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Eileen Oldroyd, broker-owner of Oldroyd Lending & Realty, Mission Viejo, Calif.,  loves her Boston Terriers, motorcycles, her veggiemobile (an old Mercedes tricked out to run on recycled vegetable oil), and her green real estate niche.

So when she started producing videos in January to enhance her personal brand, she looked to those passions to distinguish herself. 

Here are three things that the New York Botanical Garden suggests you do in April to prepare your garden. 

During the last six months, the Green REsource Council has been hitting to road to connect the GRC with other industry groups and get its name and mission out to a broader audience of professionals involved in the housing industry. 

Heating water consumes about 13 percent of the annual bill for the typical single-family home, says EnergyStar.
 
It you’re not ready to invest in a new, more efficient water heater, there are still steps you can take to cut your water heating costs. 

Even though most of them won’t be interested in a lengthy, technical explanation of the smart grid, energy policy or the minutiae of how electricity is generated, you can spin the information into something relevant by answering the question, “What can smart meters do for me?”