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Renovating Green

Definition: Updating your home incorporating materials, design and technology that are sustainable and conservation-minded.

Specifically, you should:

Install maximum insulation in the area to be remodeled.

Install high-efficiency windows instead of those that just meet the energy code.

Seal all exterior penetrations in the area being remodeled.

Purchase only Energy Star® rated appliances.

Install only low-flow water fixtures.

Upgrade to an Energy Star® rated water heater, or even better, a tankless water heater.

Purchase the highest efficiency HVAC system you can afford.

- adapted from an article by Broderick Perkins

This entry was posted on April 8th, 2007 | Posted in General

Mike Giesbrecht

Royal LePage Sussex West Vancouver

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