How green can you go when you’re living in the desert? Check out the geodesic dome!
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World’s Greenest Homes – Dome Home
Castle Custom Homes
Castle’s Green Philosophy
“GREEN BUILDING embraces the future of our world reflects Alan Looney, founder and president of Castle Contractors LLC. Our goal is to reduce environmental impact through design and construction utilizing durable products, energy and water efficiencies with indoor air quality systems.
US Department of Energy experts say the residential sector accounts for 22% of the total energy consumed. Homes do have an impact on the environment. Castle Contractors is making a measurable difference with practical green decisions from site recycling and material choices to mechanical engineered HVAC systems and water efficiency plans.
Castles guaranteed price building management process is critical to the green building approach — an important departure from conventional building. A detailed budget is prepared with the home owners prior to construction. All materials and systems are carefully chosen by the home owners and Castles experts. At the end of the process, these smart pre-construction decisions ensure no cost-overruns or surprises making the building process a very pleasant experience according to Castle clients.
HEALTHIER, EVERYDAY LIVING for the Castle customer is equally important while reducing environmental impact. A Castle home has smart, efficient use of space maximizing square footage. In well-planned spaces, the Castle team of a credential builder, designers and engineers considers everything from air and water quality to appliance, window and finish selection. The overall plan ensures peace of mind bringing comfort to happy, healthy families so they can concentrate on building memories. (See Green Building Elements for more info.)
RESALE is a strong consideration for embracing green building. Through extensive research, Castle Contractors team of experts determined short-term and long-term green elements most beneficial. Choosing durable, low-maintenance materials affords home owners more leisure time. Future homebuyers take this into consideration when making this important purchase as well as energy bills. Castles third-party certification is important in determining if your home is authentically green built.
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Castle Custom Homes Builds Green!
HGTV Green Home Giveaway Commercial.
Guaranteed price, heirloom quality craftsmanship and proven customer satisfaction have helped distinguish Castle Contractors, for well-over a decade, as the premier builder for luxurious and elegant custom homes throughout Nashville and Middle Tennessee. Unique to this area, the Castle Contractors’ management of the custom building process ensures the client a agreed upon price before construction begins. Industry leaders, Castle Contractors takes the process to a whole new level weaving into their classic homes healthy, green living elements which reflect the clients’ needs and style of life.
As certified green professionals, the Castle team ensures each home earns third-party certifcation for Energy Star, National Association of Home Builders “NAHB Green” and/or Leadership in Energy Environmental Design (LEED) and in cooperation with the standards set by the U.S. Green Building Council.
The ambitious Castle team produces one-of-a-kind, custom homes with attentive client service, award-winning craftsmanship and a thorough planning and estimating process which their customers say makes building your castle “a surprisingly enjoyable experience while respecting the budget.”
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Creating New Jobs in a Clean Energy Economy
President Obama speaks on how encouraging a clean energy economy can create new jobs as he visits OPower, an Arlington, VA company that developers energy efficiency software. March 5, 2010.
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Straw Bale Home Construction Instructional Video
Straw bale house conctruction is shown in this movie trailer for the “Building With Awareness” DVD video. Straw bale walls, thermal mass walls, earth plaster techniques, and passive solar design are all explained in this how-to DVD on building with natural materials.
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Straw Bale House made by Single Mom for $50,000
I built my passive solar straw bale house with earthen plasters in 2000 for $50K (will most likely cost more today, depending on many factors). This is an overview of the house; it is extremely energy-efficient. My electric bills are about $35 per month.
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Green Home Builder Falls Church Virginia
www.ParamountConstruction.net 301-370-6463 Watch & Listen to Falls Church Home Owner explain Why They Chose PAramount Construction to design and build their custom Green LEED certified Falls Church Virginia 22043 new home
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Winston Salem Home Builders Shugart Enterprises, LLC
Heard about green home certification? Discover the details from the home builders at Shugart Enterprises in Winston Salem, North Carolina. They carry thousands of fully-customizable plans that qualify for the green home certfication from the National Association of Home Builders. Stop by the showroom for more!
Visit us http://www.yellowpages.com/info-21740363/Shugart-Enterprises-LLC?from=youtb
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Home Builder Montebello | Virtual Tour | New Home Community SC | Greenville, South Carolina
Montebello is located in Greenville South Carolina, just minutes from downtown Greenville. New home pricing starts out in the $600s. For more information on a local home builder, lot or new home pricing in this upscale luxury community, please call 864-268-4001.
Montebello redefines what a home place is meant to be in Greenville, South Carolina. Inspired by the architecture of the Tuscan hills of Italy, Montebello is rich with the natural beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains. This pristine site of some 400 acres, located on the pinnacle of Piney Mountain, offers Homeowners a rare and beautiful dimension, sweeping mountain vistas only minutes from one of the Southeast’s most desirable and bustling downtown areas.
The vast majority of the Montebello new homes are European style.
From Montebello you can enjoy sweeping vistas of the Blue Ridge Mountains and Greenville’s skyline just in the distance. You are surrounded by free-flowing creeks & waterscapes, natural rolling greenbelts & pathways, and untouched stands of giant hardwoods.
Where else will you find a combination of natural beauty enhanced by magnificent architectural design? Where else will you find a community nestled atop Piney Mountain with expansive views of the city and the mountains?
Where else will you be guided through the process of creating your own space, your own home, with your style, your flair, your taste?
Where else, but Montebello in Greenville, SC.
Montebellos amenities include parks, a stocked fishing lake, ponds, playground, a putting green, a bocce ball court, a tennis court, a swimming pool and a 2,000 square foot clubhouse ‘Club Bella’. Montebello is in the middle of several very popular golf courses in Greenville, SC.
Come visit this exclusive new custom home subdivision ASAP before the lots and new custom homes are completely gone!
Center Pointe Builders currently has existing spec homes for sale in Montebello.
We will also build on your own lot also anywhere in Greenville, Simpsonville or Greer South Carolina area.
If you are interested in learning more about this upscale neighborhood in the Upstate of Greenville, South Carolina, please call 864-268-4001 for more information on homes for sale.
Please visit
www.centerpointeprop.com
Call: 864-268-4001
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Building Green with Custom Home Builders of Virginia
Building in Central Virginia: Earthcraft Certification, Leeds, US Green Building Council, Energy Star
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