eco-friendly homes Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 18:33:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Why Home Energy Efficiency Isn’t Selling https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sell-home-energy-efficiency/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sell-home-energy-efficiency/#respond Wed, 09 Sep 2015 18:31:12 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=56560 Utility companies are not selling products that improve home energy efficiency like they should. Even though there are specific programs to achieve that goal, customers have been relatively few and far between. Customer-funded programs are run by utility companies to encourage homeowners to buy products that are energy efficient. They charge each customer a small […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sell-home-energy-efficiency/feed/ 0 56560 Heilbronn House, a Sustainable Geothermal Home on the Edge of a German Forest https://www.greenoptimistic.com/eco-friendly-heilbronn-house-20130207/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/eco-friendly-heilbronn-house-20130207/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:15:48 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=32809 Heilbronn House is a three story home designed by KM Architektur which boasts sustainable features such as a passive solar design, solar water heating and a geothermal energy system as well as being built using sustainable materials such as wood, glass and copper. It is a sterling example of an eco-friendly home but also enjoys […]

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