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Saving Your Money and the Planet One Household at a Time
Home Remodeling
Save Money,
Create an eco-friendly
and healthier home,
Remodel ‘Smart’

Why this Website

 

Why This Web Site…As a ‘Green’ Architect for Home Remodeling, I have spent the past three years with my wife remodeling our own home with the strategies and products that we recommend in this site. The web and ‘experts’ offers so much information that the choices are overwhelming. So, we aggregated the best practices from Government Agencies, Non-Profits, fellow Architects, Builders, and Manufacturers to give you actionable intelligence on what to do and where to get it. This web site also includes ROI rankings, calculator tools, tax credits, and directories to help you. People often assume that eco = expensive, and that the ‘payback’ is a decade away. We found that most of the paybacks come in just the first few years. This site is the first to offer ROI ranking tools for Homeowners. See Master ROI Table™.

Here is the ROI of the 10 TOP ‘ACTION’
Items that Save Money and the Planet
Spend $200 and Save $2,000
with a payback in the first year, on the first three
items. Click on any one to learn more.
GREEN 'Tune-Up' Payback
Time in
Years:
Added
Cost:
Annual
SAVINGS
10 Year
SAVINGS
Return on
Investment
(ROI):
Programmable Thermostat - Learn More

0.6

$115

$180

$1,180

156.5%

Standby Power Reduction - Learn More

0.8

$20

$24

$240

120%

Compact Fluorescent Lighting - Learn More

0.8

$60

$80

$800

133.3%

Hot Water Heater 'Blanket' - Learn More

0.8

$25

$30

$300

120%

Shower Heads - Learn More

0.9

$180

$300

$3,000

111.1%

Heating System Tune-up - Learn More

1.1

$200

$180

$1,800

90%

Seal Duct Leaks - Learn More

1.5

$450

$300

$3,000

66.7%

Dishwasher - Learn More

1.5

$20

$13

$130

65%

Water Filters - Learn More

1.9

$200

$104

$1,040

52%

Water Efficient Toilets - Learn More

2.0

$50

$25

$250

50%

TOTAL SAVINGS and Average Payback / ROI Payback
Time in
Years:
Added
Cost:
Annual
SAVINGS
10 Year
SAVINGS
Return on
Investment
(ROI):

 

 


1.2

$1,320

$1,136

$11,360

96.5%