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Great Green Holiday Ideas from GreenHomes America Partner WESCO
One of our newest locations, Washington Energy Services, recently posted some great tips on greening your Holiday season. Love the local focus here, nothing like supporting your community and also...
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The Power of Infrared: In the Study of Reindeer Seeing is Believing!
Thanks to the hard work of a team of researchers in Norway (near the North Pole) and the Netherlands, Rudolph’s red nose has been explained. The recently published, observational study: Why...
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Energy Tax Credits for 2013: Available again!
One good result from the end of the year fiscal cliff hanger is an extension of the residential energy tax credit. If you haven’t used it in the past, all the way back to 2006, there is a $500 tax...
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Building Science Principles: consider going PRO?
Some of you out there may know builders, home inspectors, Realtors, Bankers and Students, or may be one yourself. Well, we all have something in common, “homes!” We live in them, own them, rent them,...
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Welcome Gundlach’s! New to GreenHomes but 100 years in Business!
It is an honor and a pleasure to welcome our latest partner Gundlach’s Plumbing & Sheet Metal to the GreenHomes America network where we can truly help fulfill their statement, “today’s...
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Ice Dams and Chainsaws or You May be Right, They May be Crazy….
Don’t try this at home! Chain saws and snow blowers don’t belong on roofs, and I would suggest you don’t either, especially in the winter. These guys are clearly…ahem, professionals. One obvious down...
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Where do you grow your mold, the bathroom or the attic?
Sometimes it’s the simple things that can be done to make your home a healthier and safer one. Bath fans help move a great deal of moisture out of the room and are a really good idea. But where the...
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Do you need a Dehumidifier?
As we look to improve our homes and the air in it, taking control of the airways are very important. Come wintertime, we often struggle with comfort in more ways that just staying warm. Sometimes it...
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BAM! Home Performance on Steroids
If you could reduce your energy bills by more than 50% would you? In Syracuse, New York, our office has been working on ways to excel at making your home more energy efficient. Call it Home...
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Mandatory Common Sense
We often preach “reduce first” as the sensable approach for homeowners who are looking at installing expensive renewable energy. It just makes sense. If it costs a lot to install solar panels, make...
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GreenHomes Parent Company installs EV Charging Station
ABM, GreenHomes America’s parent company, helped the US Navy celebrate the 1st EV Charging Station to be installed at a US NAVY site on the West Coast. Great to see charging stations going up in all...
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Spring time! New Siding, New Windows, New Extreme Retrofit?
Winter is past and we are gearing up for round two of our exterior insulation Deep Energy Retrofit project in New York. there was a feature in the NEWS , check it out! As the weather gets nicer, we...
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Carbon Monoxide: Be Afraid, Take Action!
We’ve posted about CO in the past. It comes up in the news too often, and it is something we should all be concerned about. A case in Aspen, Colorado is moving to trial following the death of a...
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Where is that Check Engine Light?
A fairly comprehensive list of ailments sufferable from your very own home was posted in this article. It is disheartening to read that more than “30 million homes have significant health problems,...
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Spring Tune up: An ounce of prevention is worth a ton of cooling!
You should get your furnace and AC serviced annually to make sure they’re operating safely and efficiently. And we find it’s best to do that with a regular service agreement. Hopefully this will...
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Integrating Resilience & Energy Efficiency in Existing Homes
This was a topic at national conference recently and a very relevant one. As we respond and react to the terrible tragedy in Oklahoma I urge you to consider what it means to you and your home. The...
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Asthma? Indoors is not Always a Safe Haven!
June is upon us and in some parts of the country we are opening windows in others, closing them up. Asthma awareness month, the month of May, is over but I feel it’s a subject always worth talking...
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Can the LED Mean no More Excuses?
We have written about LED lighting in the past, and there are lots of good reasons to consider it in your home. The recessed lighting options out there can help with energy savings as well as tackling...
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Deadly mix: Attic fans and Carbon Monoxide
There seems to be a rash of CO Poisonings and scares occurring in hotels recently. It highlights the importance of CO alarms, and also testing combustion equipment. But Last May, this mom rescued her...
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Keeping Cool: More than Comfort, In Crisis
Summer is in full effect and with it comes the heat! The CDC has some great tips to help us get through this safely. Stay in an air-conditioned indoor location as much as possible. Drink plenty of...
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