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Monthly Archives: January 2009
How the Solar Thermal tax credit(s) work
Q: I am interesting in solar hot water. How do the tax credits work for this? Matt: I am getting lots of questions now that Solar is a hot topic about how the rebates and credits work. Here is a … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Tax Credits and Rebates
Tagged GA, Georgia, Solar Thermal, tax incentives, water, water heating
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Hoots on Demand
The Hoots Group has been the anchor story for several green TV shows over the past few years. I just found out today that you can see this if you have Comcast on demand. Here is how to see us … Continue reading
Posted in Hoots In The News
Tagged green, Home Performance with Energy Star, SawHorse
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Certifiably Green- Q. and A.
Q: Which green certification is best for my house? A: Good question- I get asked all if time which green certification is the best. It really depends on the situation. Not all certifications are friendly to every situation while some … Continue reading
Posted in Green Certifications
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They save, We pay, but it’s OK! It’s all Green!
You do not have to be a green business to be green. If you offer regular (non-green) services, you still can be conservation minded in your office, home and how you do business with you clients. I do like it … Continue reading
Posted in Green Business
Tagged environmental impact, fossil fuels, green, Green Business, sustainable
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Green Desisions- when to go green Part I
“Pretty in a Prius” We all agree that green is good, however is going green always the best thing to do? Here is my response to this question that I received as part of my “Suggestion and Questions” page: (We) … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Efficiency
Tagged break even point, fuel efficient car, GA, green, hybrid, hybrid car, ROI, saving energy, toyota prius
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Spring Clean and have a healthy home
Yes, I know that Winter just officially started so why I am talking about “Spring cleaning?” We are spending much more time indoors right now and unfortunately it may not be in an environment that is that healthy. As a … Continue reading
Easy Green
As a Home Performance contractor, we not only encourage advanced home performance remedies such as adding insulation, upgrading HVAC and window replacement but also encourage our clients to look at easy green options that are on the market. My brother … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Efficiency
Tagged energy star, home performance, HVAC, Insulation, performance contractor
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Just in… another good green story
Today- one of our associates agrees that 2009 is going to be a great year for us all that are doing the right thing. What is the “right thing?” Going green of course. Here is what Tim Uzar, a … Continue reading
Just in… others agree that “2009 is actually a green New Year!”
“2009 is a New Year”- This has been the phrase of the year for me so far. Those who need to hear it welcome the words of encouragement. Those who do not want to hear it make smart remarks in … Continue reading
Posted in Green Business
Tagged Atlanta, EarthCraft, ecobroker, GA, Green Building, Green Business, LEED, sustainable
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How Green can $ave you Green
Our friends at the EPA have asked the Hoots Group to help promote sustainable practices as they apply to buildings. We are going to give 2 presentations at the 2009 Southeastern Lifecycle Construction Conference. The first one is a case … Continue reading
Posted in Green Events
Tagged building, EarthCraft, green, Green Building, green renovations, lifecycle, Matt Hoots, new construction, rebates, SawHorse, sustainable
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“Save water – Shower with a friend”
This may have worked in the 70′s, however, I am not sure that when people showered together that they actually saved water. I think that other things might have been going on besides washing. You still have the option to … Continue reading
Tomorrow is another day… 2009 is a New Year
What happened on January 1st? Is that hope that I smell in the air? Might just be smog, however with less people on the road pollution should go down. Did we finally put 2008 behind us and throw way the … Continue reading
Posted in Green It Forward
Tagged Atlanta, ecobroker, energy, green, neil boortz, pollution, real estate agent, sustainable
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We are higher on the “green list” than the “teeth per capita list!”
I am just guessing that we are close to last place in GA for teeth per capita. It was something that I heard on an a local radio show. Hopefully the Atlanta crowd will help bump us up in the … Continue reading
