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Water Style: From Brown to Green

If you watch home improvement-type shows, you may have seen a water-efficient bathroom renovation on the DIY Network‘s latest episode of “Bath Crashers” with designer and contractor Matt? Muenster.  The episode — From Brown to Green — was filmed in a home in Eden Prairie, Minnesota and features a prominent flash of green color backing [...]

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A Greener Use for Beetle-Killed Trees

Colorado has millions of acres of pines throughout its forests that have been killed by an infestation of beetles. New Town Builders, a residential homebuilder in Denver, Colorado, has begun using salvaged wood from these trees for the structural framing of homes it is constructing. The company was approached about building a single demonstration home [...]

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Energy Underwriting, Smaller Homes, Reducing Energy Bills, + Batt Performance

Builder goes small. Bigger houses, smaller energy bills. Considering energy costs in loan underwriting. When fiberglass batts underperform (more to the story). County mulls tax credit for green homes. Study: white roofs are not a silver bullet. More and more green homes. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter for updates, article summaries, newsworthy links, and other [...]

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TreeHouse Home Improvement in Austin

This month, to provide a new and smarter approach to the home improvement store experience, TreeHouse opened its first retail location in Austin, Texas. The company will offer an assortment of curated materials and products, such as paints, floor and wall coverings, kitchen and bathroom fixtures, cleaning supplies, storage and organization options, and solar power [...]

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How to Install a WaterSense Toilet

When we bought our 1958-model home, it was newly painted but there wasn’t much else that was new about the place.  The toilets were old and less efficient than modern-style commodes, especially some of the WaterSense versions on the market.  One might think it’s expensive to replace an old toilet with a water-efficient model, but [...]

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