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2011
*all numbers are taken from the NWMLS 3/1/2011 report The Lake Forest Park and Kenmore area covered in this report has the following boundaries; south of 205th/244st SW. east of I-5, north of 145th, and west of Lake Washington/68th Avenue northeast. Residential sales for the two months of 2011 t...
03/09/2011
*all statistics are taken from NWMLS report run on 3/1/2011 The North Seattle market area can be defined as south of 145th, east of I-5, west of Lake Washington, and north of Portage Bay. Average sales prices for residential homes sales for the first two months of 2011 were slightly lower than ...
03/09/2011
p> Volunteers are needed in Seattle Washington on March 12th to work on removing pedals, turning handles, and packing bikes in to the container to prepare for the next shipment of bikes going to South Africa. Sign up for a shift at our SODO warehouse between 9:00am to 3:00pm. It's a great oppor...
03/09/2011
City Cabins will be installing the Serious 925 series windows By, Adrian Willanger When selecting windows for City Cabins our goal was to find the windows that would provide the highest levels of comfort and energy efficiency and were manufactured in the United States. Selecting Serious Window...
03/09/2011
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A recent report in Kiplinger ranked Seattle as the 2nd best place to live for the next decade. Smart, green and innovative the City's major strengths are its bio-medicine research. The South Lake Union Area has become a lightning rod for emerging life-science research facilities. One of the org...
03/07/2011
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We are starting to see a handful of builders that are taking the idea of slashing the heating and energy consumption of their homes very seriously. Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported that buildings are responsible for 48% of greenhouse gas emissions annually and an am...
03/03/2011
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What effect will the proposed International Green Construction Code (IGCC), that will guide the design and construction of green commercial projects, have on residential home builders?In June of 2009 the International Code Council (ICC) along with the American institute of Architects (AIA) and th...
03/03/2011
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Just south of the Ballard Bridge on the northwest corner of Queen Anne Hill is the site of Martha Rose's newest green building project. The homes will be sited with an east west orientation with some water views from the upper levels. Before the site is cleared and prepared a deconstruction o...
03/03/2011
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My environmental roots can be traced back to the mid 1970's with the first oil embargo, a year before the embargo I was in and out of school trying to make a living. I couldn't find a job that fit my schedule so I started an insulation business. My largest contracts were Government retro- fits, a...
03/03/2011
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Just south of the Ballard Bridge on the northwest corner of Queen Anne Hill is the site of Martha Rose's newest green building project. The homes will be sited with and east west exposure with some water views from the upper levels. Before the site is cleared and prepared a deconstruction of th...
03/03/2011