Green Education Prospectus
Green Job Growth
Source: Pew Charitable Trusts, 2009, based on the National Establishment Time Series Database; analysis by Pew Center on the States and Collaborative Economics.
Green Job Distribution
Source: Pew Charitable Trusts, 2009, based on the National Establishment Time Series Database; analysis by Pew Center on the States and Collaborative Economics.
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Energy Efficient Appliances Should be Main Green Consideration
Have you been paying utility bills more than what you wanted to? It’s depressing, right? Same here, my utility bills are so high that they’re eating up my budget.
Then, you need a “green” to your problems. It’s time for you to replace your old appliances with energy-efficient ones, especially those with an Energy Star certification. By doing so, you are able to do three things: save more, reduce home energy consumption by 10-50%.
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Tagged energy consumption, energy saving home appliances, energy star, energy star certification, energy star high-efficiency home appliances, energy-saving appliances, environment, green, green energy, green environment, home appliances, homes, us department of energy, us environmental protection agency
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Energy Audits for Homes and Small Businesses
Hiring a professional energy auditor can be costly. But you always get your money’s worth. Professional energy auditors are more tech savvy compared to us.
Dan Thomsen, the president and founder of The Building Doctors, differentiates what a professional energy audit is composed of in contrast to do-it-yourself audits. Thomsen’s company, The Building Doctors, is a team of certified home performance contractor (Lic # 932241) that treats a house as a completely integrated system. Additionally, the company is also a verified contractor with the California Building Performance Contractors Association (CBPCA) and with the Home Performance with Energy Star Program.
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Tagged building performance institute, california building performance contractors association, energy, energy audits, energy star program, environmental protection agency’s home performance, homes, infrared scanning, professional energy auditors, renewable energy, residential energy services network, the building doctors, thermography, us department of energy, wind blower tests
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Green Homes and Greenbacks can be Intertwined
Nowadays, global warming is affecting every human being on Planet Earth. These are greatly caused by greenhouse emissions. Home builders have the capacity to change this devastating scenario but they don’t mention it much in their sales ads.
Home builders can do this by building green homes or those that use lesser energy. These are just a few changes such as: plugging air leaks in the building envelope so that the owner will not be heating or cooling the great outdoors; sealing the ducts that deliver heating and air conditioning with mastic glue instead of tape, which can disintegrate; installing better windows with a low-emissivity coating; and adding more insulation to basements, crawl spaces, walls and attics. Home builders can also do other changes such as increasing roof overhangs to shade windows in summer; building houses to minimize western exposures to the hot summer sun; and planting fast-growing shade trees after houses are built. Continue reading
Posted in Green, Green Collar, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Sustainable Living
Tagged energy, energy efficiency, energy efficient homes, energy star for homes program, global warming, green homes, greenbuilder media, home builders, home owners, homes, ideal homes, nahb, national association of homebuilders, oklahoma, polar bears
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The Zeeck’s Goes Green: an Inspiration for Homeowners
Companies, industries, hotels and others have embarked on the strategies geared towards a green economy. But mind you, they’re not the only ones. In fact, the Zeeck family has conducted their green home education and the results have far exceeded all expectations. Who are the Zeeck’s?
The Zeeck family green contributions started off with the father himself, Andy Zeeck. Being his brother’s partner in Dwellings, Inc. (a prestigious interior design studio that provides assistance in designing a new home, etc.), Zeeck is going green and as much as his customers wanted him to be. He says, “I’m not an evangelist. I don’t go around calling people on it”. Companies, industries, hotels and others have embarked on the strategies geared towards a green economy. But mind you, they’re not the only ones. In fact, the Zeeck family has conducted their green home education and the results have far exceeded all expectations. Who are the Zeeck’s?
The Zeeck family green contributions started off with the father himself, Andy Zeeck. Being his brother’s partner in Dwellings, Inc. (a prestigious interior design studio that provides assistance in designing a new home, etc.), Zeeck is going green and as much as his customers wanted him to be. He says, “I’m not an evangelist. I don’t go around calling people on it”.Indeed, he isn’t doing so and he shouldn’t be – because the house he built speaks for itself.
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Tagged andy zeeck, building green houses, construction professionals, dwellings, energy efficiency, environment, environmental protection agencygreen builders, green, green advantage, green homes, homes, houses, inc., leadership in energy efficiency and design, leed, mesta park, oklahoma, u.s. green building council
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10 Ways to Make Your Home Green
Given the recent ecological disasters of the past 3 months with the BP oil spill. Its even more important now to make an environmental contribution today. So, before any other calamity comes our way, let us all take the time to make our homes green. If you take the initiative now, you can share with neighbors and make a real lasting contribution. Together, we can make whole world greener, by starting with our very own homes.
10 ways to make your home more green:
1) If you’re handy and creative, then you might as well think of building things for your home that are made up of recyclable materials. Most cities have architectural salvage stores where you pickup previously used building materials and incorporate the raw materials into your home. Continue reading
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Tagged carbon footprint, carport, chemical supplies, environment, green, green education, green homes, homes, natural, nature, non-toxic, paints, recyclable, recyclable materials, recycling, resusable, water
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