Posts Tagged ‘dallas green construction’

Dallas Home Builders – It will be a great year for energy efficient homes!

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Happy New Year… and it will certainly be a great year for dallas home builders. As I walked into a meeting at the Dallas Home Builders Association the other day, I noticed a very familiar picture on the front page of the Home Improvement Magazine. One of our custom built homes made it on the front

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Busted By The Expert: 3 Green Building Myths!

In celebration of #EarthDay I thought it was in order to write about some of the myths that still exist about green building. As a custom builder and remodeler of energy-efficient and healthy, so called “green” homes, clients always ask… Are green homes or remodeling projects more expensive? The short answer is: NO! They can

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The Home Energy Audit – Part1

For us, Green Building and Remodeling is all about efficiency. There’s efficiency in managing resources, construction waste and of course…. using energy. How do we  know how efficient our existing homes are before we start a remodel? And how do we know if the improvements we made worked as anticipated? Answer: A Home Energy Audit.

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A Modern Masterpiece

CLICK ON IMAGE TO SEE THE FULL PROJECT PORTFOLIO As we are waiting to find the perfect lot for this modern Masterpiece, this project has been in planning for years. Once built, this project will feature many energy efficient features. Our Picasa page shows more interior and exterior renderings. The final plans will have to

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Boom or Bust: Green Building Faces a Bonding Crisis

Green building is booming. Energy Star homes and LEED-certified building projects are gaining a greater foothold in communities across the country.

Thermal Bridging

What is thermal bridging and why is it important in the homes we build? The importance lies in the different materials we use to build our wall systems, how much of these materials we use and what conductivity these materials have. We all know that exterior walls have (or should have insulation, and it’s purpose

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