Tag Archive | "sustainability"
Cambria Quartz Blowout Sale!
While supplies last, all in stock Cambria quartz is on sale for $48 per square foot, fabricated and installed! Does not include undermount sink cutout. Current stocked colors are below – hurry, these won’t last long at this price! UPDATE AS OF 8/19/11: We’re selling out fast! Kensington, Park Gate, Welshpool Black, and Hazelford are [...]
Continue reading...Update on Builder Concept Home
Thursday, June 17, 2010
On February first, I brought you the news on A New Design for the New Year, an exciting new concept home developed by designer Marianne Cusato in collaboration with Mark LaLiberte and Builder Magazine. If you followed my advice and took the virtual tour, then you will be just as excited as I am to [...]
Continue reading...Five Sustainable Design and Construction Blogs You Should Be Reading
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Five Sustainable Design and Construction Blogs You Should be Reading ED+C Magazine’s Enviro-Blog Jetson Green Inhabitat Builder.com – Green Building Design GreenSource Selects: Blogs Heidi Breton Schumacher Tile & Stone Photo by Jarosław Pocztarski
Continue reading...A New Design for the New Year
Monday, February 1, 2010
I’d like to share one of the most exciting concepts to come across my computer screen in the last year. The Builder Concept Home 2010 virtual tour is a project brought to us by several well-known names in the construction industry, including Builder Magazine, the official publication of the National Association of Home Builders. Sponsors [...]
Continue reading...Are you going to the Northwest Energy Innovation Summit?
Thursday, December 4, 2008
A recent announcement I’ve run across through TechBoise — the Northwest Energy Innovation Summit is in Boise, Idaho in 2009. Efficiency and sustainability subjects from every sector are up for discussion in various panels on the 12th and 13th of January, 2009, as well as an Entrepreneur’s Showcase on the 14th. A national convention with [...]
Continue reading...What is ‘Engineered Quartz’? Why Would I Want to Use it?
Thursday, November 6, 2008
If you’re looking into purchasing granite countertops, chances are you’ve heard about engineered quartz. Are you wondering whether you should consider quartz as an alternative? As with just about anything, there are various reasons you would or would not use quartz as opposed to another type of surfacing material. A major attraction for quartz is [...]
Continue reading...What is LEED Certification? How Can It Affect Me?
Thursday, October 30, 2008
It seems that more and more these days, companies are bragging about sustainable and efficient policies and construction. Many go so far as to get various accreditations and certifications to prove the standards they hold to. Hardly any modern business will mention their policies without emphasizing how the community and environment are positively affected by [...]
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
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