All Entries Tagged With: "green-builder"
Have you Changed your Air Filters Recently?
As you’re getting ready for Thanksgiving company, take a moment to make your home more comfortable and energy efficient by changing your air filter. You’ll keep your systems from working so hard to heat or cool all the relatives, and the air your family and friends breathe will be cleaner. You’re saving on your [...]
Do Ceiling Fans Lower My Energy Costs?
Only if you turn your thermostat up a little while you’re using them. Ceiling fans don’t actually lower the temperature in the room, but they cool you while you’re in it. That’s why it’s also important to turn the fan off when you leave.
You Have a Programmable Thermostat, but do you Use it?
Taking the extra few minutes to program the thermostat in your home could save up to $150 in energy costs each year. During summer, take advantage of periods in the day when your home doesn’t need to be kept as cool and turn the temperature up. In the winter, set the temperature lower during those [...]
Is it me, or is it cold in here?
If fall drafts are leaking into your home, heated or cooled air is probably seeping out. Existing homes can be make more air tight with proper sealing and insulation. ENERGY STAR has a fact sheet to tell you how.
Building with Trees Competition
The National Arbor Day Foundation, in conjunction with NAHB invites conservation-minded builders and developers to enter the 2008 Building With Trees Awards of Excellence recognition program.
The awards competition recognizes builders and developers who save trees during construction and land development, incorporate trees into project design and utilize trees for energy savings, fighting climate change, recreational [...]
