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“Green” Homes Flying Under the Radar
There is a high priority in today’s housing market for “green” homes with energy efficient features. Consumers want them and hold energy savings and environmentally friendly features in high regard. These features make a prospective buyer more interested in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Energy efficiency, Energy Retrofit, Energy Savings, Green, Homebuyers, Real Estate
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Ideas for a Green Christmas
Christmas is a time of year that we all tend to go overboard. Spending too much money, eating too many cookies, putting up too many lights, etc., we do it big when it comes to the holiday season. In some … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Energy, Energy efficiency, Green, LED, Power, Sustainability
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Radiant Comfort This Holiday Season
A common heating system typically used in new home construction is a furnace to heat the air with the use of metal ducts to distribute the conditioned air throughout the home. This system is commonly chosen because it is relatively … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Distribution, Energy, Energy efficiency, Green, Heating Systems, Newport Partners, Radiant Heat
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New Tax Incentives for Going “Green” in NY
New York state has passed a law that could provide substantial incentives for builders and developers to go “green.” In a time where motivation for energy efficiency is paramount, New York state is stepping up it’s game in order to … Continue reading
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Sustainability at the Olympic Games
The 2012 London Olympic Games aim to be the first fully sustainable games in Olympic history and major effort has been made to do so. With the whole world as an audience, London has the opportunity to portray the feasibility … Continue reading
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Post-Retrofit Testing
Newport returned to the Sasha Bruce site on Friday, December 16, to complete a battery of post-energy efficiency retrofit tests and to download over three dozen sensors that had been deployed throughout the group home. Tests included a blower door … Continue reading
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Energy Efficient Ambiance
Energy efficient light bulbs used to be limited in the color they produced; most came in bleach white with a bright glow limiting their use by consumers and designers. This is no longer the case. New CFL’s, halogens, and LED’s … Continue reading
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Some Misconceptions with “Green” Building
Green building is a common phrase thrown around today. There is no doubting that concentrating on green building and sustainability is a positive thing for the world. However, there are some serious issues with the way some buildings are being … Continue reading
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