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With more people than ever looking for ways to ‘go green’ this infographic from Anglian Home Improvements lists 50 simple ways that you and your home help the environment. We’ve said it before: although our homes are build as eco friendly as possible, there is still a lot you can do to ensure your home is as eco friendly as possible.
NAHB, 2014 – The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) today announced its new integrated Green Awards program. For the first time, industry professionals have the opportunity to be recognized across several awards programs for their green building accomplishments, rather than entering one standalone awards program.
Starting this year, green and sustainable categories have been added to many of NAHB’s industry awards programs, including the Best in American Living Awards, The Nationals, the 50+ Housing Awards, the multifamily Pillars of the Industry Awards and the Jerry Rouleau Awards for Excellence in Marketing and Home Design for systems-built homes.
Winning a green or sustainable award in any of these programs, means the entrant will be automatically entered into the Best in Green Awards. Best in Green categories include:
• 50+ Home or Community
• Single-Family Production Home
• Single-Family Custom Home
• Multifamily Project
• Interior Project
• Remodeling Project
• Development
• Sales and Marketing Strategy
• Systems-Built Home
“Green and sustainable building is no longer just a niche, we now see it in nearly every segment of the building industry,” said NAHB Chairman Kevin Kelly, a home builder and developer from Wilmington, Del. “As such, it made sense to expand the NAHB Green Awards to offer additional opportunities to reward the great work in sustainable building practices we see across the entire industry.”
Winners will be announced on Jan. 21, 2015, during the International Builders’ Show at a new event, Plugging into Performance: Best in Green Awards Brunch. In addition, all other green and sustainable award winners from the individual programs will be recognized.
For more information, or to apply for an award, please visit www.nahb.org/greenawards. Please contact Jaclyn Toole atjtoole@nahb.org or 202-266-8225 with any additional questions.
Here at Regency Homes most of our home are build with an Energy Star Certification, this means that our homes are built as eco friendly as possible. However, buying a green home isn’t the only thing you can do to become more energy conscious. There are still other aspects of your home that can influence your energy efficiency.
Discover the differences of acting green vs. buying green. Is it more important to buy green appliances or act green? Take a look at this infographic from eLocal to decide for yourself.
For the empty nesters (the 55+ crowd), we offer the Walnut Lake Villas. These maintenance-provided ranch-style homes are priced at $300,000-$700,000. Walnut Lake features innovative “Courtyard Homes” that are clustered around a private lake and park area all within a gated community.
These prestigiously designed villas offer hundreds of amenities, such as 12’ high volume ceilings, courtyard fountains and plantings, granite countertops and tile floors, 9’ windows, 8’ high doorways, large walk-in closets, gourmet kitchens with birch cabinets, a finished lower level and much more.
These homes are defining a new lifestyle that buyers have been seeking here in Omaha. Custom plan change consultation service is available from our in-house new home designers. Theses plans can be built in other exclusive Omaha neighborhoods. See the Walnut Lake Section (Communities) of our web site for more information about Walnut Lake. See the “Models Plans” for floor plan choices.
There’s one thing we never seem to have enough of: time. Whether you’re trying to efficiently manage your time at work or home, the following infographic has some great tips on how to help you become more organized and manage your time throughout the day.
When buying a new home, or planning the making of your own custom home, time can seem to be in short supply. Hopefully these time saving tips can help you during the process.
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