This election season, we have been bombarded with messages on energy efficiency and clean air initiatives. Regardless of your stance on the issues, all homeowners and businesses want to keep their utility costs at a manageable amount each month and would like to cut down on pollutants surrounding our communities. This is the time to
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Imagine being told that the only breaths you can take deeply would be through a small coffee stirring straw. Each breath is a struggle, shallow and painful. This is a way of life for millions of people who suffer from asthma or respiratory issues. Patients often try to avoid irritants that could trigger a respiratory
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Arizona is known for our monsoon dust storms that roll through the Valley of the Sun. The common feeling of the summer dry heat in an afternoon will suddenly become humid as the wind kicks up and a wall of dust, often referred to as a haboob, makes its way through our desert cities. Medical
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It’s that time of year in Arizona again. Triple-digit highs for weeks on end, and lows that the rest of the country uses for highs. If you are like many in the Valley of the Sun, your monthly air conditioning bill is likely anywhere from $400 – $700 (some even higher). In many parts of
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Arizona residents all want their homes to be as energy efficient as possible. In addition to being better for the environment, it also costs less to keep a home at the level of comfort we all want and deserve in a house. Perhaps you know your home isn’t very efficient, but you aren’t even sure
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AZ Energy Efficient Home earned the EPA’s ENERGY STAR Contractor of the Year award for the third year in a row! We have been participating in the Home Performance with ENERGY STAR program since 2010. This national merit recognizes us as an Arizona contractor whose professional home audits has provided residents with the highest rate
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The housing market in Arizona has been growing quickly and substantially when compared to the rest of the nation. In fact, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) recently reported that home prices last year in Arizona had increased by 20% in the third quarter. To put that into perspective, the rest of the nation’s home
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Benefits Of LEED Certification LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a rating system for green building. LEED has different rating systems for different types of buildings, customizing the components of the rating system to meet the needs of each type of building project. Third party companies, called energy audit companies, conduct the rating
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Energy efficiency is a hot topic these days. With the rise of energy costs and talk of moving toward sustainable and renewable energy, many people are trying to find ways to make their homes more energy efficient. New homes are increasingly being built according to higher standards, making them automatically more energy efficient. Older homes
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When you go to buy a new home, getting an inspection is standard procedure to ensuring that the home you are buying does not have any major issues. Many people have an inspection to look for things like structural problems, water damages and other potentially expensive problems, but, many people overlook getting an energy audit
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