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Building and buying homes that are energy efficient and environmentally conscious is what seems to be on a lot of people’s minds. More and more buyers are becoming increasingly aware of the advantages of building green or buying a home that already has environmentally friendly and efficiency standards in place.

With electric rates rising as well as the concern for our environment’s condition, statistics show that people are ready to listen, open their minds and see how living green is a shift from being more efficient to being more effective. Now in days, people are even willing to pay anywhere from 1 to 3 percent more for this type of home.

Just in case you aren’t familiar with the “Building or Buying Green” topic, the basic principle driving this is defined by making sure the products in the home come from sustainable resources, the items are non-toxic, are recyclable, and help reduce energy use. You can easily break it down into three basic categories which is water efficiency, smart energy, and architecture/landscaping.

When it comes to water efficiency, there are a few things that builder are doing can be implemented in your own home.

* Depending on your local building regulations, some homes are designed to collect rain water for the garden and landscaping.
* Manufactures have now designed what is called an “instant gas water heater” which only uses energy to heat water when needed preventing people from letting the water run until its warm.
* Installing low flow heads on faucets, and showers as well as low flow commodes are also water efficiency practices.

Smart Energy refers to both materials and products.

* EnergyStar appliances
* Passive solar day lighting
* Improved insulation
* Compact Fluorescent lights (CFL)
* Improved insulation
* High-Performance windows
* 12 to 14 SEER variable speed dehumidification controlled, electronic air cleaning, heat pump system
* Extra-sealed air conditioning ducts
* TVs and other electronics that automatically power down when not in use
* Ceiling fans in each room

Architecture and landscaping are also very important when it comes to either looking for or building a green home.

* Situating a home to prevent the heat from the sun
* Decrease the number of windows on the south and west sides of the home
* Tight construction (Sealing)
* Reused antique brick walkways
* Recycled content roof and wall sheathing
* Countertops made from recycled concrete and glass
* Locally handcrafted cabinetry
* Landscape with plants and trees that are compatible with the local environment and climate

You can find green homes in the Jacksonville Florida real estate area and other Northeast Florida areas. Within the last two years (2006 – 2008), 500 EnergyStar homes have been built in Jacksonville Florida. You can also find green built homes in Amelia Park. Currently there are approximately 420 homes there.

Ryland Homes, Cornerstone Homes, HabiJax, Beazer Homes (most active), and McClellan Homes are some of the named builders who are building green standard homes.

Organizations that are currently participating in the green built home effort is Energy Star, Green Built Homes of America, LEED-H, Florida Green Building Coalition, FPL (Florida Power & Light) Build Smart, and Florida Water Star. These are great resources to use when researching green built homes and how you can get involved.

We hope you find this article interesting and useful and find the advice motivating enough to “Go Green”.

Carey Frankel
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Landscape lighting is ordinarily functional, but it is intended to meld naturally into the surroundings, it is the result and not the fixture, that should be evident. The different types of external lighting scenes that can be produced are landscape lighting, safety lighting, and security lighting Outside Lighting Tips To Transform Your Garden..

Landscape lighting is becoming increasingly much used because of the beauty, safety, and security it provides to the outdoor regions of a house.It is a marvellous way to bring out the exterior beauty of your home’s landscape.The usage of solar garden lighting can dramatically increase the appeal ingredient of any landscape project.

External lighting is generally advisable, but specially around water features, which pose a special danger at night and is perfect for highlighting areas. Quite popular these days are low-voltage exterior lighting systems. These systems by and large come complete with a step-down transformer. Solar outside lighting is in general the safest and simplest form of exterior lighting to install. Outside lighting is used to bring bushes and flowers to life at night, highlighting special points around your house, shed light on drives and stairs for safety and security. It is by and large a breeze and safe to install, is safe for children and animals, and it uses less power than line voltage options. As an accessory outside lighting is as practical as it is visual, bettering the safety and security of any household, because the homeowner and other residents are able to move about their property in safely at night. Landscape lighting is a simple improvement that will make a massive difference in the safety not to mention the security of your home as well its visual effect after dusk and is safer to operate than conventional mains lighting.

Solar exterior lighting can be supplied in a assortment of styles from several makers offering solar outdoor decor that suit your style. Landscape lighting is the ideal product for solar powered, wireless style lights.However ,they must be placed in an area, which enjoys a large amounts of sunlight during the day time. One probable problem is that they tend to only give off a subdued light that lights up a relatively small area. Now that manufacturing systems have improved and price tags are dropping , solar lighting has become the red hot product in the horticultural industry. It is a speedy simple alternative that can transform your garden decor or landscape. Solar outdoor lighting provides many opportunities for you to integrate into your gardening project including pathway, driveway lights, accent lights, lanterns, fountains, and spotlights. All the same, the PV panel utilized to charge the battery must be in an area where it will receive large amounts of direct sunlight. One drawback with solar landscape lighting is that you may not feel it is very effective because they emit very little light and get dimmer as the battery runs out. Still most solar lighting can be as bright as traditional low-voltage. Solar outside lighting stores energy captured during the day and then when it becomes dark enough, the outdoor lighting switches on automatically. This outside lighting alternative has been increasing in popularity the past few years.

Try playing with your timing and using different systems to alter the ambiance over the evening for example set for evening, not too dimmed, and with a reddish orange ambiance. You can always supplement permanent lighting with tabletop lanterns and solar outdoor lighting sited amongst flowerbeds to shed a luminescence about your garden.

David Kearsley
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