The Green Beginnings Video is a unique, original content eco-documentary that depicts the collaborative effort between the professional team and homeowners who built the Green Beginnings House, an award-winning USGBC LEED Silver and Energy Star Qualified Home, use the homebuilding experience as a model to present a comprehensive overview of the project to explain green homes.Shot on location amidst a picturesque backdrop of rolling farmlands in Kennett Square, PA, the film follows the true story of planning and building a state-of-the-art green and sustainable home. A top-notch professional creative team, an extraordinary green home-building project, and a passionate commitment to the cause make a powerful emotional connection with the audience. Viewed together with the eco-memoir book Green Beginnings: The Story of How We Built Our Green & Sustainable Home, newcomers and professionals alike are offered a unique opportunity to understand green homes as presented from both the homeowners and professionals perspectives.
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As part of a 4-year green renovation project, we decided on H2O radiant heat in concrete for our south facing 14 x 40 ft living room/dining room. We did 85% total of the work ourselves from deconstruction to finish trim work. Whewww! We did ALOT of research and LOVE the results. Imagine never having cold feet again!!
American car company, Fisker Automotive, will begin building stylish, affordable, efficient plug-in hybrid cars in Delaware. The NINA is a family-oriented sedan starting at $39,900.
Terrance Babbie, President of Colter Construction, welcomed a standing room only crowd at a ribbon cutting ceremony at Sandstone on Wednesday, unveiling Delaware's most energy efficient house, with a HERS rating of 49. Delaware State Housing Authority Director, Anas Ben Addi, praised Colter's commitment to building homes that are not simply efficient, but affordable as well. Ed Minch of Energy Services Group, the home's certified energy rater, educated the crowd about how a home achieves its score.
BF Rich Windows and Doors manufactures super energy efficient windows and doors (including custom shapes) for replacement, new construction and light commercial applications. See how their sustainablity plan results in savings for you while helping to save the planet... one window at a time.
Thomas Niemann, Repopting Manager of Ford's Sustainable Business Strategies tells how Ford is doing their part to be environmental stewards. He also announces exciting news about full electric and gas/electric hybrid vehicles in Ford's new line up of economical and fuel effiecent vehicles.
Ford is the proud receipient of the EPA's Energy Star Sustained Excellence Award for the fourth year in a row. Ford improved energy efficiency in the U.S. by 5 percent in 2008 and nearly 35 percent since 2000
