Six Facts About Solar Energy

Sales of existing homes fell a bigger-than-expected 2.7 percent in October, a fresh sign that the red-hot housing market is cooling. The decline would have been worse without increased demand from displaced hurricane victims.Just like car maintenance and house renovation, some folks would rather build solar energy panels themselves instead of hirin

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What Makes For A Green Prefab Home?

Straw Bale Houses seem to be the rave of sustainable construction lately. With everyone thinking of going green so are the construction specialists. There is a lot of buzz about the invasion of green houses in different parts of the country. The green houses that we are going to discuss in this article are the straw bale houses.Many of us would hav

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Why Pine Furniture Is Great For The Home

I read once that if you are giving a wedding favor to your guests it should be either something edible or useful. First, I must say that I am aware of the state of our environment and I do my part, but I can always do more. So, if you aren't having a "green wedding", but you would still like to do something to help our environment, here are a few i

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Green Building - Why You Should Care

The most recent Case-Shiller Report indicated that Charlotte Home prices were down 9% over 2008, placing Charlotte real estate 5th best on the Case-Shiller Index of 20 major real estate markets. Better news is that home prices, month to month, were rising, albeit slowly, but for the 3rd month in a row. That 3 consecutive month price rise leads me t

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Top Five Sustainable Heating Solutions

What is a Sculptural Monolithic Dome you ask? It is like a monolithic dome but built without the air-form bladder. With a sculptural dome you create a metal skin using rebar, road mesh, and metal lathe that become the form. This new approach to monolithic dome building is not only stronger but offers individual home builders the ability to customiz

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