[5 Feb 2010 | 2 Comments | 6 views]
Selling your home? Don’t forget your home energy improvements!
You spent all this time looking into energy efficient practices and now are selling your home. Here's how to sell it for more!

Many sellers leave a big opportunity to cash in on the sale of their home on the table. By not highlighting the energy efficiencies and energy improvements done to the home, however small, as a seller you might be selling your home short!

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[8 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 2 views]

The utility bill busters energy saving forums have launched! located at http://www.utilitybillbusters.com/articles/forum/, the forums give you a chance to post your questions to the community and get answers.
As a way of introducing the forums, I am giving away three valuable energy guides to you:

The Smart Consumer Checklist, which covers energy considerations when shopping
The Energy Star Report, or “When energy star is NOT energy smart”
And Ten Minutes to Ten Percent off your energy bill – Which covers 10 simple things you can do tonight to save 10% off your energy bill.

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[7 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 2 views]

By: Robin Green
If your windows are ancient and aren’t doing a passable job of keeping heat inside your home in winter (or keeping it out in warm weather), maybe it is time to consider having new, energy saving windows put in. But new windows, especially good quality energy efficient ones, can be prohibitively expensive. This means that it can take a long time for them to pay for themselves in energy savings. For the amount of cash you would pay to replace the windows in a single big room, you …

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[6 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 1 views]

By: The Handyman Guy
How Can Brick Stone Make Your Home Energy Efficient
A home that’s energy-efficient is in fact healthier & cost effective. Energy efficiency adjustments in your house can eliminate or at least lessen the poor quality of air that’s brought in by various weather conditions.
One way to create your home energy efficient is to be cautious to the building materials and to the home design.
In Australia, bricks have long been recognized as commonly chosen building materials. Truthfully, closely 90% of the built homes in the said place …

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[5 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 4 views]

Insulation terms can be quite confusing to anyone outside the industry. If you’ve ever bought insulation for your house, you know that insulation with a high R factor is better. But what, exactly, does that mean? Did you know that the R value depends on other factors?
When it comes to buying more specific insulation products like removable insulation jackets for pipes, understanding the particulars of the three measures of insulation is key.
The K Factor
In order to understand the well-known R factor, it is important to understand the factors upon which …

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[5 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 1 views]

LEED Green Associate (GA) Certification Process: Basic Questions Answered
There are some common questions asked by people having an interest in or prepared to take the LEED GA examination. Here is some basic information about the examination process that addresses many FAQs.
Becoming able to Take the LEED GA Examination
Before taking the examination there are a few necessities that must first be met. An application must be submitted that will get checked.
The Green Building Certification Institute ( GBCI ) audits five to seven percent of all applications.
Candidates who are selected for an …