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Tips for Building a New Home
Designing a new home in Las Cruces is part art, part science.  It takes both to make a house that's energy-efficient, uses less material to build, and connects with its building site - what we call "green building."
But, beauty is skin deep and sometimes "green" is, too.  A truly green home is green from the inside out; the "green" can't be separated from the "home." Sure, you can make any Las Cruces home more energy-efficient, but that's usually just cosmetic surgery.  Loading up a house with energy-saving gadgets helps a little, but a green home in Las Cruces is born that way, starting before the design was just a twinkle in the architect's eye.
If you're thinking of bringing a new green home into Las Cruces, here are five simple ways to make sure you conceive one that has green in its DNA.
Tip #1 - Face The Sun
In Las Cruces your building site gets more sunshine from some directions than from others.  Using the free energy from the sun means putting your windows where they can gather sunlight.
Properly placed, windows that direct solar energy into a home can contribute significantly to winter heating - and add joy and comfort as well.
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