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My Free Estimates is a Minnesota based company servicing companies across the United States. This geographic dispersion has enabled us to provide homeowners with the benefit of working with local specialty contractors, trade contractors, and general contractors.
maximize natural sunlight for heat and light, as well as shade for cooling. As a result, the home's furnace and air conditioning don't have to work as hard to maintain a comfortable house. take down only the trees and bushes that would interfere with construction. The remaining trees can help cool the house in the summer and act as a windbreak in the winter. And locating the home near shopping and other services will keep the amount of driving down — a win for the entire environment.
Using energy efficient designs and materials while building a "tighter" home to prevent HVAC loss.
Reducing a home's water consumption through low-flow fixtures
Promoting a healthy indoor air environment. Yes, air-tight houses are critical to energy efficiency, but an unwelcome result is indoor air quality that is five times more polluted than the air outdoors. Green builders often use some kind of fresh-air ventilation to exhaust the stale indoor air to the outside, bring in fresh air and conserve energy.
Engineers in the building-materials business have designed all kinds of products to save lumber by using optimal value engineered (OVE) joists and beams that require minimal trimming and boring for mechanical runs. Green builders can go as far as recycling job-site waste and using it for mulch in the newly planted yard.
Dual-flush toilets
Low-VOC paints
Formaldehyde-free insulation
Forest Stewardship Council-certified lumber, which comes from forests managed with sustainable methods
2x6 wall studs, which allow the studs to be spaced farther apart to save lumber wood and make the walls thicker to allow for more insulation
Ventilation systems wrapped and sealed to prevent heat and air conditioning from leaking out
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
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