Watch this video for tips and guides on how easy it is to make your home energy efficient. Find out from Tom Kraeutler who hosts the first ever video podcast by the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR program.

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The video shows a post and beam antique barn reassembled into an energy efficient home. The resources to heat and cool year round are minimal saving energy and money while protecting the environment. Find out here how to purchase your unique custom post and beam home with reassembly assistance.

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Want to make your home more energy efficient, but don’t know where to start? Take these five easy first steps to make you and your wallet feel better.

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Justin Dunning, director of California Green Builder, is interviewed on what is an energy efficient home. Discover more on energy efficient home concept.

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A ten minute video explaining a ComfortWise home features such as Engineered HVAC layout and design, installation protocols, energy code compliance, Tight Ducts, High Performance Glass, and Inspections & Diagnostics. This excellent video shows you what it is like for an energy efficient and self sustainable home. Other excellent energy saving tips that you can [...]

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Constructed both as a home and a laboratory, this home produces more electrical energy than it uses, saves over 90% of the natural gas it used before the remodel and collects rain water which reduces its overall water use by more than 75%.

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With numerous household electrical appliances used in the kitchen, a lot of energy and money can be wasted. In this episode of Green Done Right, host Kahi Lee explains how home owners can make their kitchens more energy efficient. Green Done Right presented by Scott Naturals is a web series focusing on making sustainable-living, budget-conscious [...]

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This passive solar home is designed to capture and store the suns energy in the windows. These windows contain more than 3000 pounds of water which is capable of storing 75000 Btu’s of energy on a good sunny day. Free, couresy of Mr. sun.

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WPBF’s Cathleen O’Toole introduces you to a builder, who’s making money back from FPL with energy efficient house that has the rooftop solar cells installed.

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David Snell, the main contributing editor and expert for Homebuilding & Renovating Magazine and author of ‘Building Your Own Home’, gives visitors at the National Homebuilding & Renovating Show 2009 the guidesand tips on how to make your self-build project more energy efficient.

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This video shows how well an energy efficient home can work with only the sun’s energy. Not a single heater is installed within the house. But the house’s temperature didn’t even drop a tiny bit even when the outside temperature went down to -4.5F. At times of minimal sunshine, the house temperature only went down [...]

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Beat Meier is renovating his home to be more energy-efficient; It is so efficient that it will have surplus electricity. He is making money by selling the surplus electricity back to the electric company.

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It’s not your grandma’s old-fashioned awning anymore. With many different fabrics, styles and sizes to choose from, awnings are making a comeback as a home upgrade that can enhance curb appeal, expand outdoor living space and protect against UV rays. Backed by a recently conducted energy study, awnings also are a proven way to save [...]

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At the Midwest Builders Show, I spoke with Anthony Flaim, owner of Biofoam, Inc., a company that installs environmentally friendly spray foam. He discussed Biofoam’s product and services, and illustrated the benefits of Biofoam’s insulation in comparison to cellulose and batt insulation types.

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9-year-old Carrick shows the ways we made our home more energy efficient.

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