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March 8, 2010 RDI RELEASES NEW GRASPABLE HAND RAIL Railing Dynamics, Inc... March 5, 2010 Diverting Shower And Bath Gray Water For Use As Landscape Irrigation A typical 15 minute daily shower uses approximately 50 gallons of water which amounts to over 18,000 gallons per year... March 5, 2010 Rainwater To Meet All Of San Juan Island Home’s Water Needs Glen and Deb Bruels have gotten great news for water-starved San Juan Island: the rainwater they capture in their underground cistern will meet 100 percent of the drinking, bathing, laundry and flushing needs for their new sustainable house on the island’s northwest coast... March 5, 2010 PACER TECHNOLOGY LAUNCHES INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY USING PHONES AND TEXT MESSAGING TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE CONSUMER BUYING EXPERIENCE Building on its commitment to customer service, Pacer Technology (parent company of Super Glue Corporation) is launching a new application – available on any push button phone or text message system – that will help consumers make faster, better and more informed purchase decisions... March 2, 2010 A NEW APPROACH TO UNIVERSAL DESIGN A home remodel should be a project that provides benefits for many years to come... March 1, 2010 Whirlpool Corporation Receives Highest Honor With 22nd ENERGY STAR Award Whirlpool Corporation, the world’s leading home appliance manufacturer, has been recognized with the 2010 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence award by the U.S... February 23, 2010 GOING “GREEN” DOESN’T HAVE TO COST A LOT MONEY WHEN IT COMES TO CONSUMER LED LIGHTING SOLUTIONS We all know we need to conserve energy, cut fuel bills, and reduce our carbon footprint, but as a practical matter how exactly is the average American homeowner supposed to go about doing these things without spending an arm and a leg — something definitely not in the picture in these challenging economic times... February 22, 2010 EPA Green House Gas Finding Draws Opposition NAHB joined a coalition of business and industry groups last week to challenge the U.S... February 22, 2010 Green Home Features Should Appeal To What Women Want With research indicating that women influence more than 80% of final decisions in all home purchases, builders need to identify and focus their green marketing efforts on new technologies that women want and need, according to panelists at an educational seminar during last month’s International Builders’ Show... February 22, 2010 2010 EVHA Gold Winners Cite Industry Education For Success Twenty winners of the EnergyValue Housing Award were honored last month in a ceremony at the International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas, including Yavapai College's Residential Building Technology program, which received both the EVHA Builder of the Year and People’s Choice awards... February 22, 2010 Builders Gain Conference In Single-Family Market Boosted by favorable home-buying conditions and signs that the job market is slowly on the mend, builder confidence in the new single-family home market rose two points to 17 this month, according to the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) released on Feb... February 22, 2010 Good Real Estate News: Home Equity Is Rising Again (www.washingtonpost.com) With all the bad news about underwater home owners and strategic walkaways, you might think that American home owners’ equity holdings are in the tank... February 22, 2010 Slow Recovery May Be Leading To Serious Housing Shortages Even as foreclosures continue to flood some of the worst-hit housing markets in the country, economists are beginning to sound the warning that today’s extremely low levels of new residential production could lead to significant housing shortages, especially among market-rate rental apartments, as household formation rates return to normal... February 22, 2010 Lighting Makes A Splash In The Bath In an era when going away on vacation is not in the budget, many homeowners are finding it makes fiscal sense to turn the master bath into a spa environment with high-end amenities such as soaking tubs, saunas, whirlpools, granite countertops, double sinks, marble and tile flooring, and his and her dressing areas... February 10, 2010 Kolbe Introduces Majesta Custom, Oversized, Double Hung Windows Kolbe presents its new, Majesta windows in response to customers' desires for very large, beautifully designed, double hung, wood windows... February 3, 2010 Resin Art introduces The First Zero VOC, 100 Percent Mercury-Free Flexible Moulding Under the brand name of Duraflex®, ResinArt has successfully introduced the first, Zero VOC, 100 percent Mercury-free flexible moulding product to meet the growing demand for greener building products. According to Tom Trombatore, “as the marketplace has become more educated, we have been seeing increased interest by architects, builders, and homeowners for a more environmentally sustainable flexible trim.” DuraFlex has now been specifically formulated to reduce potential environmental and health hazards created throughout its life-cycle from eliminating styrene emissions during the manufacturing process to eliminating harmful VOC’s (volatile organic compounds) once installed inside the building. In addition, Duraflex’s advanced polymer technology allows oil and water-based stains to be used without blotching or spotting. “Unlike traditional wood trim, Duraflex’s flexibility and superior longevity is insect-proof, moisture-proof, and can withstand extreme heat and cold without warping, cracking or deteriorating” added Mr... January 26, 2010 AMERICAN CLAY EARTH PLASTER INTRODUCES U.S-SOURCED, U.S.-MANUFACTURED LIME PUTTY AND LIMEWASH TO LINE OF SUSTAINABLE, HEALTHY PRODUCTS Award-winning, patented American Clay Enterprises kicks off 2010 with a major addition to their line of natural, sustainable and healthy plasters for interior walls and ceilings... January 26, 2010 WARMBOARD TO OFFER HEAT LOSS & MECHANICAL DESIGNS Warmboard Radiant Subfloor, one of the fastest growing radiant heating systems, has announced that it is expanding its product offering to include complete Heat Loss and Mechanical design services... January 18, 2010 FEIT ELECTRIC - NEW Performance LED Bulbs FEIT ELECTRIC, a leading U.S.-based manufacturer and supplier of energy-efficient lighting products, announces its new and improved silver Performance LED bulbs with white facings (see image). FEIT ELECTRIC Performance LED bulbs (Light Emitting Diode bulbs) are solid state, high output bulbs that offer true replacement performance compared with conventional alternatives... January 18, 2010 Briggs & Stratton Unveils Innovative New Modular Power Management System For Standby Generators By GE Briggs & Stratton, exclusive licensee of GE-branded Standby Generators, has advanced the state of the art in residential home standby power with the introduction of its new modular Symphony™ II power management system, exclusively for Generator Systems by GE. Featuring scalable remote power controls that use the home’s existing electrical wiring to establish an intelligent network between appliances and a standby generator, the advanced system is designed for affordable installation and can be customized to proficiently manage the diverse energy demands of the entire home with a smaller, more fuel efficient standby generator. The Symphony II system is the result of over five years of standby power management research and development, and expands upon the successful launch of the patented Symphony power management controls introduced by Briggs & Stratton in 2009. “The new system takes power management to a whole new level, enabling consumers to establish a personalized Standby Power ‘smart grid’ in their home to automatically and efficiently manage backup power for the whole house, including the cycling demands of up to eight high wattage appliances, with a much more compact standby generator system,” according to Michael Betker, Marketing Manager for Briggs & Stratton... |
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