A Historic Opportunity:As of 2010, the total U.S. building stock is approximately 275 billion square feet. During normal economic times, we tear down approximately 1.75 billion square feet of buildings each year. Every year, we renovate approximately 5 billion square feet. Every year, we build n
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10/21/2012
As the GREEN (sustainable) building products and sciences advance to the extent indoor air quality and comfort is being maximized and utility bills are being eliminated (see Net Zero residential building technology in Gainesville Florida HERE) the federal government is stepping up to assist, pro
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10/21/2012
As a Realtor® member of the Gainesville Alachua County Association of Realtors it is my pleasure to pass along an exceptionally well done market analysis for the Gainesville Florida (Alachua County) real estate market. See the Report HERE All Real Estate is LocalConsult a Local Professional If y
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10/09/2012
As a Realtor® member of the Gainesville Alachua County Association of Realtors it is my pleasure to pass along an exceptionally well done market analysis for the Gainesville Florida (Alachua County) real estate market. See the Report HERE All Real Estate is LocalConsult a Local Professional If y
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09/14/2012
A Net Zero (aka Zero Energy) home starts with a high performance envelope (the superstructure) and a HERS rating of around fifty (50) putting it at being 50% more efficient (same as higher performance) than a home built to modern minimum code standards. Then outfit the Net Zero home with a solar
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09/03/2012
All homeowners are keenly interested in what their home is worth. Periodically they ask a real estate professional to help them to know their home value as they attempt to measure their net worth. As licensed real estate professionals we have the credentials, experience and market access to provi
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08/20/2012
So now we have a clear equation.....With that Change in Demand comes change in supply and the status quo. The consumer is no longer interested in the McMansion with the $400,$500,$600,$700/month utility bill or what that bill represents in terms of insufficient building performance, indoor air q
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08/15/2012
Sustainable high performance residential building construction utilizing leading edge technology has been going on in Gainesville Florida since well before the term GREEN was the label coined for such endeavors and long before the Federal government began to shake things up with incentives and
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08/07/2012
With advances in technology, decreased component costs, more experience with building designers and contractors......the guidelines for meeting the Energy Star certification change over time. Version 3 of the EPA Energy Star guidelines have just gone in to affect as of 7/1/12. According to V3 gui
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07/23/2012
Rather than slip back in to the Pre World War II depression economy our country went the other way after that war ended. The automobile industry successfully converted back to producing cars and new industries such as aviation and electronics began to grow by leaps and bounds while the number of
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07/21/2012
