The flurry of Green Home Building activity over the past couple of years has been really interesting to follow. When I first started writing about it and getting designations/certifications – Most people still had no idea what it meant. People weren’t tired of the word GREEN yet.
But this flurry of activity has brought sparkles to [...]
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If You Build GREEN – They Will NOT Come
Posted by steph on August 17th, 2009
Business Directory Now Open!
Posted by steph on August 15th, 2009
Well, over the past 2 years I have been contacted by many, many companies wanting to be part of the Turning Houston Green Service Providers page. Houston has seen unprecedented growth of companies offering various services that are considered to be ‘green’.
While I am NOT a fan of greenwashing, I actually talk to everyone [...]
Announcing the E Newsletter!
Posted by steph on August 11th, 2009
Subscribe to Houston’s only Green Real Estate Newsletter that goes out once a month
If We Don’t Call It ‘Green’-What Do We Call It?
Posted by steph on January 14th, 2009
Often times I like to read about trends in the Marketing Industry. One of the topics for a few months now has been a recommendation for people and Corporations to move away from the term ‘Green’. I find this interesting because I was once told:
If you are looking for great ideas in advertising Real Estate, [...]
Hey Brad Pitt! Share Those Designs!
Posted by steph on January 3rd, 2009
Being interested in all of the Green Building movement, I try to keep up with all of it pretty well by reading various sites and staying up to date on new construction techniques-products- etc. Something else that I try to keep up with are just really interesting projects. One that has caught my eye from [...]
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 [...]
Hypothetical Remodel- Larger Master Bathroom!
Posted by steph on December 19th, 2008
Now we have the Energy Audit out of the way, we can look to see what it is going to take to make the Master Bathroom a little bigger and to get it updated to what you want. Let’s take a moment to remember what we are working with.
The 2300 sq ft home built [...]
In Case You Missed- Changes To The Site
Posted by steph on December 15th, 2008
Although I have not been updating the site as often with information, rest assured that the site is being updated in other ways! For the past few weeks and atleast through the end of January be sure to stay tuned on what is happening on TurningHoustonGreen. There is some pretty neat stuff coming up including [...]
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 [...]
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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 »
