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Home Energy Audit Tools

Posted by John Noriega on Thursday, March 17, 2011,
   

Residential energy audits are the first step in cutting energy costs. Before eliminating energy loss in your home you must first identify where your house is losing the most energy. Using this information you are more capable of effectively cutting energy costs without wasting time and money on projects that may not produce as valuable results.


Another way to save money and increase the return on investment for your energy efficiency projects is to perform the energy audit yo...
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Prefab Home Additions

Posted by John Noriega on Monday, July 12, 2010,

Prefabricated structures (prefab) are sustainable because they limit any material waste, can be assembled in a significantly shorter period of time, and can often be disassembled and moved if necessary.  I have elaborated on each of these points and more in a recent post about steel prefab.   However, I thought it would be a good idea to introduce prefab in the renovations blog. 

The reason being is that many new prefab start ups are designing and building sheds to go in back yards th...


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