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GREEN Topic: Straw Bale Home Basics

Technology Snapshot & Benefits: Appropriate for a wide variety of climates, straw bale homes can be comfortable and can manage moisture effectively if designed and constructed properly.  These structures can provide good thermal (approx. R-30 to R-35) and sound insulation and provide some fire-resistance in ASTM testing. They use low embodied energy, low-toxicity building materials […]

GREEN Topic: Recycled Content Carpet

Technology Snapshot & Benefits: Between four and five billion pounds of carpet are replaced every year in the United States alone, but less than 1% of this is recycled.  In other words, 99% of old carpet is sent to landfills instead of being recycled and made into new carpet. About 60% of carpet manufactured in […]

GREEN Topic: Log Homes

Technology Snapshot & Benefits: Log homes are commonly associated with “The American Dream” because of their reputation of high quality and value and their classic outdoors look and feel.  Log homes have been built in the U.S. for centuries, but saw a rapid boost in popularity starting in the 1960’s during the �back to the […]

GREEN Topic: Building Materials

Technology Snapshot & Benefits: You can save a lot of money and avoid future headaches by choosing and installing building materials that are safe and appropriate. There is no specific cookbook path to success with building materials. However, your decisions may be usefully guided by asking the following questions: How well do the alternatives stack up […]

Green Topic: Bamboo Flooring

Technology Snapshot & Benefits: Bamboo flooring is a cost-effective and environmentally sensitive choice among traditional hardwood flooring options. An appealing building material, it is very durable, strong and long-lasting. Bamboo, a grass product and not a wood product, is harvested every 5 years without damaging the actual bamboo plant, and does not require pesticides due […]

Atlanta’s real estate market breaks records in June

Phil Hudson, Staff Writer, Atlanta Business Chronicle Atlanta’s residential real estate market saw its strongest month of 2015 in June and best month-over-month performance since 2011. The number of homes sold in Atlanta rose by 15.8 percent in June, compared with June 2014. Previous month-over-month increases this year have been in the single digits, except when […]

GREEN Topic: Alternative Decking Materials

Technology Snapshot & Benefits: Alternative decking materials are rising in popularity because they are durable and long lasting, require little to no maintenance, and most are composed of recycled materials. The two most common types are wood/plastic composite lumber and plastic lumber. A majority of alternative decking materials are made from 90-100% recycled materials that […]

GREEN Topic: Walkability and Walkscore

Snapshot & Benefits: Walkability is the measure of how easy it is to walk from your home to grocery stores, shopping centers, restaurants, movie theatres, etc.  The closer your home is to daily destinations, the better walkability it has.  Walk Score is an online tool that determines how walkable your home is on a scale […]