The newly-launched Planet Greennetwork is launching a new show called Greenovate, featuring green renovation projects that will not only add value to your property, but save energy and keep environmental impact in mind. From the website:
Saving over 40% on energy bills while also increasing property value by 25% sounds impossible, but Greenovate shows viewers [...]
CNN.com brings us a story of “the real estate equivalent of the hybrid Hummer”. At the Windemere on the Lake development in North Stamford, Connecticut, builders are trying to create a few dozen “eco-mansions” at an average scale of 8,000 square feet apiece.
As contradictory and hypocritical as this may seem, Windemere President Mark Hallet [...]
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HIZ (Home Improvement Zone) Current Energy Report
Current Energy’s principal partner Joseph Harberg, General Manager Chad Vickers and David Yates from the Home Improvement Zone, discuss practical energy saving tips and explore [...]
CNN reports that in the spring of 2008, cable network HGTV will be giving away a green home on Hilton Head Island, SC, near miles of popular beaches and an eco-friendly golf resort. The house will be located in Tradition Hilton Head, a 5,300-acre master-planned community near the popular beach resort. During the HGTV [...]
According to CNN, Al Gore has made major improvements to the energy efficiency of his much-criticized Nashville mansion. The 80-year-old home, once labeled an “energy pig”, now rates as one of the nation’s most environmentally friendly according to Kim Shinn of the U.S. Green Building Council.
Gore has installed solar panels, a rainwater-collection system and [...]
Smart Homeowner writes about the growing trend of environmentally-conscious luxury homebuilding. Homeowners with money to spend on custom homes with high-end features are adding energy efficiency and sustainable materials to their list of must-haves. Robert Lord, master builder and president of Robert Lord Builders in St. Charles, Illinois, says that it makes sense [...]
Youngsville, NC-based Enertia® Building Systems, Inc. is a designer and manufacturer of Geo-Solar Homes. Their Passive Solar House is designed to be used year-round with no supplemental heating or cooling in mild climates, and minimal supplemental heating and cooling in more extreme climates.
The houses make use of two main passive heating and cooling principles.
First, [...]