past five years to consume less energy. Renovation Ready ~ Satisfaction Gap … (3 comments)
green homes: If You Are In The Real Estate Industry Then Check out ActiveRain.com.
- 08/14/14 05:21 AM
If You Are In The Real Estate Industry Then Check out ActiveRain.com. Over a 250,000 professionals of the Real Estate industry are members at ActiveRain.com which makes it the largest and most active social network in the real estate community. ActiveRain is a platform not only for real estate agents but for mortgage brokers, contractors, home inspectors, property managers, homeowners, landlords and tenants or any other profession that deals with real estate. ActiveRain is FREE and open to the public where real estate professionals can network with their peers and share industry news, events, information regarding all aspects of real estate. … (2 comments)
The DOE Solar Decathlon took place this year at Orange County Great Park in Irvine, California from October 3rd to 13th. The Solar Decathlon is and award winning contest sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy for collegiate teams to design, build and operate solar-powered homes that are energy efficient, cost effective and practical. This year there were 19 competing teams from USA, Canada and Europe with the top six teams coming within a 26 point spread with Team Austria winning over all with the highest score of 951.922. Along with the highest score there are … (0 comments)
green homes: Technology for the Future Home.
- 04/24/13 11:50 PM
Technology for the Future Home. Homes in the future will be automated and will communicate with utility providers to allow for better management and use of power supplies. Already we see this with appliances that communicate with the manufacture, smart thermostats that learn your daily routine and energy monitoring devices. Along with that there are new and innovated devices coming out this year and in the coming years that will change the way we live and use energy. Here are some of the examples of what is available today and in the near future:
The Meter Plug ~ is a … (2 comments)
green homes: Numbers Do Not Lie, Green Building = Saved $$$.
- 01/08/13 10:29 PM
Numbers Do Not Lie, Green Building = Saved $$$. The numbers do not lie; we doubled the size of our 1400 square foot home in Connecticut and with easy to use Green Building practices and technology back in 2008 and the result are that we lowered our heating bill by over 15%. Our average oil consumption over 2 years (2011 & 2012 compared to 2005 & 2006) was lower by over 30% while doubling our living space. We did add an efficient gas fireplace that provides heat and once that is taken in our heating bill is still 15% lower than … (4 comments)
EarthHouse Architecture by Peter Vetsch. There are nine separate homes in this complex with a manmade pond located in Dietikon, Switzerland. The homes range from 645 square feet up to 2152 square feet. The homes are constructed of sprayed concrete with a water protection added directly on top of that and then filled with a protective layer of natural earth.
David Popoff is a Connecticut license real estate agent in lower Fairfield County. He has lived and worked in the area for over 30 years and now reside in Darien since 2004. Green Affiliations. Realtor GREEN … (8 comments)
2016 Leading Green Building Trends ~ Infographic.
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