Green Living

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How to Get Your Home Ready for Winter
30 October, 2009| Green Living, General, Education
How to Get Your Home Ready for Winter Whether your winters are severe with snow and ice or just cooler with rain and wind, fall is a great time to ensure your home will keep you snug and sa... read more
How to Get Energy-Saving Tax Credits for Your Home...
28 October, 2009| Green Living, Home Improvements & Repair, Home Rem...
How to Get Energy-Saving Tax Credits for Your Home One of the biggest costs in maintaining your home is your energy bill, and this is a great time to make home improvements to increase the... read more
Green Is the Ultimate Today
28 October, 2009| Green Living, Home Buying, Home Selling
Hold on to your hats, folks. If you want to keep up with the Jones’ on the housing front, going bigger isn’t going to cut it anymore. Today, for the Jones’ and others on the forefront of home trends,... read more
Tips for choosing the right flooring for your room
23 October, 2009| Green Living, Home Marketing, General
Your Home and Lifestyle: Since flooring is more permanent than paint or furniture, selecting the right flooring can be a challenge. Consider the use and users of the room,whether it is a high traffi... read more
Finding Modern Homes
8 October, 2009| Green Living, Home Buying, Education
I’ve got a secret.   Some people consider homes products. Those trying to sell homes use advertising tactics—just like those used to get you to buy one brand of a product instead of another—to... read more
Teal is the new Green
7 October, 2009| Green Living
‘Teal Is the New Green’: How One Company’s Focus on the Environment Is Creating New Marketing Strategy for Agents By Amy Youngren Print Article RISMEDIA, October 7, 2009—“The environment will be one o... read more
Get a Tax Credit for Energy Efficiency Home Upgrad...
7 October, 2009| Green Living, Home Buying, Home Improvements & Rep...
Plan your home improvements now to take advantage of 2009 and 2010 federal tax credits for consumers. Here is the web site for more details: http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=tax_credits... read more
Put Money in your pocket! Go green!
5 October, 2009| Green Living, General, Houston Living
Put Money in your pocket! Go Green! By Jacob David “A penny saved is a penny earned!” – someone said that, and NO, it is no cliché.  Why would you give your hard earned money to the Utility... read more
Do your own energy audit
5 October, 2009| Green Living, Home Improvements & Repair, Educatio...
Did you know you can do your own home energy audit? Homeowners can conduct their own home energy audit at http://hes.lbl.gov. Sponsored by the Dept of Energy, the Home Energy Audit helps consumers ide... read more
Bringing Natural Sunlight in To Brighten Your Days...
1 October, 2009| Green Living, Home Improvements & Repair, Home Sel...
In all my real estate experience, I've only had one buyer who proclaimed with glee, "Oh, I love it. It is SOOO dark in here." I almost fell out, but it goes to show that there's something for eve... read more
Houston Solar Tour, Saturday 10/3/09, FREE!
28 September, 2009| Green Living, Home Improvements & Repair, Houston...
2009 6th Annual ASES HOUSTON SOLAR TOUR Saturday, October 3, 2009, 11 am - 5 pm The 2009 6th Annual Houston Solar Tour is a self-guided tour that features 20 residential and commercial buildi... read more
Green Homes in Houston
23 September, 2009| Green Living
This month’s GREEN home tip is about Compact Fluorescent Lighting (CFL). While most people know that they conserve energy, most do not realize how much. On average, each CFL bulb uses 75% less energy... read more
LOWER YOUR ELECTRICITY BILL! FreeLightingCorp.com
3 September, 2009| Green Living, Home Improvements & Repair, General
DEREGULATION!!!!! Many people look at deregulation as very negative and in some ways it is. If you think about it, deregulation is capitalism, and capitalism is a big part of what makes the United... read more
16 Ways to Green Your Home #16
31 August, 2009| Green Living, General
Buy a High-Efficiency Car See the US Department of Energy’s list of most fuel efficient cars at www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/best-worst.shtml. read more
16 Ways to Green Your Home #15
30 August, 2009| Green Living, General
Carpool, Use Public transportation, Walk or Bike When Possible Environmental responsibility does not begin and end at your doorstep; green transportation mean can greatly reduce your energy expenditu... read more
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