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More and more,people are connected to their online lives all day. With smartphones we can carry computers in our pockets,it’s easy enough to listen to music while checking email on the bus. But how aware are we of the water we use everyday? Can smartphones actually keep us more connected to our water usage? They can. Continue reading 5 iPhone Apps That Will Help You Save Water July 5th,2010 | Tags:apps,iphone,Sustainability,Water | Category:Green Living,Home Inspection,mississippi,Thinking Green,Water Savings/Efficiency | Leave a comment | Home Star is a legislative proposal designed to create jobs by providing incentives for residential energy efficiency improvements. The program will drive new private investment into the hard hit construction and manufacturing sectors,while saving consumers money on their energy bills. By building on state programs and existing industry capacity for the retrofits themselves as well as quality assurance,the program will be fast‐acting,in addition to increasing consumer awareness of residential energy efficiency. Continue reading How Has Senate Changed HOME STAR? A SHORT SUMMARY June 2nd,2010 | Tags:Efficient energy use,energy,energy star,Home Star,Silver Star | Category:Government,Green Living,mississippi,Stimulus,Tax Incentives,Thinking Green | Leave a comment | After nearly two weeks of intense competition,Mississippi State University (MSU) claimed top honors on May 27 in the second year of the EcoCAR competition,a three-year automotive engineering competition sponsored by DOE and General Motors Corporation (GM). Officially dubbed “EcoCAR:The NeXt Challenge,”the competition invited university engineering students from across North America to re-engineer a GM-donated sport utility vehicle to achieve improved fuel economy and reduced emissions. Continue reading Mississippi State University Wins Year Two of the EcoCAR Competition June 2nd,2010 | Category:Government,mississippi,Sustainability,Tax Incentives,Thinking Green,Transportation | One comment | It’s not news that appraisers are breaking new ground when it comes to the area of setting value to green or high performance homes. Jump starting the “green built home”idea goes against the standard norms of the appraisal process. But,energy efficient construction practices have been around for a long time and their value is well documented,if not in journals and periodicals,within the pocketbooks of those who live in them. Building Green Works! Continue reading Appraising the Green Build –Fact or Fiction May 30th,2010 | Tags:Efficient energy use,Fannie Mae,Freddie Mac,green building,National Association of Home Builders | Category:Building Codes,Building Green,Energy Efficiency,NAHB Standard,Sustainability | Leave a comment | Your ability to communicate effectively with the unique personalities of your customers affects your project’s success. There are several personality typing systems to explore. Check out the CAP Model at Speechmastery to learn about the 4 types:The Controller,The Analyst,The Supporter and The… Continue reading Understanding personality types for successful customer relations May 23rd,2010 | Tags:Customer,Personality,Personality type,Psychology,Social Sciences | Category:Building Green,Customer Service,Green Living | Leave a comment | We each have a reaction to uncertainty. Some find it exhilarating. Some find it terrifying. In all cases there is an element of stress. If you are a custom builder,you are intimately involved with managing stress-your own as well as the effects of your customer’s stress upon you. Continue reading Be an Educator Too! —Custom Building and Client Relations Green Building:Surprising Lessons Learned –What choices matter? Not the ones you think….. In a short,funny,data-packed talk at TED U,Catherine Mohr walks through all the geeky decisions she made when building a green new house —good info too… Continue reading Green Building Lessons Learned –Catherine Mohr –Video Whether you are increasing the insulation levels in your current home or selecting insulation for a new home,choosing the right insulation material can be challenging. Fibrous loose-fill insulations such as cellulose,fiberglass,and rock wool are options you may wish to consider. This publication will introduce you to these materials-what they are,how they are applied,how they compare with each other,and other considerations regarding their use-so that you can decide whether loose fills are right for your home. Continue reading Loose Fill Insulation As the home’s green building verifier I’ll be traveling to the “Hub City”at 3:30 or 4:00 a.m. (I should have my head examined) on Monday the 7th for the faming inspection and thermal bypass checklist…(now that should be the news story…that someone was able to get my butt out-a-bed that early for work…) Continue reading Extreme Makeover in Hattiesburg MS Starts this Weekend December 1st,2009 | Tags:Construction,Extreme Makeover,green building,Hattiesburg Mississippi,Jackson Mississippi,mississippi,Oxford Mississippi | Category:Building Green,energy star,Green Living,NAHB Guidelines | Leave a comment | The U.S. Department of Energy and Mississippi Gasification,which has planned a $2 billion energy project in Moss Point,will hold a public meeting on the facility. Continue reading Meeting on new gas plant in Mississippi |   Trades Topics Place Type
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