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Why You Stand to Gain by Building Green
Constructing Green houses is not easy, and certainly not low priced. A green house typically costs 0.5 % to 6.5% higher than a standard dwelling. Thus, from a pure pragmatic point of view, it perhaps feels foolish to incur additional costs. Such a view is misleading, as most people do not take into account the likely potential of building a Green house. Governments across the world are progressively becoming more and more sensitive to environmental issues. The Green Movement is...
Al Zan
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3 Little Pigs - Which One Are You?
Which of the three little pigs are you? Short sighted, lazy or innovative and high quality?
Edward Winslow
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World Variations in Green Home Building
Every day, it seems like citizens and governments all over the world are becoming increasingly aware of the need to conserve. And while America is focusing more on the environment than it used to (with its newly popular green home building initiatives in particular), the U.S. is still behind the times when it comes to conservation. Europe in particular has been leading the way in green home building and especially in energy conservation for many years.
Al Zan
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Architecture - Building Green Homes And Buildings
Everything is going green from cars to clothes to what we eat and where we vacation. Green buildings are the next step in the crusade for the environment and are no longer restricted to private homes or eccentric designers. Going green has several benefits for the building owners and for the environment. The only downside for many is construction cost since eco friendly building materials do tend to be slightly more expensive than traditional materials. Most are fine with the increase in...
Wai Ping-Chim
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Europe Knows Green Home Building
Green home building is very popular in the United States today, but many people do not know that Europeans have been building green homes for decades. We now have many technologies here in the United States that we consider to be new or innovative, but they really are not. Green home building is usually discussed in such a way that people marvel about these new technologies, but they are really only new to us.
Al Zan
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Long Commute = Low Home Value?
As gas and energy prices increase, more and more home buyers are thinking harder about whether their larger home in the suburbs is worth the cost of a longer commute. These costs can add up to be quite substantial for the car-based traveler. As energy prices are likely to continue increasing for some time to come, homes located far away from employment centers will see their value drop in relation to those located closer in.
Joshua Stearns
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Three Practical Solutions To Stop Florida's Green Sustainable Housing From Free Falling
There are three, interdependent challenges to Florida housing providers: a) Safety; b) Affordability; and c) Energy efficiency. If we can't find a way to address all three challenges at the same time, we're likely to complicate solutions for two of them while we focus only on the third. For instance: We can make houses super-safe and super-energy-efficient while driving costs beyond the abilities of most folks to pay.
Bud Chiles
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Eco Friendly Property in Spain
"Go Green" - "ECO friendly" - "save the planet" - "Global Warming". All words we are very familiar with unless you have lived on the moon for the past 5 years or so. Now everyone is jumping on the bandwagon and offering green products and services. But how green are they and is it just a token gesture to be popular?
Kirk Towers
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Bangalore Real Estate Goes Green
Bangalore real estate activities are witnessing a stagnation period. There is identified stock of unoccupied properties in the Whitefield area.
George Gonigal
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Tips For Green Home Construction
A well-designed green home construction requires consideration of several factors, which must be incorporated in the initial structuring stages. Using eco-friendly raw materials is an important management measure in the construction of green homes. This could include using high fly ash content cement instead of normal cement. Wood salvaged from old buildings and reengineered wood can be used in constructing a green home. It is best to incorporate the green features during the...
Al Zan
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