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	<title>New Homes Section &#187; green homes</title>
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		<title>The Few, The Performing</title>
		<link>http://www.newhomessection.com/blog/the-few-the-performing/2011/11/04/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Marnella</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Go Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Builders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homes for Sale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing market]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received a comment from a builder, on a post I wrote about home performance, that all new homes were ENERGY STAR certified. It occurred to me that if someone in my industry didn’t understand the facts about the ENERGY STAR new home certification then I needed to clarify this further. I agree that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homes Most Likely to Face Difficult Appraisals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hard-hit Areas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Apprasals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Home Valuation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luxury Homes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[These obligatory property valuations—initiated by lenders—have been hindering sales across the country, with property valuations often coming in...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>National Green Building Conference and Expo</title>
		<link>http://www.newhomessection.com/blog/national-green-building-conference-and-expo/2011/04/18/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newhomessection.com/blog/national-green-building-conference-and-expo/2011/04/18/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JaysonNHS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Go Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High-Performance Windows Volume Purchasing Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[May 1st]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Holmes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Salt Lake City]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Association of Home Builders begins their National Green Building Conference and Expo on May 1st, hosted this year in Salt Lake City, Utah. The expo, which brings together all active members of the new homes industry—from real estate agents, to suppliers, to homebuilders, to lenders—focuses on the implementation of green building techniques, from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Building Certification Programs</title>
		<link>http://www.newhomessection.com/blog/green-building-certification-programs/2011/02/09/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newhomessection.com/blog/green-building-certification-programs/2011/02/09/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JaysonNHS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Department of Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy star]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Building Certification Programs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Certification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Technologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LEED Certification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Green Building Standard]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newhomessection.com/blog/?p=10075</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you’ve decided upon buying a new home that carries a certain level of “green” cred, you’ve no doubt been excited to find the breadth of green options that today’s new home builders are offering to their customers. From sustainable lumber in the walls to solar panels on the roof, it seems like the heyday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PACE Program Pushes Back Against The FHFA</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JaysonNHS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Property Assessed Clean Energy Program]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[PACE, the Property Assessed Clean Energy program was delivered a huge blow recently by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). PACE, a program supported by the Department of Energy, allows homeowners, in participating areas, to use property tax assessments to pay off the costs acquired for making energy efficient improvements. Turning their property into a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fresh air or Granite counters?</title>
		<link>http://www.newhomessection.com/blog/fresh-air-or-granite-counters/2010/07/29/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newhomessection.com/blog/fresh-air-or-granite-counters/2010/07/29/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Marnella</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Go Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy efficient homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Builders]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[indoor air quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new homes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does the quality of air in your home rank up there with the finish level of your counter tops? Maybe it should. To certify a home for even the basic level of Green or Performance building certification, a fresh air exchange is required. This is usually a fan in a utility room that is just [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Added Benefit to Owning a High Performance Home</title>
		<link>http://www.newhomessection.com/blog/added-benefit-to-owning-a-high-performance-home/2010/06/28/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newhomessection.com/blog/added-benefit-to-owning-a-high-performance-home/2010/06/28/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Marnella</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Go Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy efficient homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first time home buyers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green homes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You regularly hear a builder marketing his homes as Energy Star certified, Earth Advantage certified, Green built, High Performance, etc. What does this really mean? In fact there is a term, “Greenwashing”, which defines the practice of disingenuously marketing “green”. If you do your homework, you will find most builders are doing the bare minimums [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Got EPS?</title>
		<link>http://www.newhomessection.com/blog/got-eps/2010/05/20/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newhomessection.com/blog/got-eps/2010/05/20/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 23:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Marnella</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Go Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Builders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homes for Sale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy efficient homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy Performance Score]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[green homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newhomessection.com/blog/?p=7253</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is what you should be asking the builder of any home you are looking to buy. If they claim to be a “Green Builder” and don’t have a score, they more than likely have just built to a minimum green or performance standard or it is just a marketing tag. However, if a builder [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Consider Buying A Smart Home</title>
		<link>http://www.newhomessection.com/blog/consider-buying-a-smart-home/2010/05/05/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newhomessection.com/blog/consider-buying-a-smart-home/2010/05/05/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 19:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Adams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Go Green]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[green homes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a new twist on taking care of your home and it is called smart technology.  It is becoming more and more common in many new homes and it might be exactly what you need to make your life a little easier. A smart home uses advanced technology in order to complete simple tasks [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is Your Car Exhaling into Your Home?</title>
		<link>http://www.newhomessection.com/blog/is-your-car-exhaling-into-your-home/2010/04/30/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newhomessection.com/blog/is-your-car-exhaling-into-your-home/2010/04/30/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Marnella</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Go Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Builders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green homes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[HVAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indoor air quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marnella Homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new homes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If your home has a furnace installed in the garage, it most likely is.  At one of our construction 101 classes at our Volare Town Home community in Happy Valley, this came up.  We have been installing our entire HVAC systems inside the conditioned space of our homes (meaning the interior living area of the [...]]]></description>
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