There is no question that green has captured the imagination, if not the pocketbooks, of new-home buyers. But that begs another question: What can sellers of existing homes do to compete with builders for the hearts and minds of potential customers?
The answer is plenty. It’s just a matter of how much money you want to [...]

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The economic bailout package contains an assortment of benefits for consumers.
There are several new or extended tax credits to promote reduced energy use or alternative energy.
The law extends for eight years a 30 percent tax credit for homeowners who put solar panels on their roofs. Previously, the maximum credit was $2,000; that limit is removed, [...]

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DAVID JOS has been soaking up the sun for almost a year now and, frankly, he’s becoming a bit strange.
Take his daily ritual, for instance. First, he opens his front door and makes a beeline to two metal boxes, roughly a foot square, outside of his home behind a euonymus bush. He checks the digital [...]

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High energy prices, concerns about global warming, and an influx of venture capital are helping to insulate the state’s growing green technology sector from many of the forces battering the financial world, analysts say.
“I think it would be tough to find another sector where you could say that the fundamental market drivers are as strong, [...]

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THOMAS SMALL is an accomplished cook, so it’s important for him to try new and exotic ingredients every now and then. When it came to the construction of his eco-friendly house, that’s exactly what his architects gave him. After all, crushed sunflower husks and shredded blue jeans don’t sound like typical building blocks.
But in the [...]

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