Your Roof Will Be Better If It’s Green!
A whole new meaning to green building! Picture from Emory Knoll Farms Cities can
Fellow Green Builder
I had the pleasure of speaking with Paul Spadone today. Paul has a green building company very much Like Stearns Design Build but the poor guy is stuck in southern California. He recently completed an award winning LEED Project.
Hot Weather Air Conditioning Efficiency
Our temperatures have already been in the upper 90's in the Brazos Valley. Make sure that your AC is running well. We recommend these three steps:1. Change your air filters every month. 2. Have your AC equipment checked and serviced in the spring. 3. Check your ducts for leaks. This is a huge source of energy loss in most homes. Unfortunately this is not part of most new home inspections.
And, of course, if you are building a custom home or remodeling an existing home, there is a great deal that you can do to insure efficiency.
Spring Repairs
The best investment in the value of your home is repairs. Repairs includes things like painting, replacing rotten wood and fixing broken hardware. Spring is the best time to do these repairs. So here is a nudge encouraging you to get those "honey-dos" done. And, of course, we are available to help. We do honey dos.
Lighting
Did you know that If every American household replaced just one light with an ENERGY STAR light, we would save more than $600 million in annual energy costs, and prevent 9 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions per year, equivalent to the emissions of about 800,000 cars.
Love Letters
Were excited about another successful remodel in college station, and a happy client! Everyone loves getting love letters. We are no exception. In fact, we are in the process of updating some marketing material in which we will use some of this material. So when Jan Pfannstiel made a nice comment in an
A Sense of Place
A sense of place is pervasively connected to what it is to be human. What is contained in a sense of place? Can you share good resources for studying this.
Remodeling for 18 years and counting
Stearns Design Build. Remodeling in Bryan and College Station. 18 years ago in December of 1993, I had just finished a degree in psychology, Linda was teaching and our Daughter, Kira, was a baby. I started taking on small remodeling projects intended to last until May when we would move to Austin for graduate school.
