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May 2016

April 2016

IAQ Top Homeowner Home Health Concern

Both renters and homeowners are concerned with home health issues found the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. 

Indoor air quality is homeowners’ leading concern, according to “Challenges and Opportunities in Creating Healthy Homes: Helping Consumers Make Informed Decisions.” 

April 2016

April 2016

Protecting Water is Our Business

At a recent conference on global affairs in Traverse City, Mich., the executive officer of a local group, Circle of Blue, said that the current war in Syria started as a regional conflict over water rights. (See this Huffington Post article or this one).

Look how this conflict escalated into what we see today and imagine if something similar played out in other areas of the globe.

April tip

This Month's Tips: Safe Drinking

The Flint, Mich. water crisis probably has you worried about the lead content of your home’s water supply.

Take steps to reduce your exposure risk.

April 2016

5 Signs That You May Be Looking for a Green Home

Share this quick list to help prospects understand the bare basics of healthy, energy efficient homes.

And by the time they do start working with you, maybe those future clients already will have added green features to their wish-lists. 

June 2016

Clean Energy Jobs 

Does the clean energy industry actually create jobs? You bet. An analysis by E2 found that there are 2.5 million clean energy workers.