By Green Building Inspector The Home Builders Association of Jackson will be offering courses for industry professionals to earn their NAHB Certified Green Professional Designation on December 7-9, 2009. The CGP designation consists of two courses, Green Building for Building Professionals and Business Management for Building Professionals. In order to receive the designation both courses must be completed. The courses will be taught at the HBAJ building in Ridgeland, MS by NAHB approved speaker Thomas Gotschall.
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By Green Building Inspector Starting October 1, 2009, you might see the label shown on the right, in red or in black, in combination with ENERGY STAR product labels. This label identifies high-efficiency products that currently qualify for the ENERGY STAR but will not meet the more stringent requirements that go into full effect April 1, 2010.
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By Green Building Inspector “This program will have an enormous impact on the 48 communities statewide that have been identified as having high foreclosure rates,” said Dianne Bolen, Executive Director of MHC. “Over the next twelve months, the Home Buyer Advantage program will help homebuyers get good value for their money while simultaneously helping their neighbors protect the value of their homes. It’s a real win-win situation for everyone involved,” she continued.
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By Green Building Inspector Here’s an interesting concept. Gather information about the true cost of energy consumption of the home you intend to purchase “before” you buy it. Now that’s a concept! Can you think of any other purchase you’ll make where information before the cash register rings might “steer” you away from buying? How about owning an automobile?
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By Green Building Inspector Source: Energy Rated Homes of Mississippi
ERHOM joins the National Recycling Coalition, Keep America Beautiful, and various other national and state organizations in recognizing America Recycles Day on November 15. America Recycles Day is the only nationally recognized day dedicated to encouraging Americans to recycle and to buy recycled products. Celebrating its 12th year, the
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By Green Building Inspector Listen!
Tax credits are now available for home improvements:
must be “placed in service” from January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2010 must be for taxpayer’s principal residence, EXCEPT for geothermal heat pumps, solar water heaters, solar panels, and small wind energy systems (where second homes qualify)
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By Green Building Inspector With social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter becoming more popular and easier to use, I’ve been able to connect to some rather interesting sites and have re-connected with many friends I thought were long lost. SuperGreenMe.com is my latest find; it’s easy to navigate and has great info for the environmentally conscience. Here’s an
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By Green Building Inspector October is Energy Awareness Month.
Energy Awareness Month
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Pervious concrete allows water to flow through thereby slowing down the water run-off rate.
Pervious concrete can take in storm water at a rate of 3 to 5 gallons per minute per square foot of surface area. That exceeds the flow rate needed to prevent runoff in most rain events. The rainwater
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By Green Building Inspector Eco-footprints are only part of sustainability
Lifestyle is an important factor and it useful to consider several scenarios of how the planning and design of the development will affect how people will live there. Lifestyle will influence several factors that will be measured as part of an eco-footprint but lifestyle will also affect factors that
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