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Energy Efficiency Incentives

Energy efficiency incentives help building owners reduce installation costs and the owner/tenants reduce energy use for the life of the upfits. We help you identify effective products, services and methods to maximize incentive value.

Air Filtration & Ventilation

Indoor air quality requires Air Filtration & Ventilation systems that balance tight building envelopes with air flow. Energy and filtration efficiency save money over the life of the equipment, and is a cost-efficient solution over years!

Remodeling for Air Quality

Remodeling for Air Quality can improve health, energy savings, quality of life and productivity. Remodeling green schools, green offices and green homes starts with air quality improvement. Learn how.

Alternative Energy

Alternative energy is renewable energy generated (or conserved) such as solar, wind and geothermal. Renewable power generation is an alternative to fossil fuel based power generation to reduce climate impact, national security issues and cost.

Alternative Energy Credits

Alternative energy credits are measured and used to meet regulatory compliance and/or tax credits. We connect you with alternative energy solutions.

Appliances and Equipment

Appliances and equipment are common remodeling upfits and these new purchases can save you energy, water, and landscaping costs if you go green with high efficiency equipment with Energy Star, WaterSense or other certification to provide highly effective and high efficiency solutions.

ASID - Interior Designers

Interior designers provide many good and services that can improve indoor air quality, save energy, reduce water consumption and ensure indoor comfort and value.

ASTM International

ASTM International develops international standards for materials, products, systems and services used in construction, manufacturing and transportation.

Bathroom Remodeling

Bathroom remodeling can save energy, water and health with Energy Star appliances, high efficiency lighting, good air ventilation to prevent moisture that fosters mold and mildew. Learn greener, cleaner solutions for bathroom remodeling from design through construction and use.

Bedroom Remodeling

Bedroom remodeling starts with no-VOC paint and floor coverings, and benefits from automated home systems such as lighting and temperature controllers, bathroom access and closet organization. Remodeling a bedroom is more complicated than it appears, and you can improve your quality of life with green remodeling solutions.

Brownfields Cleanup

Brownfield and Super Fund polluted land sites are managed by the EPA to redevelop after removing or managing pollution sources. Mining, industrial and even retail sites accumulated pollutants that remain for decades. Brownfield applications and techniques are being developed to remove these toxins.

Building Materials

Building materials for remodeling can be greener - non-toxic, no- or low-VOC, less off gasing, more energy efficient and certified as renewable or recycled for more sustainable communities and resources.

Building Products for Remodeling

Building Products for Remodeling are being reengineered and innovative solutions can reduce energy use, conserve water and last longer. Look for sustainable, non-toxic building products for your remodeling projects.

Building Techniques

Building techniques provide energy efficient and water conservation solutions. Look for certified materials, tested systems, and how buildings can become net-zero in energy use water use and with no pollution emissions.

Build It Green

Build It Green provides green design and construction methods to improve energy efficiency and green building benefits.

California Energy Efficiency Programs

California challenges include weather related climate change including droughts, floods, water shortages, agricultural diseases and insect invasions...and energy use challenges. We bring you solutions being implemented in California for greener communities and greener businesses... so our families can live healthier more affordable lives.

Programs for Remodeling Certifications

Programs for Remodeling Certifications includes a system for standards and methods, marketplace identification of suppliers, and job and career structures to prepare a green workforce.

California High Performance Schools - CHPS - K-12 schools

California schools are being retrofit for energy efficiency, indoor air quality and renewable energy standards to help meet AB32 compliance requirements.

Commercial Building Remodeling

Commercial building remodeling for energy and water efficiency can save utility costs, reduce strain on local utility infrastructure and improve productivity in the workplace. We bring you green and high performance remodeling solutions.

Commercial Remodeling for Utility Cost Savings

Commercial remodeling for energy and water efficiency offers green jobs and local green business opportunities with weatherization, power generation, green plumbing and other cost saving solutions.

Concrete in Remodeling

Hardscape and hard surfaces can be reduced or improved in remodeling to reduce emissions, off gasing, heat island effects, energy use in the concrete manufacturing process, and less stormwater runoff from hard surfaces. Greener solutions are available.

*Continuing Education for Building

Continuing education for remodeling and green building benefits from building codes, renewable energy, energy effciency, natural systems, compliance regulations, and knowledge of green, high performance materials, appliances, equipment and whole building optimization methods.

Daylighting

Daylighting home, office and workspaces with natural light saves energy costs, provides more productive workspace and enhances eyesight. New solar light tubes and light shelves are innovative ways to remodel with natural light solutions.

Detection of Safety Hazards

Detection of safety hazards in homes, workplaces and childrens' space are a necessary part of remodeling. Asbestos, lead, VOCs, toxins, and moisture that supports mold and mildew are a few hazards that need to be audited and solved in a remodeling project.

DfE - Design for the Environment

Design for the Environment provides technical support for manufacturers and designers to make products green and sustainable. We bring you DfE solutions.

Disaster Recovery

Remodeling after disasters require specialized disaster recovery techniques to remove mud, mold, odors and even vermin from buildings that suffered fire, flood or earthquake damage. Rebuilding with greener, more energy efficient retrofits can help families live in healthier spaces.

DOE - Energy

The US Department of Energy provides research, information and incentive programs for energy conservation, the energy market, and renewable energy.

Energy Remodeling

Energy is the focus of national security, home energy efficiency, business ROI, and even at the core of health, global trade and vehicle choice. We have tough energy choices to make at home, at work and in our communities. We will bring you solutions for more sustainable energy management at home and in the workplace.

Remodeling for Energy Efficiency

Remodeling for Energy Efficiency saves money, improves indoor air quality and reduces air pollution at utility generating plants. We provide info on energy efficiency remodeling solutions for homes and commercial buildings.

Energy Efficiency Remodeling

Energy efficiency remodeling invests in long term energy savings, indoor air quality, comfortable space, and less stress on community utility peaks and environment. Energy efficient solutions are highly cost effective.

Energy Generation & Smart Grid

Distributed Energy Generation & the Smart Grid are reengineering our power system. Renewable energy and local energy generation will radically change the way your home, office and car are built and used. Learn more about practical solutions.

Energy Star for Energy Efficiency

Energy Star by EPA and DOE provides energy efficiency, energy conservation, and renewable energy information, programs, business methods and tax incentives.

Entertainment and Media Room Remodeling

Green Entertainment and Media Room Remodeling reduces energy use, improves indoor air quality, reduces glare and improves home value with effective solutions. Learn which solutions matter most to quality of life.

EPA

The US Environmental Protection Agency is our buffer between environmental abuses and local communities. Regulations, education, professional and technical assistance can help citizens, businesses and communities create more sustainable natural systems.

EPA Programs for Remodeling

The US and state EPAs (environmental protection agencies) work to regulate dangerous chemicals that pollute air, water and food. The EPA provides information to business and consumers about best practices that can reduce problems and provide sustainable environmental resources.

EPA programs

Environmental Protection Agencies provide regulations and programs at the local, state and federal levels. We provide you with solutions available through these environmental protection methods.

EPA WaterSense

THe EPA WaterSense program provides information and tools to improve water quality and water conservation in businesses, communities and homes.

Filters

Pollution requires filters to reclaim healthy levels of air, water, food, drinks, and soil. Solutions for filtering pollutants are available for home, office, industrial and even outdoor, natural systems. Learn how to use filters effectively.

Floors for Remodeling

Floors need tough solutions including no-VOC finishes, structural strength, insulation, moisture control, and certified renewable materials that stay out of landfills. Design greener floors for greener building solutions.

Floor Coverings

Green flooring solutions include sustainable and renewable materials, no-VOC materials, recycled content, waste reduction in landfills and reclaiming used materials such as wood flooring. Creativity abounds and we bring you practical, greener flooring solution.

FM Global

FM Global's research and engineering Resource Catalog includes educational tools and job aids help manage property-related hazards, prevent facility damage and minimize business interruption.

FSC Forest Stewardship Council

The Forest Stewardship Council measures and monitors sustainable forestry practices with a chain of custody verification from the forest through manufacturing to the consumer's hand.

Funding Sources

Remodeling funding sources can support green tech innovation from states and federal agencies -- or support commercialization and incentives for consumers and commercial organizations working to reduce carbon, energy use and pollution.

Garage & Workroom Remodeling

Garage & Workroom Remodeling can reduce energy costs, improve overall indoor air quality, productivity, and improve property value with solutions like LED lights, natural light, high efficiency HVAC utility closets, and upfits for plug-in vehicles.

Geothermal Energy for Heating and Cooling

Geothermal systems for capturing energy for HVAC systems can tap temperature differences in earth's subsurface as well as water pipes. Geothermal systems for retrofitting buildings provide geothermal heating and cooling solutions and we will bring you info on geothermal solutions.

Gray Water

Gray water systems reuse non-waste water from kitchen sinks, bathroom sinks, laundry washers and other semi-clean water. Gray water is often used for landscape irrigation, and on the community level, recycled water is used by industry and landscaping.

GreenSpec Listed Products

GreenSpec-Listed Green Building Products. The online GreenSpec® Directory lists product descriptions for over 2000 environmentally preferable products.

Green Building & Remodeling

Green Building & Remodeling of houses, commercial office buildings and industrial buildings can save energy, reduce climate change and save operational costs. Green solutions can reduce operational impact to "net zero".

Green Careers and Green Jobs

Green Careers and Green Jobs focus on environmental and health benefits from healthy air, water, food, etc. Green careers are increasingly technical to meet compliance guidelines and require knowledge of conventional careers PLUS environmental science. Check GreenJobWizard.com for certifications.

Green Collar Jobs

Green collar jobs are similar to blue collar jobs, but with new knowledge and skills about energy efficiency, renewable energy, water conservation, air quality, etc. that creates a greener, cleaner home and workspace.

Green for Homes

Indoor air quality and energy efficiency are the cornerstones of green homes with reduced pollution, reduced energy use, low water consumption and healthier materials to improve quality of life and lower impact on community resources.

Green Jobs & Green Job Training

Green Jobs & Green Job Training make renewable energy, green building, green healthcare and greener productivity in ALL jobs. We connect you with certifications, information and providers of services to prepare you for the environmentally regulated and market demanded productivity.

Green Job Traning

Green job training includes design and engineering, marketing and communications, as well as installation of weatherization, energy efficiency and green technologies in all categories of careers.

Green Retrofit Program (GRP) by HUD

Green Retrofit Program (GRP) by HUD bring weatherization and remodeling solutions to reduce energy use and improve quality of life.

Green Roofs - Roof Gardens

Green roofs, living roofs and roof gardens can reduce stormwater runoff, provide additional insulation, and reduce building emissions and urban heat. This ancient roofing solution is being modernized to combat urban heat islands and water conservation problems.

Green Schools

Children's health and learning productivity are greatly affected by the indoor air quality in schools. Green schools not only reduce toxic materials and cleaning materials, but uses clean energy for HVAC.

Hardscape Remodeling

Hardscape remodeling can use recycled materials and provide permeable paving to reduce stormwater runoff. Sustaianble hardscape solutions reduce heat islands, improve water absorption and reduce energy use.

Remodeling Heating and Air Conditioning Systems

Remodeling Heating and Air Conditioning Systems can save money, emissions and improve indoor air quality. Upgrading your HVAC system with insulation, high-efficiency equipment and regular cleaning saves big bucks!

HET High Efficiency Toilet

HET High Efficiency Toilets are rated by EPA so that retailers and distributors can market WaterSense labeled toilets.

High Efficiency

High efficiency design, products, buildings and energy sources all focus on effectiveness, then efficiency. Doing the RIGHT thing is the first step in doing the efficient thing. We help you sort through highly effective solutions.

Landscape & Garden Remodeling Products

Landscape & Garden Remodeling products can improve water drainage and conservation, and reduce energy use in your home and landscaping with sustainable landscaping solutions.

Home Improvement Solutions

Home improvement solutions balance construction costs with long term savings in energy, health and wellbeing, water conservation and quality of life such as noise levels, views out the window, temperature control and pollution reduction.

Home Improvement Loans

Home improvement loans, tax incentives, product rebates and subsidies benefit families, communities, the national economy and the planet by reducing energy use, water use and other precious natural resources.

Home Refinancing

Energy efficiency home refinancing programs are available to improve energy and water savings and utility company peak demand. Weatherization and energy efficiency solutions can be included in HUD and other home finance packages.

Home Remodeling

Single home and multifamily home remodeling solutions include weatherization, energy efficiency, plumbing, roofing, landscaping and indoor air quality solutions. Learn about green home solutions.

HUD

US HUD housing programs provide information and loans for weatherization, energy efficiency, lead removal and other quality of life remodeling for more sustainable communities.

HUD programs

HUD provides federal programs and research to improve housing and community livability, especially for the vulnerable among our communities.

HVAC- Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration

HVAC- Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration eat energy! Solutions for energy efficiency include natural air ventilation, insulation, high efficiency equipment and engineered systems. Learn more here.

Incentives & Rebates

Incentives and rebates for energy efficiency, water conservation and green building are the infrastructure of establishing the green economy - building momentum and solutions.

Irrigation

Sustainable landscaping irrigation techniques include drip irrigation, drought tolerant plant selection, massing plant families together, permeable paving, and other water conservation techniques.

Kitchen Remodeling

Kitchen cabinets, appliances and traffic create heavy usage and your remodeling budget makes a big quality of life difference in the kitchen with energy efficiency, water efficiency, indoor air quality and ergonomics. Learn about greener solutions.

Lighting

Lighting uses a large percentage of electricity consumption and lighting system retrofits as well as new high efficiency lighting systems and technologies such as LED Lights can conserve electricity.

Lighting Retrofits

Lighting retrofits can reduce glare and energy costs with energy efficient lighting fixtures and high efficiency light bulbs such as LED, CFL and HID lights. Identify light solutions for homes, offices and outdoors to save energy and our night skies.

LIHEAP Low Income Home Energy Asst

LIHEAP Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program by HUD provides finance and program support for energy efficiency and health and wellness solutions.

Living Plant Systems

Living plant systems in landscaping, living roofs and indoor plantings contribute water conservation, air filtration and beauty to our home and workplace environments.

Living Room Remodel

Living rooms are changing into community rooms filled with electronics that hog electricity and surfaces that affect indoor air quality. Green remodeling can dramatically improve quality of life in living rooms by reducing VOCs, improving air ventilation, reducing energy use and creating lasting property value.

Remodeling for Moisture Solutions

Remodeling for moisture solutions starts with roofing, water leaks and weatherization around windows and doors. Moisture damages building materials and fosters mold and mildew. Preventing moisture improves indoor air quality, reduces water costs and improves property value.

Multifamily Remodeling

Multifamily housing is cost efficient as well as natural resource efficient, especially when built in conjunction with smart communities that use public transit and communal facilities.

Net-Zero-Energy

Net Zero Energy means that a building uses no more energy than it can produce. Energy efficiency strategies with renewable energy generation combine to make a Net Zero Energy building feasible, and a great cost savings on utilities!

Office Remodeling

Energy and water efficient office buildings save on the 24/7 operation costs of urban buildings that use energy systems for HVAC, security, and productivity.

Outdoor Furnishings

Outdoor furnishings and hardscapes can be part of energy efficiency and water conservation strategies by using recycled content, renewable materials, and low impact lighting that uses solar energy and passive solar design.

Outdoor Lighting

Outdoor lighting upfits can use solar pv panels and LED lights to go off-grid and use zero energy. Outdoor lighting for sustainable communities also points lights DOWN to maintain habitat for wildlife and reduce night sky lighting.

Outdoor Living Spaces

Outdoor living spaces provide solutions for passive solar, seasonal natural light, urban heat island relief, gardening, hobbies and community building. Think systems! Outdoor living space solutions bring high savings and quality of life benefits.

Passive solar for light, heat and quality of life

Passive solar design provides light, heat and quality of life by using seasonal sunlight strategies in windows, thermal storage and proper siting of buildings. Remodel for better natural light and beauty - we'll bring you resources for solar remodeling.

Plants

Indoor and landscaping plants provide air filtration, water conservation, air quality, humidity control and shade that reduces heat. Plants are a natural system that saves money with natural energy and resource conservation.

Plastics and Composites in Remodeling Materials

Plastics and Composites in Remodeling Materials can provide solutions with less VOC off gasing, less impact on water supplies, and better indoor air quality. Look for greener alternatives among your finishing, appliance and furniture choices.

Recycled Content

Recycled content in building materials can significantly reduce landfill waste in our communities. And that can reduce air quality problems, loss of virgin forests and mining resources, and create more sustainable communities.

Recycling

Making recycling easy in homes, offices and the community will help recycle materials and reduce landfill problems and waste of virgin resources. But we also need to BUY recycled content products to support the recycling marketplace.

Recycled Materials

Recycled materials use used materials to create new products. Take back programs help recycle materials and reduce impact on virgin raw materials, reduce manufacturing costs and support more sustainable communities. Buy recycled! Support the recycled product marketplace.

Remodeling Floors

Floors take a beating! Remodeling floors can reduce landfill waste, improve indoor air quality, reduce energy use and improve property value at the same time they can provide better quality of life in both homes and workspaces.

Remodeling for Children

Children are not mini-adults when it comes to environmental health. They breathe more, sweat more, and eat and drink more by body weight -- so air quality, water quality and food quality are more critical. We bring you information about children's health factors in the built environment at home, school and community spaces.

Remodeling Landscaping Assets

Remodeling landscaping assets can reduce costs and improve market value of homes and commercial buildings with energy efficiency and stormwater runoff management.

Remodeling Roofing Systems

Remodeling roofs can be a great time to think ahead for savings with insulation, living roofs, solar PV and solar thermal, as well as more sustainable roofing materials such as metal or tile.

Green Retrofits

Green retrofit remodeling can improve energy efficiency, water efficiency and make buildings solar-ready to balance renewable energy and resource efficiency.

Risk Management in Remodeling

Risk management in remodeling is a financial and environmental balance. Engineering adequate energy & resource efficiency saves long term costs, but over-engineering can cost extra. Optimized solutions require multidisciplinary input and solutions.

Rock, Soil, Sand

Rock, Soil, Sand and "common materials" that have high sustainable value in habitats that grow vegetation, carry water streams, and provide the structure of our earth. By using these building materials wisely, we can work with natural systems for more sustainable communities.

Roof Repair & Replacement

Roof remodeling solutions include cool and white roofs, living and green roofs, insulation, solar-ready rool infrastructure, fire-resistant roof coverings, and passive solar solutions. We survey roof solutions for energy efficiency and value.

Roofing Materials

Roofing materials include asphalt, tile, metal, soil, and even green living plants. New roofing solutions are making roofs working systems for renewable energy generation, water conservation and heat abatement in urban heat islands.

Room Remodeling

Room remodeling can save energy, improve indoor air quality and create healthy quality of life. Start with no-VOC materials, energy efficient appliances, passive solar lighting, and productive lifestyle choices. We bring you solutions for greener room remodeling.

Salvaging materials

Salvaging building materials from D&C waste streams can reduce landfill costs and air quality pollution for more sustainable communities. Salvaged, reuse and reclaimed building materials also offer design advantages.

SCS Scientific Certification Systems

Scientific Certification Systems certification logo appears on thousands of individual products and helps businesses, government agencies and consumers to make informed choices

Smart Systems

Smart homes and building information management systems (BIM) monitor need and govern usage of utilities such as electricity, water and air quality. The Smart Grid will tie home automation to distributed energy systems for efficiencies and control.

Solar / Thermal, PV

Sunlight provides energy and light used in Solar Thermal, Solar PV and Passive Solar resources. We bring you information about remodeling solutions that use solar power efficiently and effectively.

Remodeling Building Systems

Remodeling Building Systems include building materials, equipment systems, information, automation systems, and natural systems like light and air ventilation. Learn about practical remodeling systems here.

Tax Credits for Remodeling

Tax credits, tax deductions and solution incentives and rebates help reduce climate change impact from emissions, waste and natural resource mismanagement.

Tile

Tile is a versatile modular building material for indoor and outdoor use. It can incorporate recycled content and provide a permeable or semi-permeable paving solution or water conservation and heat reflection.

Tools for Remodeling

Tools for remodeling start with auditing monitors such as energy and thermal sensors, smart water meters, radon detectors and computerized design software to optimize energy, water, light and other building solutions. Learn more about the tools of the remodeling trade.

USGBC US Green Building Council is a consortium of building industry and government agencies that developed a green building certification program for both buildings and professionals.

US Federal Env. Preferable Purchasing

US Federal Environmentally Preferable Purchasing is mandated policy for all agencies to purchase and use nontoxic, energy efficient, water conserving products and services whenever possible.

Utility Room Remodeling

Utility room remodeling solutions include HVAC, water heater, moisture control, insulation and upfitting for solar thermal and solar PV energy systems. Learn practical solutions before you remodel.

Remodeling for Waste Management

Remodeling homes and commercial buildings for waste management includes solid waste systems, water runoff, energy efficiency, soil conservation and sustainable use of all precious resources.

Water Filtration

Water filtration by public water programs struggle to keep up with chemicals in the water supply, and home and office filtration system solutions can supplement water quality with filters and plumbing for effective water quality and conservation.

Remodeling for Water Savings

Water conservation and water quality provide important remodeling goals for quality of life and cost opportunities. We bring you water remodeling techniques and solutions for bathrooms and kitchens, as well as irrigation and graywater systems.

Water Systems for Remodeling

Water systems include plumbing, hot water heaters, gray water systems, landscape irrigation, stormwater runoff and cleaning systems. Efficient, effective conservation of water saves money and our natural resources, we highlight solutions.

Weatherization

Weatherization and energy efficiency for residential homes starts with insulation and plugging leaks that allow indoor conditioned air to leak into the outdoors. Energy efficiency can save up to 30% on utility bills.

Weatherization Remodeling & Repair

Save energy and improve indoor air quality with Weatherization Remodeling & Repair that caulks holes and cracks, insulates, and improves window and attic air ventilation control. Weatherization solutions reduce energy costs dramatically.

Weatherization Programs

Weatherization programs for residential and commercial buildings include solutions such as insulation, plugging holes, optimizing siting, solar heat management, and water conservation.

Wood for Remodeling

Wood is a prized traditional building material and faces sustainability issues as forests are destroyed to harvest wood products for furniture, housing and paper. Wood solution include composites, veneers, and FSC certified wood product management.