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Sustainable Design

Why Geodesic Designs Are Inherently Hurricane Resistant

by Greg Bischoff for Envirohaven, Reno, Nevada First published November 11, 2012 Watching the news about the devastation which Hurricane Sandy brought to the East Coast makes us all realize that everything man creates is insignificant when compared to the power of nature. Having grown up on Long Island, my heart goes out to those
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Vicki Bischoff
Material Knowledge

Are Triple Pane Windows A Good Investment?

Triple pane windows have been around for years and I believe that not enough attention has been given to the question of whether or not they are a good investment. There are several companies that I’ve become familiar with that use sophisticated sales techniques to sell triple pane windows directly to homeowners. Once such company
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Vicki Bischoff
Organizing Your Design

Location, Location, Location: 5 Considerations For Locating Your Sustainable Green Home

When deciding to build a new home, the location is the most important consideration. Some rules should be followed when searching for property on which to build any type of home. Finding the best location for a  sustainable home requires some very specific considerations. So why is it that most often, folks pick their spot
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Vicki Bischoff
Material Knowledge

Why Buy Local?

While “buy local” movements have been gaining steam in the food arena, buying local construction supplies seems to be in the dark recesses of people’s consciousness’s. I’ve been trying to better understand just why that is. My thought on this is that home construction materials are bigger ticket items so while we may feel like
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Vicki Bischoff
The Construction Team

The Business of Team Building

Of all the ingredients needed for a successful project, no other is more crucial than team work. In other posts, I’ve briefly mentioned the value of building a good team for any home construction project, but this subject is so vital to success, not enough can be said on the subject. Any successful venture requires
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Vicki Bischoff
Material Knowledge

Porcelain Tile Tips

A creative design using tile is easier than ever today. The growth in the amount of  porcelain tile products now available have been a game changer for designing easily cared for beauty as well as durability. In this post, I’m not going into detail to explain the difference between Porcelain and Non-Porcelain. I’ll only say
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Vicki Bischoff
Your Professional Support Team

7 Things To Consider When Hiring A Listing Realtor

When it’s time to sell, most of us go to the easiest option for a real-estate sales agent: friend, relative, or neighbor. We all have Realtors in our lives and out of a sense of obligation, most people wind up contracting with people we feel most comfortable with to be responsible for selling our homes.
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Vicki Bischoff
Material Knowledge

Take A SIP

For hundreds of years, the overwhelming majority of European and American homes have been built using the same structural formula. Standard construction is done with 2×6 or 2×4 wood framed walls, with posts and beams over openings. There are some new techniques however, that are becoming more common. Two of these are Insulated Concrete Forms
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Vicki Bischoff