tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-314599372008-10-11T07:13:35.624-07:00Getting GreenLet's change our global settings.Ian Huckabeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06411074807608870006noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31459937.post-569332725690720592008-10-04T10:03:00.000-07:002008-10-04T10:42:04.565-07:00Green PorkWhether or not you agree with the bailout package signed into law this week by President Bush after overwhelming support from the Senate and better-late-than-never support from the House, you might be happy to know that some of the pork thrown into it includes what some are saying is the largest renewable energy legislation in history. EcoGeek.com reports that this new legislation will create as Ian Huckabeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06411074807608870006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31459937.post-38694232751368143242008-10-02T06:36:00.000-07:002008-10-02T07:14:43.978-07:00Briar Chapel Grand OpeningThere is something new on the market and it's really green. On Saturday, Newland Communities unveiled the community that Chatham County, North Carolina, has been anticipating for years. Briar Chapel, a 1600-acre new-home community just outside of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, has been intentionally designed to inhabit the land without inhibiting its true nature. Nine hundred of the 1600 acres willIan Huckabeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06411074807608870006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31459937.post-89136485811030858292007-11-02T08:15:00.000-07:002007-11-02T12:40:18.618-07:00Who knows?There has been speculation about which economist or econometrics firm would be the first to forecast a possible turnaround of the current housing downswing. Without surprise, it came from David Seiders, chief economist for the National Association of Home Builders, interpreter of the building industry's crystal ball. The other contender was Lawrence Yun who holds the same title at the National Ian Huckabeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06411074807608870006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31459937.post-28512585394525744622007-04-14T15:25:00.000-07:002007-04-14T15:37:57.024-07:00Green Energy at the China PriceAny face time with Tom Friedman is time well spent. Here's a little with him as he speaks about the power of green.Ian Huckabeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06411074807608870006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31459937.post-1162746444218890882006-11-05T08:57:00.000-08:002006-11-05T13:53:51.516-08:00Green Building InitiativeThe Home Builders Association of Durham, Orange & Chatham Counties announced their Green Building Initiaive this week. This press release will give you an idea of what green building is and the different approaches that can be taken:
HBA-DOC Announces Green Building Program
Durham (Novemeber 2, 2006) - Today the Home Builders Association (HBA) of Durham, Orange and Chatham counties unveiled a Ian Huckabeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06411074807608870006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31459937.post-1153582196913597782006-07-22T08:29:00.000-07:002008-07-25T15:58:10.479-07:00Bratz Forever?A market can have the behavioral attributes of a young child, particularly when a product you're bringing to it doesn't offer the immediate gratification of, say, a Roboraptor robotic dinosaur or the Bratz Forever Diamondz Doll. And so it is with green homes in many markets around the country. "Looks responsible," many consumers say, "but I'm looking for something with comparables."
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