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Getting Older Homes Up to Snuff for Energy Efficiency

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New RESNET Label Provides Home Energy-Efficiency Ratings and Certifications Info Energy Retrofits Offer a Practical Way for the Remodeling Sector to Practice Sustainability Wider Ramifications of Older Homes That Aren't Energy Efficient And the stakes are higher than just energy use and costs or greenhouse gas emissions.

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Building a Performance Model

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The goals of the 2022 New American Remodel (TNAR) included raising the home's thermal performance to that of the best new construction. It resembles a Frank Lloyd Wright home, and remodeler Eric Gray, who has owned it for years, believes the architects were Wright's students. . Building a Performance Model. kcichowicz. Windows + Doors.

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Superior Radiant Products Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification.

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Remodeling. Home > Radiant > Superior Radiant Products Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification. Superior Radiant Products Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification. obtains ISO-9001:2008 certification. WaterFurnace receives ISO 9001:2008 certification. Patterson Pump Company Achieves ISO 14001:2004 Certification.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Green.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly has lived in an earthbag/papercrete home that he built and consults about sustainable building design.

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Best and Worst of 2010: Commercial Construction Trends

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While sustainable construction was a hot button in 2010 office construction, green retail and restaurant construction did not gain as much traction. While some retailers may be looking at using low VOC paint or furniture made out of re-manufactured materials, the certification for LEED retail and restaurant construction just isn’t there.

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Top 10 States for NGBS Green Certification in 2022

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Top 10 States for NGBS Green Certification in 2022 ibush Fri, 02/24/2023 - 07:00 To date, these are the top 10 U.S. states for green building certification The National Green Building Standard (NGBS) launched in 2009. New states topping the single-family certification list include Louisiana and South Carolina.

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LSP Products and Elkhart Products choose ICC-ES | Management.

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Remodeling. With this certification, LSP Products Group may distribute its products in both the U.S. "We believe that clients are choosing ICC-ES because of our focus on a high level of customer service, combined with the quality, speed and value," said Dawn LaFleur Qualley, ICC-ES PMG certification program manager.