Everything is green or so it seems by reading advertisements, new start up businesses and products that are coming out on to the market.
I am even getting some really interesting requests to be added to the Business Directory on my site. Quite honestly I find it scary, sickening, exciting and fantastic all at the same [...]
Archive for the ‘Green Products’ Category
Everything Is Green Or Greenwashing
Posted by steph on February 17th, 2010
Solar Hot Water Vs. Tankless
Posted by steph on January 15th, 2010
There are several misconceptions out there regarding Solar and Tankless Hot Water when it comes down to people wanting to make Environmental and Energy Efficient choices when building and remodeling their homes. I will address some of these here to help clear them up.
First of all, Tankless Hot Water Heaters have become, in just the past 2-3 years, [...]
It’s Not Your Store Brand Bag of Potato Chips
Posted by steph on November 4th, 2009
Over recent years it seems as though we as a society have become accustomed to the WalMart mentality. We walk through the aisles (or Model Homes) and try to figure out which product will give us a ‘Great Value’ – That store brand bag of potato chips for example. It tastes the same, costs less… [...]
Changing Your A/C For Energy Efficiency
Posted by steph on September 28th, 2009
As some of my readers know, I have been working on my personal home over the past couple of years to get the Energy Usage down by adding insulation, contacting Free Lighting Corp to seal it up, change out light fixtures and appliances and other things that is proven can reduce usage. My plan was [...]
10 Ways To Maintain Or Improve Your Home Value
Posted by steph on December 30th, 2008
We are always looking for ways to increase, or at the very minimum, maintain our home value. Well, I’m going to let you in on a little secret- It doesn’t always have to break the bank. Sometimes it just means taking a closer look at things when we go to do those normal fix ups [...]
What Does It All Mean? EFL Vs. Energy Star
Posted by steph on November 12th, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Green Products, Uncategorized 
Tags: energy star, environments for living, green building, homes, houston tx 
8 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 »American Clay Wall Plaster
Posted by Angelique Grado on August 11th, 2008
Hello All!
First I want to say that I am thrilled to have been invited to participate on TurningHoustonGreen.com. I only hope that I can live up to the expectation that all of the readers expect out of the site as created by Stephanie. She has done a great job, thank you for providing this [...]
Posted in Green Products Tags: American Clay, green building products, Loma, Maritimo, Porcelina, Spring TX, Wall plaster, woodland TX 1 Comment »Wow, These Guys Are Serious! Free Green Home Design!
Posted by steph on August 1st, 2008
As a way to stay in touch with everything that is happening in the world of Green, I spend my time in the early morning catching up/reading some websites that have amazing information. One article that I read today blew me away. Free Green ‘Custom’ Home Design? What?
I decided to go over to the site. [...]
Solar Pool Heating in Houston Tx
Posted by Ralph Parrott on July 5th, 2008
Solar pool heating is clearly the most cost effective use of solar energy on earth. These systems save home owners hundreds of dollars monthly by replacing up to 80% of pool heating cost.
Solar pool heating systems can be designed for both indoor and outdoor applications and typically use low cost polymer “unglazed” collectors. These collectors [...]
