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Rachel Rosson rating star

5/5 (45 surveys)
Greenwood King Properties - Kirby Office

Energy Saving Tips

22 July, 2009| Green Living, General

Did you know? Energy saving tips: The cost of running a ceiling fan is less than one penny an hour. The ideal setting on your thermostat is 78 degrees, as every degree below 78 inc... read more

Lois Wells
Coldwell Banker Realty - Houston Bay Area

MAKE ENERGY SVING CHANGES.

21 July, 2009| Green Living, Home Improvements & Repair, Home Mar...

Start with changing out your light bulbs with compact florcent light bulbs. I was suprised to see a 15% savings in my own electric bill with just this one change. Change your AC filters at least... read more

Ruth Ann Manison rating star

4.97/5 (364 surveys)
Prince Properties, LLC

Generation Y Seeks More Urban Space & Home Ownersh...

19 July, 2009| Green Living, Home Buying, Housing Market

The Concord Group reports 50% of those born between 1980 and 1999, aka Generation Y, plan to buy a home within the next 3 years. They are willing to pay a premium to live close to work, and they are i... read more

Ruth Ann Manison rating star

4.97/5 (364 surveys)
Prince Properties, LLC

Home Gardens Growing in Popularity

17 July, 2009| Green Living, Home Improvements & Repair, General

More Americans are growing their own fruits and vegetables at home in order to cut food expenses. The National Gardening Association predicts a 19% increase in home gardening in 2009. An estimated 43... read more

Candance Erickson-Gordon
Triangle Properties

JUNK MAIL - How Do I Stop It

16 July, 2009| Green Living

Most of us receive unsolicited mail every day without the knowledge that we have the ability and the right to stop it. A hundred million trees are used to produce this unwanted junk mail each ye... read more

Ruth Ann Manison rating star

4.97/5 (364 surveys)
Prince Properties, LLC

Houston Drivers Stuck in Traffic, But Not You!

14 July, 2009| Green Living, Home Buying, General

According to the Texas Transportation Institute’s recent traffic congestion study, Houstonians were held up for a total of 123.9 million hours in 2007. This ranks us ninth in the U.S. for lost time be... read more

Candance Erickson-Gordon
Triangle Properties

Indoor Composting

13 July, 2009| Green Living

How many times have we all brought food home from a restaurant and then never got around to eating it? How many times have we cooked and had leftovers that we also never got around to eating?&nb... read more

Ruth Ann Manison rating star

4.97/5 (364 surveys)
Prince Properties, LLC

Groundbreaking for Next Phase of Houston MetroRail...

13 July, 2009| Green Living, Neighborhoods & Communities, General

MetroRail Rides Into New Territory HOUSTON (Houston Business Journal) – July 13 will mark the groundbreaking for the next phase of the MetroRail. Construction will begin on the North rail corridor... read more

Rachel Rosson rating star

5/5 (45 surveys)
Greenwood King Properties - Kirby Office

West U Recycling

6 July, 2009| Green Living, Neighborhoods & Communities, General

Roger Martin
Roger Martin Properties

HEAT WAVE

1 July, 2009| Green Living, Home Improvements & Repair, General

July is upon us!Just a reminder not to overload your air conditioner in this extreme heat! Most residential air conditioners can only cool a maximum of twenty degrees. This means that du... read more

Ann Marie Gargano-Parks
Texas Legacy Properties

Cap and Trade_bad for business and bad for America

30 June, 2009| Green Living, Home Selling, General

Cap And Trade Is More Like Cap All Trade HR 2454 - the so-called "cap and trade bill" is bad for business and bad for America. Supposedly passed for its environmental foresight, it is based... read more

Nancy Furst
Full Circle Texas

Calling all NAR GREEN Designees, and if you are no...

25 June, 2009| Green Living, Neighborhoods & Communities, Interna...

Attention Designees: The Green REsource Council will host our next webinar, Green Federal Energy Tax Incentives: How to Maximize Federal, State, and Local Programs on Wednesday, July 1 at 11:30... read more

Laramie Driscoll
Keller Williams Realty Metropolitan

Windows are said to be the soul

23 June, 2009| Green Living, Home Improvements & Repair, Home Rem...

Did you ever notice how one small action can set off a whole train of events? I began a remodeling project all because of the discovery of a wonderful store called Indulge. Do yo... read more

Roger Martin
Roger Martin Properties

FLY THE FLAG on the Fourth of July!

22 June, 2009| Green Living, Neighborhoods & Communities, General

You have probably seen the City of West University erupting in patriotic colors several times a year. American flags appear all over our neighborhood during the major flag holidays (Presidents D... read more

Chris Schilling
Turbo Realty of Texas

Tax Credits: Start thinking green and start saving...

1 June, 2009| Green Living, Home Improvements & Repair

Energy Efficient Bosch Water Heaters Can Save You Money On Your Taxes In Addition To Year-Round Savings on Your Energy Bill. 2009 signifies the return of a federal tax credit for non-solar tankless w... read more

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