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NEWS RELEASE - Denver Real Estate Company Unveils "Green" Window Stickers for Existing-Home Listings & Pilot Nets Top Dollar
Denver, Nov. 1, 2012: GreenSpot Real Estate recently launched its “GreenSpot” eco-makeover program for existing-home listings, including a “window sticker” showing the property’s…
ContinueAdded by Melissa Baldridge on October 31, 2012 at 6:28pm — 7 Comments
Creating Shared Value - The Future of Business
“Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.”
-Chinese proverb
Let’s say you own a waterfront business that invests the time and resources to teach that man or woman to fish. You routinely offer “Fishing 101” classes. Your…
Added by Melissa Baldridge on October 18, 2011 at 8:30pm — 2 Comments
Housing Bale-Out - Boulder Architect Streamlines Green Building
Straw-bale houses have come a long way since Midwestern homesteaders used to stack sod on the Great Plains and call it home. More recently, 20th century straw-bale builders were either crunchy, granola types hand-crafting their own über-green homes, or affluent greenies seeking to create off-grid trophy houses, budgets be damned. In all cases, though, straw-bale has been the preserve of the one-off – designed and built one at a time. Until now.
One…
ContinueAdded by Melissa Baldridge on September 14, 2011 at 10:51am — 1 Comment
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