Reduce Unwanted Mail with Catalog Choice
How much unnecessary mail do we end up with in stacks on the kitchen counter? Most of it doesn’t even get read…it just clutters the […]
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Advanced Framing Basics
Optimum Value Engineering — or simply advanced framing — has two main benefits.
Read our Green Framing Resource
Information about best practices, framing materials and a transition guide give you an ov…
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Green Builder S&A Homes Launches New Blog
S&A Homes has launched an interactive blog, www.SAHomesBlog.com. A new home builder, S&A Homes currently builds in more than 70 communities throughout Pennsylvania and West
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Benefits of Buying an Energy Star Home
When it comes to buying a house and having to think about mortgages, locations and school districts, the stress level seems to increase. With an estimated
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Nation’s Largest Solar Power Plant Now in Chicago
Exelon Corporation is now “cashing in” on the warm summer sun since it built the nation’s largest urban solar power plant, Exelon City Solar, in
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Chicago now home to the nation’s largest solar power plant
Name: Exelon City Solar
Location: 1201 W. 120th Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60643 View Larger Map
Company: Exelon Corporation
By Rosie Powers
Chicago’s South Side has been swept by sustainability, now housing the largest solar power plant in the Unite…
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Indoor Air Quality as Important as Energy Efficiency
In the race to save energy and carbon in the residential housing arena I’m concerned that we will play down the indoor air quality of homes. One of the reasons green building took off in the marketplace the way it did is that green building treat…
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Glencoe Green Home strives for LEED for Homes Platinum certification
Architect: Nathan Kipnis Architects
Developer: Scott Simpson Builders
Location: 370 Washington, Glencoe, IL
By Jason LaFleur
With an eye to the future, more homeowners are building green. In the North Shore village of Glencoe, Ill., Barry and Natalie …
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Quadruple-Glazed Window Includes Phase-Change Materials
GlassX Crystal is a single glazing assembly that combines three insulating glazing units (IGUs) that include a prismatic filter and a phase-change material offering thermal mass.
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