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Green Homes Special Series: Part Ten: Flooring
Because your choice of flooring can have far-reaching implications, explore the options. A greater awareness of the history of ... |
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Green Homes Special Series: Part Three: Water-Friendly Landscapes
Our growing water supply challenge is evident with shrinking lakes, expanded drought zones and lower groundwater tables. And ... |
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Green Homes Special Series: Part Twelve: Home Controls
The rapidly evolving home technology industry can help make your home greener by making it more energy-efficient. |
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Green Homes Special Series: Part Two: Home Sealing and Insulation
High energy costs, drafts, rooms too hot or too cold, condensation on windows and air that is too dry do not have to be part ... |
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Green Insurance: A New Shade of Coverage
As consumers react to climate change by modifying their behaviors and their homes with more eco-friendly options, a new shade ... |
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Green Machines: Eco-Friendly Electronics
Save money and the environment by ensuring your electronics are as “green” and energy-efficient as possible. |
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Green Mortgages
Eco-friendly homeownership involves more than water-efficient plumbing fixtures. Homeowners can get reduced mortgage fees and ... |
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Green Occupations: Educating Builders and Brokers
The movement to create "green" residential properties is changing the way homes are built, bought and sold. New industries ... |
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Green Re-design
Reusing what you already own, or “green re-designing,” is an eco-friendly and affordable way to decorate. |
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Greenwashing: What It Is and How to Avoid It
The increased flow of money being poured into all aspects of the green building movement has attracted less-than-noble ... |
 
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Harvesting Lumber Within an Ecologically Sensitive Forest
On the next stop on tour of the Hancock Land Company, Bob and Patrick Moore are joined by Peter McKinley, Hancock's staff ... |
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Heating with Biomass: Pellet and Corn Stoves
More homeowners are considering biomass heating, a renewable energy source that burns clean and has little impact on the ... |
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Help Your Garden and the Planet with Home Composting
Home composting is good for you and your family, your garden and the planet. Here are the basics. |
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How Nature Develops Sustainable Solutions for the Home
Nature is influencing the designs and processes we see in daily life, particularly in the creation of healthier homes and ... |
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How to Cash In on the Replacement Window Tax Credit
A new energy tax credit can save homeowners up to $1500 on replacement windows. Here's a guide selecting energy efficient ... |
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How to Install a Programmable Thermostat
Replacing your home's mercury thermostat with a programmable unit will rid the home of dangerous mercury and help save on ... |
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How to Install a Tankless Water Heater
More and more people are incorporating energy-efficient, or “green,” technologies into their homes. These technologies ... |
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How to Install and Use a Rain Barrel
A rain barrel is a water-efficient way of supplying your garden with a renewable source of water. |
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How to Insulate Water Heaters, Pipes and Attic Spaces
Adding insulation is an inexpensive way to greatly reduce energy costs. |
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How to Make a Compost Heap
Building and maintaining a compost heap is a great way to reduce organic waste and to make rich compost for your plants and ... |
