All Entries in the "Energy Efficient" Category

Energy Efficient St. Charles Builder Helps Existing Homeowners Money

Weathering the winter? You’d be crazy to heat your home by burning dollar bills in the fireplace. Yet many homeowners are wasting money each year by paying for heat that escapes from their home due to inadequate insulation and lack of proper air sealing. John Hall, Jr., of St. Charles builder John Hall Homes knows [...]

Top 10 Things to Put in Your Next New Chicago Home

Builder Magazine Online listed their Top 10 items for builders to consider putting in their 2010 new homes.  Perhaps not surprisingly, many products on the ‘top 10 list’ are energy efficient / green building technology that is all the rage now in the industry.  They are justified as important if the real AND perceived value [...]

Free Tour of a LEED Chicago Home Saturday December 12

Ever wonder what goes into making a LEED Platinum candidate home? Now is your chance to tour a home going through the LEED for Homes program that is substantially complete.
This unique project has been a labor of love by the homeowner, and includes features such as:

reclaimed copper roof
remnant stone from blast fragments as a facade
vegetative [...]

Sugar Grove New Homes Designed to Meet LEED Certification

LEED for Homes projects in Chicago’s western suburbs are being listed on the Northern Illinois MLS. JB Architecture Group’s community within Hannaford Farms in Sugar Grove, IL is planned to be one of the first collections of custom green homes in the Fox Valley area.

Move-in Ready Energy-Efficient Bridgeport Condos

Three energy-efficient condominiums in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood are available for immediate occupancy.  Developer Bozena (Bo) Boguslawski has converted a four-unit apartment building at 3308 S. Lowe Avenue into three condominiums, ranging from 1,300 to 2,600 square feet. Prices range from $289,000 to $539,000.
Buyers can choose their own refrigerators, washing machines and dryers. “Other than [...]