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Heating and Cooling System Care

By Lawson Calhoun

A new home today is built to consume less energy than those of just a decade ago. Such a home is nearly airtight with controlled fresh-air ventilation for energy efficiency and improved indoor air quality.

To heat and cool a home built for high performance, a professional builder

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Maintenance for Major Appliances

By Lawson Calhoun

Appliance manufacturers do a good job of providing maintenance tips for homeowners, as do warranty service providers for each appliance or brand. We make sure to supply those manuals to our buyers when they move in to a new house and add our recommendation that they follow the tips

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AIA Study Finds 50% Rise in Green Building Programs Since 2007

By Populus Sustainable Design Consulting

A recent American Institute of Architects (”AIA”) study highlights the national trend toward green building programs since 2007. According to an AIA survery, more than one in five U.S. cities (with populations of more than 50,000) report having programs in place that promote green building. This number represents a

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Sustainable Window Selection: Home Energy Performance & Windows

By Populus Sustainable Design Consulting

What impact does window selection have on energy efficiency and sustainability? What factors influence the energy performance of windows? Populus Sustainable Design Consulting and SolarGlass Window & Door presented on these issues at last year’s USGBC Colorado Sustainability Conference. Here is a description of what was covered in the presentation:

The session will explain the implication

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A Energy Use Rating on An Existing Home ... Interested?

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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Roofing and Gutters

By Lawson Calhoun

While not among our homeowners’ favorite weekend chores, periodic roof and gutter system maintenance is essential. As professional builders, we strive to select and install products on our homes that will last and perform for many years. To protect both the roof and our owners’ investment in them, we encourage our customers to include roofing

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America Recycles Day – Nov 15

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 day

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Bamboo Countertops

By Joyce Benson

The natural look (a light blonde hue) is a classic, but if you’re looking for something more dramatic, a carmelized color is possible, even without the use of stains or dyes. The bamboo culms or slats are pressure-heated to “brown” the sugar compounds naturally present in the plant, yielding a warm, amber

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Its the Infrastructure

By Tanya Stock

When America was its infancy the growth of this city was largely fueled by the need to build a better hub and city of “greatness” for the future, one with a mix of financial services and small industry. The city grew and is truly symbiotic as a one of the greatest cities in the

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Maintaining Your Dream Home

By Lawson Calhoun

We pride ourselves on building and delivering homes that bring our clients’ vision and imagination into reality. We build dreams. Along with a focus on aesthetics, we construct homes that are designed to maintain their luster and beauty for decades. But this is only possible if a home is nurtured and cared for over

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The Green Building Inspector

Heating and Cooling System Care

Maintenance for Major Appliances

AIA Study Finds 50% Rise in Green Building Programs Since 2007

Sustainable Window Selection: Home Energy Performance & Windows

A Energy Use Rating on An Existing Home ... Interested?

Roofing and Gutters

America Recycles Day – Nov 15

Bamboo Countertops

Its the Infrastructure

Maintaining Your Dream Home

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