Go Green On Your Home Remodel

Many people may own or are purchasing an older home. Let W.F. Gillespie Construction in Citrus County, Florida help you to go Green ( environmentally friendly ). Often times the home you are purchasing, or wish to remodel, needs to keep up with the current building codes.

Today there are many choices that will save you money, keep you healthy and be friendly to the environment. Florida’s Nature Coast welcomes Going Green and W.F. Gillespie Construction can help make your home efficient and affordable. To save energy, water and have a healthy indoors:

  • ask your utility company for an energy audit
  • use compact fluorescent light bulbs
  • install a variable speed air handler
  • replace appliances with high efficiency models
  • consider solar
  • use new water conserving fixtures
  • do not use VOC (volatile organic compound) paints or carpets
  • select air filters with MERV (minimum efficiency reporting value) scores
  • select recycled materials

If you incorporate green building principles early in your design, you will find that it does not cost more money. W.F. Gillespie Construction can assist you with any questions about Going Green. Contact W.F. Gillespie

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This entry was posted by Tim Cashman, on Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 at 9:35 am and is filed under New Home Construction. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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