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The "Green" Mindset of Homeowners – The market for True Green Homes is expected to rise from $2 billion to up to $20 billion over the next five years. Standard homes are becoming increasingly green with homeowners using green products for 40% of their remodeling work. Builders need to offer “green” investment opportunities to the homeowners who want to invest in an environmentally-friendly home.
Who is defining “Green” anyway? - What do home builders and home buyers really think about “green”? And how do they perceive its effect on their lives and the environment? A recent survey conducted by the Professional Builder magazine attempts to answer these multi-faceted questions.
Cold Floors – Bonus Rooms & Beyond - In winters, cold floors are not just found in bonus rooms (rooms over garages) anymore; today’s home designs are becoming more ambitious, with new opportunities for cold floors to develop over such unconditioned spaces as porches, crawl spaces, or even floors cantilevered beyond the exterior wall of the building.
Energy Efficiency Ranks # 1 in Consumer Green Building Priorities - A new survey conducted for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) confirms that a desire for greater energy efficiency drives consumers to choose a green-built home. The NAHB National Green Building Program paves the way for authentic yet cost-effective green buildings so that the solution doesn’t become more expensive than the challenge itself.
WHAT ELSE IS NEW?
Green Advances in the Urban Lodge at Street of Dreams 2007 - Built for the Seattle Street of Dreams, The Urban Lodge showcase home is an environmentally-friendly contemporary lodge-style home highlighting the fiscal, environmental, health and lifestyle benefits of utilizing "green" materials and building techniques. One of the products selected to help the home achieve sustainable design & construction is Icynene®.
Homeowners Could Be Missing Out On Huge Savings This Winter – The average homeowner claims an annual heating/cooling bill of $3,000. A recent poll of more than 1,200 U.S. homeowners conducted by Ipsos Reid on behalf of Icynene has found that nearly all (97%) agree with the idea that reducing energy use at home is important to save money, yet many could still be missing out on opportunities to lower their energy bills this winter.
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Icynene Inc. Vol.4/Issue 4 December 2007 Copyright 2007 Icynene, Inc.