With all of the Green Building Buzz comes a ton of new Building Programs. There is USGBC LEED for Homes, Green Building Initiative, Environments for Living- Then some people throw Energy Star in to the mix…
In Houston, the two programs that are getting a lot of Buzz and being asked about is Energy Star and [...]
Archive for November, 2008
What Does It All Mean? EFL Vs. Energy Star
Posted by steph on November 12th, 2008
Posted in Green Products, Uncategorized 
Tags: energy star, environments for living, green building, homes, houston tx 
8 Comments »Selling Your Home in Houston? Food For Thought
Posted by steph on November 11th, 2008
Every year, the National Association of Realtors(R) offers a Survey to Homebuyers and Sellers asking them questions to help stay up with the trends in the market. What are Buyers looking for? What was the experience selling your home? Some of the statistics are shocking, some not so much. Regardless, it helps Professionals in the [...]
Posted in Green Houston Topics, Uncategorized Tags: energy efficient, green homes, selling No Comments »Cork – Revered Renewable Resource
Posted by Angelique Grado on November 10th, 2008
I have a confession. Sometimes I like to think of myself as smart. There are many smart people, right? I have a degree. I made it thru 12 years of the military, that’s gotta count for something. My home state is world famous for “Yankee Ingenuity”. Smart right? Well, Not… So… Fast! I’ve been learning [...]
Posted in Ask the expert, Green Products, Uncategorized Tags: cork, cork floor, cork oak, green builders source, Green Products, houston, natural cork, nova cork, spring, texas, woodlands 4 Comments »Update on Discovery at Spring Trails
Posted by steph on November 10th, 2008
Discovery at Spring Trails is Houston’s first Solar Hybrid Community located near Hardy Toll Road on the North side of town. Every home having atleast 1kw of Solar and the ability to add more of the elevation of the home will allow it.
There have been a few people wanting an update on what is happening [...]
Hypothetical Remodel Series- Finance Your Renovation
Posted by steph on November 8th, 2008
In Part 1 and Part 2 of the Hypothetical Remodel Series we laid the ground work at what to expect. We are taking a home and showing how, in Houston, you can buy an existing home and Renovate it to be Green to stay within your desired price range. Sometimes buying a New [...]
A New Service Provider Added-Green Financing
Posted by steph on November 8th, 2008
I am so pleased to let you know that I have added a new Company to the Green Service Providers list. You can find it under Green Financing Options.
They are Prime Lending and it took me over 2 months to find a Mortgage Company that offers what they have. It will knock your [...]
Posted in Green Houston Topics Tags: 203k loan, construction loans, green financing houston, rehab, renovation loan 1 Comment »Green Vs. High Performance Revisited
Posted by steph on November 7th, 2008
About a year ago I wrote a post regarding the difference between Green and High Performance homes. With the attention on Green Building continuing to rise, I decided that this would be a good topic to focus on again. Why?
Well, as people find out that Green Building is consumer driven and not going away, some [...]
ATTN: Homeowners Doing A Green Remodel
Posted by steph on November 4th, 2008
Occasionally through this site I get some really amazing Media Requests. I get some newspapers, magazines, websites. All of them are different but have a single purpose. To get the word out on the benefits of going green and how to do it.
The most recent contact however was quite amazing. Planet Green, the new television [...]
Posted in Green Houston Events, Uncategorized Tags: planet green, renovation nation in houston 3 Comments »Making My Home ‘Green’ Part Deux
Posted by steph on November 2nd, 2008
In part one of this series I explained in my own personal opinion, making your home ‘green’ starts with energy efficiency. To review real quick, here were the 3 Green attributes that are most predominant in Green Homes:
Energy Efficiency/Lower Carbon Footprint
Healthier
Quality and Durability
All of the others pretty much revolve around these in one way or [...]
Posted in Green Houston Topics, Uncategorized Tags: How to make my home green in houston 1 Comment »A Green Home Starts With Energy Efficiency
Posted by steph on November 1st, 2008
One of the questions that I get asked the most is ‘How exactly do I make my house Green?‘ or ‘If I want to Green up my house, where should I start?‘
Quick Disclaimer: This is my opinion on existing homes. New Construction homes are quite different.
When you look at all of the articles out there [...]
