Business-as-usual won't cut it in the new economy. The remodeling industry needs to make changes to its licensing practices and how it verifies residential energy-efficient upgrades.
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Trust, responsiveness, versatility and money-saving opportunities are keeping some remodelers busy this spring, according to Urban Referrals.
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Interest in the stimulus package and the high profile of the green movement have meshed together to create an ideal situation to sell energy-efficient improvements to homeowners.
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This remodeling business is reblooming this spring, after a revelatory experience in which a once-skeptical builder and remodeler dug deep into energy research and became, in his own words, “an air-sealing zealot.”
The York Affinity Series of indoor-air-quality solutions now includes a low-temperature duty UVC germicidal light.
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A statistical glimpse of recent efforts to reduce home energy consumption.
In what may become the home’s equivalent of a car’s M.P.G., momentum is building for a simple method of scoring a home’s environmental impact.
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If green building is the hottest thing going in remodeling, universal design isn't far behind. Remodeler Mike Vowels is an up-and-coming expert in both.
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Remodeling opportunities reside in energy upgrades, as well as in less obvious areas such as rental markets and foreclosures.
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How the stimulus package's tax incentives for homeowners will benefit the remodeling industry.