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Green Home What is a Home Energy Audit?

An energy audit/rating is a comprehensive home assessment. Often, to qualify for federal and state tax credits/deductions, the assessment must be performed by a BPI or RESNET
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Added by Green Home on August 14, 2010 at 10:43am — No Comments

Sam Norwich Thermostat Wars

I am sure it is not just our family, but no matter what season it is, we seem to be in a constant battle for control of the thermostat. The kids usually think it is too hot, probably because they are so active, so they are always turning the temp down. The wife is either too warm or too hot, and I like it a little warmer than the kids. So whenever any one of us walks by the thermostat, the setting gets chang… Continue

Added by Sam Norwich on March 30, 2010 at 2:26pm — 1 Comment

Green Home Obama Talks Jobs and Home Energy Efficiency





President Barack Obama promoted the proposed HOME STAR incentive program after
touring an energy efficiency workforce development program at Savannah
Technical College recently as part of his 'White House to Main Street'
jobs tour.

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Added by Green Home on March 4, 2010 at 10:55am — No Comments

Green Home How You Can Help to Make HOME STAR a Reality (in only 15 minutes!)

Proposed national incentives for residential efficiency retrofits would address America's urgent need for job creation in the troubled construction and manufacturing sectors.

Read more at EfficiencyFirst.org

The future of the home performance industry hangs in the balance. The time has come to le
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Added by Green Home on February 11, 2010 at 12:39pm — No Comments

Green Home A letter from the President of Green Home: We need your support

URGENT ACTION REQUIRED. The future of the home performance industry hangs in the balance. The time has come to let Washington, D.C. know that there are thousands of companies with tens of thousands of American workers ready to grow the Home Performance industry and help this country meet our economic challenges. Our focus for today outreach is on the U.S. Senate. We need you to call the offices of both Senators from your state and urge them to support the HOME STAR proposal as part of… Continue

Added by Green Home on February 4, 2010 at 11:19am — 1 Comment

Green Home Energy guru: Use efficiency, renewables, but not nukes

Charlotte Snow day special !! $75 bucks OFF a comprehensive home energy audit. Call 704.909.7913 and we'll tell all your home will get. :) Energy guru: Use efficiency, renewables, but not nukes Posted: Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010 at the CharlotteObserver.com Energy thinker Amory Lovins will speak at Salisbury's Catawba College on Feb. 23. Lovins is co-founder of Rocky Mountain Institute, a "t… Continue

Added by Green Home on January 30, 2010 at 12:26pm — No Comments

Green Home What is the Home Star Program?

The HOME STAR Program also knows as "Cash for Caulkers" Proposed national incentives for residential efficiency retrofits would address America's urgent need for job creation in the troubled construction and manufacturing sectors What is HOME STAR? HOME STAR is a proposed federal program that would provide direct incentives to Amer… Continue

Added by Green Home on January 22, 2010 at 11:12am — No Comments

Green Home Presidential council formally endorses HOME STAR - 'Cash for Caulkers'

Recognizing the urgent need to put millions of unemployed Americans back to work, the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB) today voted to endorse a smart federal program that would leverage government incentives and private investment to stimulate a massive increase in home energy retrofits nationwide. This HOME STAR program – popularly known as “Cash for Caulkers” – has the potential… Continue

Added by Green Home on December 5, 2009 at 9:38am — No Comments

Green Home ‘Cash for Caulkers’: The Details

By DAVID LEONHARDT At a meeting of President Obama’s board of outside economic advisers two weeks ago, the venture capitalist John Doerr said the following: In the very near term, the way we can generate the most jobs, we believe, is through home retrofits…. The way I like to put it is, Cash for Clunkers mobilized all of America’s car dealerships… Continue

Added by Green Home on November 19, 2009 at 1:32pm — No Comments

Lisa Green Your Electricity: Conduct a Home Energy Audit

Michael Graham Richard, Gatineau, Canada This is the first article in a four-part series on how to green your electricity. We will give you practical tips to help improve your environmental footprint, as well as your monthly energy bills. Your house might even become more comfortable in the process. Most of the things we own have two kinds of impacts on the environment. The first has to do with how they are made and shipped to us. The second impact, and this is the theme of this series, has to… Continue

Added by Lisa on November 18, 2009 at 12:33pm — No Comments

Green Home A Veteran's thoughts on Veteran's Day (758 words)

Sent to me today by a good friend & true patriot. I am a combat veteran. It is all I ever aspired to be. I never cared about rank or medals; my modus operandi was to answer if my country called, though there were caveats. This missive addresses some of those caveats and what this warrior thinks America should do to REALLY honor veterans – regardless of their combat status. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are lost. They were lost before they commenced – along with the incalculable goodwill… Continue

Added by Green Home on November 11, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Green Home Garbage Bag Airflow Test

Garbage Bag Airflow Test There are times when you need to know the airflow from your furnace registers, bathroom exhaust fan or clothes dryer exhaust. For example, if a house has one cold room in the winter, it is useful to find out if this is because your furnace isn't supplying enough warm air. If you installed a new bathroom exhaust fan, you could use the test to see if it is working properly. This fact sheet tells you how to do the CMHC Garbage Bag Airflow Test. The Test is a quick way to… Continue

Added by Green Home on November 9, 2009 at 6:12pm — No Comments

Lisa 5 Green Improvements That Will Add Value to Your Home

Get the most bang for your buck with green home improvements By Collin Dunn Corvallis, OR, USA | Wed Oct 28 11:23:00 GMT 2009 When you own a house, there may seem like a never-ending list of things you want to improve, whether cosmetic -- like finally replacing peeling wallpaper or adding a splash of color with new paint -- or more functional, as with more insulation in the attic, or a more efficient heating system. But in a down housing market, in an economy that's made money a bit tighter fo… Continue

Added by Lisa on November 5, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

Green Home Air Sealing Means Owning Your Heat.

You've got a great house. But chances are it's riddled with holes, gaps and leaks. Some lead to the outside, providing neat little doggy-doors for ladybugs, flies, and cold (or warm) air. Some lead to the upper-reaches of your house – providing opportunities for warm, moist air to travel from the basement to the attic, where the moisture collects, crea… Continue

Added by Green Home on November 4, 2009 at 4:07pm — No Comments

Green Home Zero Cost Energy Saving Tips

You don't have to be an an extreme environmentalist to feel the affects of saving energy. Saving energy also saves water. How? It takes 25 gallons of water to produce 1 kWh of energy from a coal fired plant.

Use these tips to start saving energy for free! 1. HVAC thermostat setting – 68 Winter, 78 Summer 2. Water Heater set at 120 degrees 3. Set refrigerator/freezer t

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Added by Green Home on October 26, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Lisa U.S. Energy Consumption Could Be Reduced 23 Percent by 2020

A new research report says making energy efficiency a priority could prevent 1.1 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions over the next 10 years. September 9, 2009 From EERE Network News The United States could reduce non-transportation energy consumption by 23 percent by 2020 by adopting energy efficiency technologies, according to a recent research report from McKinsey & Company. The report notes that an estimated $520 billion up-front investment (not including program costs) would eli… Continue

Added by Lisa on October 26, 2009 at 10:03am — No Comments

Lisa Understanding Passive Solar Heating and Cooling

Learn what it takes to create a comfortable building environment with less reliance on fossil fuels (and lower energy bills). April 16, 2008 By Troy Griepentrog Being passive isn’t always a bad thing, especially when it’s passive solar heating and cooling. The idea behind passive solar is to design buildings that take advantage of natural heat from the sun in winter; and shade and wind and in the summer. Although the concept has been used in many cultures for centuries, passive solar design p… Continue

Added by Lisa on October 25, 2009 at 3:16pm — No Comments

Lisa DOE Helps Greensburg, Kan., Rebuild and Tap Wind Power

The U.S. Department of Energy's work with the city of Greensburg, Kan., over the past year is bearing fruit, as the city is now rebuilding with a new emphasis on energy-efficient buildings and renewable energy, particularly wind energy. Greensburg was devastated by a tornado on May 4, 2007, after which the city announced its plans to rebuild as a model of sustainability. When Greensburg contacted DOE for assistance, the agency sent a team of experts from its National Renewable Energy Laboratory… Continue

Added by Lisa on October 21, 2009 at 2:12pm — No Comments

Green Home White House pushes for weatherization of homes

By Renee Schoof McClatchy Newspapers Posted: Monday, Oct. 19, 2009 WASHINGTON The White House will release a plan today that is intended to remove some of the obstacles that prevent middle-class Americans from getting energy audits and making their homes more energy-efficient. America's nearly 130 million homes generate about 20 percent of the nation's emissions of carbon dioxide, the principal heat-trapping gas, says a report being released today by the White House Council on Environmental Qu… Continue

Added by Green Home on October 20, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

Lisa ‘The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind’ – What is future of wind energy projects in N.C.?

By Frank H. Sheffield, Jr., Ward and Smith, P.A. Editor's Note: Frank H. Sheffield, Jr. is a member of the Environmental, Litigation, Real Estate Development, and Zoning and Land Use Practice Groups at Ward and Smith, P.A.By Frank H. Sheffield, Jr., Ward and Smith, P.A. A recent study on wind energy conducted by researchers at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ("UNC Study") concluded that North Carolina "is well-positioned to develop utility scale wind energy production." Studies… Continue

Added by Lisa on October 19, 2009 at 10:29am — No Comments

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