8/21/2008 8:47:00 AM
WINNING! Save $, Improve Health, Increase Your Home Value, Support Our Environment
Green Built Homes-Making Efficient Decisions Builders opt from a variety of green features. Rating systems are based on the number of features. Certain features are deemed more important/effective than others. These choices can be made by homeowners who want ...
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8/12/2008 8:06:00 AM
Green Savvy Appraisers
Be sure that your lender has identified an appraiser who understands that energy efficiency improvements create a "front-end cost" that should be reflected as added value. An article written in the Appraisal Journal stated that home value increases ...
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8/12/2008 6:44:00 AM
Energy Efficient Loans
This is a win/win. Improve your home, lower operating expenses, possibly get tax credits and rebates, and increase the value of your home. With Energy Efficient Mortgages all of this is possible. RESNET is a resource of residential energy resources. Armed ...
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8/7/2008 6:29:00 PM
Shades of Green
When an industry experiences a shift, business opportunities result. In the case of the Green Revolution, an entire industry of products and services is developing. There are also those opportunists who will jump on the bandwagon without true values to offer. ...
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8/3/2008 5:53:00 PM
LEED me to answers for Green Living
L eadership in E nergy and E nvironmental D esign is a rating system that promotes the design and construction of green homes. LEED offers a measure of green building features. In Austin, credits are given for building green. Outside Austin, in Travis County, ...
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7/11/2008 12:34:00 PM
Baby Boomers, Green Built Homes
As our population continues to age, single story homes are more and more popular. This is quite a departure from the large, Tuscan style homes that dominated the 90's. Better use of space, less square footage, and an open flow are key requests. Green built ...
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7/11/2008 11:43:00 AM
National Wildlife Federation
You can certify your property at a Wildlife Habitat by following a few practices that will also ensure that you have the joy of birds, butterflies and other wonderful animal friends in your own back yard. In our area, deer are as common as squirrels. I know ...
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3/5/2008 9:28:00 PM
Baby Boomer Housing
New Houses Built With Changes for Tomorrow Architects and builders are betting that the next big thing for boomers will be designs that let them live longer in their homes. An American Institute of Architects survey of residential architecture firms found ...
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3/5/2008 7:14:00 PM
Thinking About Buying Acreage
Life outside the city limits can be very rewarding. You become acutely aware of your surroundings-of nature. Sunrises, sunsets and beautiful views are, most often, what are advertised. Rightfully so; they are spectacular. What you don't see in the ads ...
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3/1/2008 7:37:00 AM
Growing West
Over the past decade, Bee Cave has exploded . Spicewood has been the beneficiary of the commercial growth in Bee Cave. Spicewood has lakefront access, river access, hill country and lake views-truly a rich and beautiful area. The investment in Spicewood has ...
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