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Common Home Problems

Posted by Craig Knott, CR Categories: Architecture, Design Tips, Energy Saving Ideas, FAQs, Project News, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Remodeling Industry Tags: And Remediation, Assessment, Automation, basement, Building Biology, building engineering, Common Home, construction home, contractor md, Cracked Paint, Damp, Damp Basement, Home Common, home renovation, home renovation contractor, Industrial Hygiene, Insulators, Md Homes, Mildew, Mold, Mold Growth, Occupational Safety And Health, Peeling Paint, renovation contractor No comments yet.

Is your home cold, drafty or uncomfortable? Do you have excessive dust and high utility bills? Here are some common…
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Renovations That Pay Off

Posted by Craig Knott, CR Categories: Architecture, Design Tips, Energy Saving Ideas, Kitchen & Bathroom Remodeling, Project News, Remodeling Industry Tags: building, building engineering, Contractor Home Renovation, Date, Energy Bill, energy conservation, home improvement, home renovation, home renovations, house, kitchen, Lowering Energy Bills, Make Your House, Md House, sustainable building, wood flooring, your house No comments yet.

When it comes to home renovations, the key is choosing projects that bring your house up to date, lowers energy…
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“Passive Design” Renovations

Posted by Craig Knott, CR Categories: Architecture, Design Tips, Energy Saving Ideas, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Remodeling Industry Tags: Active And Passive, Active Design, Active Passive, and air conditioning, awning, contractor, Contractor Builders, Design Techniques, energy conservation, heating, Home Designs, Home Utility, low energy building, Passive Home, Passive House, Passive Solar Building Design, sustainable architecture, sustainable building, ventilating, Window, Your Contractors No comments yet.

We spend a lot of money heating and cooling our homes. But new technologies utilizing natural, renewable resources, such as…
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Solutions for Making a Small Space Bigger

Posted by Craig Knott, CR Categories: Architecture, Design Tips, Energy Saving Ideas, Project News Tags: design build, living spaces, maximize space, more space, simple solutions, small spaces, solution, space, Space Big, Space Design, visual arts No comments yet.

Is your room or house feeling a bit cramped? Do the walls seem to be closing in on you? Is…
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Why Renovate Your Home?

Posted by Craig Knott, CR Categories: Design Tips, Energy Saving Ideas, FAQs Tags: Award Winning, renovation No comments yet.

There are two main reasons to consider renovating your home. One is to upgrade or improve your living space for…
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What is Home Renovation?

Posted by Craig Knott, CR Categories: Architecture, Design Tips, Energy Saving Ideas, Remodeling Industry Tags: contractor home improvement, Home Improvement Design, Home Professional, home renovation, improvements, Knock Down Wall, Professional Contractor, renovation, Renovation Professionals, Repainting No comments yet.

Home Renovation is not just knocking out walls, replacing fixtures and repainting. It’s also about style and function. If your…
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Home Improvement for Fun and Profit

Posted by Craig Knott, CR Categories: Design Tips, Energy Saving Ideas, Greener Choices, Project News, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Remodeling Industry Tags: contractor md, home improvement, home improvement projects, Home Investments, Home Look, home renovation, home renovation contractor, Improve Your Home, Owner-occupier, renovation, renovation contractor No comments yet.

When it comes to Home Renovation, the biggest question you need to ask yourself is “why do I want to…
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How to Lower Your Utility Bills

Posted by Craig Knott, CR Categories: Design Tips, Energy Saving Ideas, Project News, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Remodeling Industry Tags: Ceiling Fan, Compact Fluorescent Lamp, contractor md, energy, Energy Saving Tips, energy savings, Environmental Issues With Energy, Fluorescent Lamp, Gas Discharge Lamps, home renovation contractor, Incandescent Light Bulb, Led Lamp, Light-emitting Diodes, Md Money, Money Energy, Money Saving Tips, Money Savings, Reduce Energy No comments yet.

Here are some easy, money-saving tips to reduce household expenses. 1. Unplug your cell phone and other electronic devices as…
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Make your Home “Green”

Posted by Craig Knott, CR Categories: Design Tips, Energy Saving Ideas, Greener Choices, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Remodeling Industry Tags: contractor, Contractor Renovation, Current Space, Home Home, home renovation, home renovation contractor, houseworks unlimited, Professional Contractor, renovating homes, renovating your home, renovation contractor, Television No comments yet.

If you’re planning to renovate your home, don’t just think of “redecorating”, think of upgrading its efficiency as well. Make…
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Let there be Light!

Posted by Craig Knott, CR Categories: Architecture, Design Tips, Energy Saving Ideas, Project News, Remodeling Industry Tags: architectural lighting design, architecture, concentrated light, dimmer, good lighting, light, light fixture, lighting, lighting design help, overhead lighting, smart lighting No comments yet.

As wonderful and efficient as a newly renovated home will be, it won’t do much good if the lighting doesn’t…
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Why Hire a Home Remodeling Contractor?

Posted by Craig Knott, CR Categories: Architecture, Design Tips, Energy Saving Ideas, Project News, Remodeling Industry Tags: building, construction labor, contractor insurance, home improvement, home renovation, home renovation company, home renovation contractor, home renovation cost, houseworks unlimited, liability insurance, remodeling cost homes, renovation, renovation company, renovation contractor, renovation costs No comments yet.

When it comes to managing the maintenance and upkeep of your home, “do-it-yourself” has its advantages. For more involved projects,…
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Three Questions to ask yourself about Home Improvement

Posted by Craig Knott, CR Categories: Design Tips, Energy Saving Ideas, Remodeling Industry Tags: building, contractor home improvement, do it yourself, doityourself.com, hire a contractor, home improvement, home improvement retail store, home renovation, homemaking, large homes, proffesional home remodeling, Remodeling, renovation No comments yet.

In hard economic times, it’s tempting to think of cutting costs on home Improvement, both to save money and for…
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Innovative Renovation

Posted by Craig Knott, CR Categories: Design Tips, Energy Saving Ideas, Remodeling Industry Tags: a professional, houseworks, more efficient, professional remodeler, professionals, Remodeling, renovation, renovation company, the renovator, update your home No comments yet.

There are probably a dozen of things that need to be fixed in your house, but somehow days turn into…
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Transparent solar cells let windows generate electricity

Posted by Craig Knott, CR Categories: Energy Saving Ideas, Greener Choices Tags: a solar, cell energy, energy, energy absorbing, energy conversion, environment, infared light, light pass, oerlikon solar, our solar, photovoltaic module, photovoltaics, physics, semiconductor devices, silicon thin film cell, solar cell, solar cells, solar panels, sun, transparent, visible light, yang yang No comments yet.

In the future, solar panels will no longer be restricted to the roof. You’ll be able to put them on…
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Spring Home Maintenance Tips

Posted by Craig Knott, CR Categories: Energy Saving Ideas, FAQs Tags: and air conditioning, basement, building engineering, contractor md, food storage, heater, heating, home appliances, home improvement, home improvement contractors, home maintenance contractor, home repair, improvement contractors, maintenance contractors, maryland home improvement contractor, plumbing, spring, spring cleaning, spring has sprung, springs homes, sump pump, ventilating, water heating No comments yet.

Spring has sprung. While you’re banishing the cobwebs during your annual spring cleaning, take some time to give your home…
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Tips for Building a Two-Story Addition

Posted by Craig Knott, CR Categories: Architecture, Design Tips, Energy Saving Ideas, FAQs Tags: additions, an addition, architecture, cape cod style homes, design build, house, kitchen, maryland design, master suite, pop top addition, room additions, rooms, second story add on, style home, tips for building, two story additions No comments yet.

Homeowners who might have tried to sell their houses a few years ago are staying put with the hope that…
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Department of Energy Updates Refrigerator Efficiency Standards

Posted by Craig Knott, CR Categories: Energy Saving Ideas, Government Affairs, Greener Choices Tags: auto defrost, cut energy use, defrosting, efficiency standards, energy, energy conservation, energy doe, energy efficiency standards, energy policy, energy saving home improvements, energy update, environment, food preservation, food storage, government standards, home appliances, national appliance energy conservation act, national energy efficiency, refrigerator, refrigerator efficiency, standard homes, technology, u.s. department of energy No comments yet.

Recently, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released new minimum national energy efficiency standards for most new refrigerators, which will…
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Worlds Largest Solar & Coal Project

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Australian PM Julia Gillard announced approval for the world’s largest coal/solar hybrid power plant. Photo: CS Energy Australian prime minister…
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Making a Basement Feel More Like Home

Posted by Craig Knott, CR Categories: Design Tips, Energy Saving Ideas, Remodeling Industry No comments yet.

Basements often are just leftover space. Builders don’t usually think about the most efficient way to use that space, putting…
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Getting Your Home Ready for Winter

Posted by admin Categories: Energy Saving Ideas, FAQs Tags: and air conditioning, contractors maryland, fluid mechanics, furnace, furnace home, garden hose, heater, heater furnace, heating, home appliances, home improvement, home ready, home remodeling contractors, home repair, hose, mechanical engineering, plumbing, remodeling contractor maryland, residential renovation, technology, ventilating, water heating, your home ready No comments yet.

Cold weathers coming. You can count on it. Here are some tips to help get your home ready for the…
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Tax Credit Ending This Year

Posted by Craig Knott, CR Categories: Energy Saving Ideas, Government Affairs Tags: building, building insulation, chemical engineering, construction, contractor, design contractors, energy conservation, environment, frederick county, heat transfer, home improvement, howard county, maryland, maryland taxes, mechanical engineering, montgomery county, remodeling contractors, residential design, residential renovation, sustainable building, thermal insulation No comments yet.

The Federal Energy Tax Credit on energy-efficient home improvements, including energy-efficient windows, doors, insulation, roofing, and heating and cooling systems,…
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Energy Star Beefs Up Requirements and Enforcement

Posted by Craig Knott, CR Categories: Energy Saving Ideas, Greener Choices, Remodeling Industry Tags: build construction, csa international, design build construction, efficient energy use, energy, energy conservation, energy in the united states, energy savings, energy star, energy star program, energy star savings, environment, environment of the united states, human interest, low energy building, low energy house, product certification, remodeling designs, renovation remodeling, savings design, star remodeling, u.s. government accountability office, united states environmental protection agency No comments yet.

The Energy Star program is overhauling its standards, certification process, and enforcement techniques—and its image—after the U.S. Government Accountability Office…
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I’ll Be Back……

Posted by Craig Knott, CR Categories: Energy Saving Ideas, Project News Tags: architecture, building materials, construction, construction renovation, diagnose, diagnose repair, door, exterior of a house, flashing, leak, repair construction, siding, the exterior of a house, vinyl siding, walls, water, water leak, water tight No comments yet.

We were called to check the exterior of a house for numerous water leaks and damage done by a previous…
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