Did you know that if you install a Biomass Stove – wood, pellets, etc. that you can nab a 30% tax credit ($1,500 max) up until 2010? Who knows that homeowners can get a 30% tax break for installing Solar Hot Water Heating until 2016? Maybe the new American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) which [...]
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Time is running out. No, that isn’t another car sell or a joke to keep GM in business but if you want to have your hand out to receive the $10,000 tax credit for purchasing a hopefully green new construction property (or even a condo in a dirty building) then you better do so soon.
That [...]
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House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) and Representative Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of the energy and environment subcommittee, released a draft of a massive 648-page bill that tackles both climate and energy. “This legislation will create millions of clean energy jobs, put America on the path to energy independence, and [...]
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In preparation for next week’s Earth Day, the Missouri Botanical Garden is sponsoring Eco Expo, a two-day event in the Saint Louis Science Center. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will kick off the events on Tuesday, April 14 with a presentation of “Our Environmental Destiny.” Tickets can be purchased here. The expo itself is free to [...]
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MIT is hosting a sustainability summit as a cap to Earth Week. The summit will be entirely student-organized, and is entitled, “Discovering New Dimensions for Growth.” The Sustainability Summit will bring together students, business leaders, academics, sustainability activists, and public servants for a day of invited talks, panel discussions and opportunities for informal networking on [...]
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New York city’s most iconic image, the Empire State Building, is about to undergo a ‘green’ makeover. Soon, one of the nation’s oldest buildings will be in the top 10 percent of the greenest buildings in America.
Who says only new buildings can be green?
Leading the way in this green revolution is former US President Bill [...]
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Green is heading into overdrive over the next 10 years!
At the 11th annual Greenprints Conference and Trade show in Atlanta, Georgia this past Wednesday and Thursday, the overall message was loud and clear; building and retrofitting green is and will be the only way forward for commercial real estate and home owners.
As I made my [...]
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As if Florida’s housing market hasn’t had enough bad news lately, it now seems that some homes built with imported Chinese drywall have experienced problems ranging from rotten egg odor to appliance failure, and in some cases health problems. The culprit, according to homeowners involved in class action lawsuits in Florida, Louisiana, and Alabama, is [...]
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Homeowners Avrim and Vicki Topel are using their experiences building a LEED Silver home in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania as a chance to educate others on how to do the same. They have written a book, Green Beginnings: The Story of How We Built Our Green and Sustainable Home, and recently announced the release of a [...]
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The First Lady went green on St. Patrick’s Day, and not just with her choice of footwear or her order to dye the White House fountain green. Joining the members of YouthBuild, a non-profit organization that teaches low-income youths construction skills while they work toward their GED or high school diploma, Michelle Obama helped build [...]
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