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Windows and Energy Efficiency - Factors for Making Better Choices
Green Builder Matt Hoots of Sawhorse, Inc . and Mike Barcik, a Technical Principal at Southface, recently teamed up for a helpful conversation about windows and energy efficiency . The two review quite a few key concepts that everyone should know, and many of us likely don’t. Among other topics, Mike and Matt help bust some myths about window replacement. New, m...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 02/06/2024 + Show |
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Introduction and Update
What is the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)? Signed into law on August 16, 2022, The Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, represents the largest US legislative investment in energy efficiency and clean energy, and stands as a significant climate bill in many respects, including that the IRA uses “carrots” to incentivize investment over “sticks” like fees and punishment. Though it’s not apparent ...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 02/02/2024 + Show |
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) - Tools & Resources
This list is an evolving effort to share helpful Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA-related information we have found to date. Please feel welcome to share your favorite tools, platforms, organizations, and additional federal and other energy efficiency and clean energy resources! It's an understatement to say the IRA is big and complicated. We'll learn from each other and make more progress together, so that everyo...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 01/26/2024 + Show |
The Perfect Wall, Explained - and Demonstrated
According to Green Builder Matt Hoots of Sawhorse, Inc. , "The Perfect Wall” is an advanced way of insulating, air sealing, and keeping air and water vapor out of buildings in a logical manner. This efficient description supports the idea that green building is really just smart building. If we're logical and aim for best practices and conditions with great products, while minimizing material and resou...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 01/23/2024 + Show |
Welcome to the #1920sMakeoverATL Project! See the Virtual Tour Below, or Click to Visit the full-view version ! Green Builder Matt Hoots of Sawhorse, Inc. and his team and Project Partners will be be gutting a charming 1920s Ansley Park Atlanta home down to the studs and then rebuilding it back with a goal to make this the most energy-efficient house in this zip code! As the ...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 04/25/2023 + Show |
Building Electrification: Why It Matters to Your Wallet, Health, Comfort, and the Environment
What is Building Electrification? Building electrification might sound complicated, but the concept is actually both simple and critically important. Electrification means using electricity to power buildings instead of fossil fuels, which are primarily used in structures to power heating, cooling, water heating, and cooking. Electric vehicle charging capacity has also become a part of building electrification consideration...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 02/28/2023 + Show |
Electric Lawn and Garden Equipment - A Revolution in the Making
Have you woken up or tried to work to the sound of a noisy leaf blower? Have you gotten caught in the gas fumes behind gas powered lawn and other maintenance equipment? Lawn maintenance and outdoor power equipment such as mowers, leaf blowers, edgers, trimmers, and chain saws are clearly pesty, unhealthy, and cause negative environmental and climate impacts. Fortunately, a better option already exists. Due in large par...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 03/01/2023 + Show |
2050 has long been the year cited by which carbon emissions must be reduced by zero, which was already a step more aggressive than the stretch Paris Agreement goal of limited global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2050. Now, the authors of the 2035 report and others are increasingly arguing that the new goal for net zero must be 2035 (or even 2030) to prevent the worst effects of climate change from taking place. Why th...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 03/02/2023 + Show |
Reducing the Natural Gas “Bridge,” for Human and Environmental Health
The Risks and Dangers Associated with Natural Gas To reach critical and urgent climate change mitigation goals, we must decrease global carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. To achieve this reduction, there is no doubt we must decrease dependence on all fossil fuels, including natural gas, while also producing and consuming these energy sources more cleanly. We must also imme...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 03/03/2023 + Show |
Global GreenTag Releases the First Modern Slavery Reporting Declaration for Products
Global GreenTag has released the first ever Modern Slavery Declaration for products. The Global GreenTag International MSD™ Modern Slavery Transparency Declaration (GGTI MSD) implements a comprehensive risk assessment and verification process in association with manufacturers on individual product supply chains. Helping manufacturers to monitor, report on and ultimately eradicate human slavery occurring in thei...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 03/03/2023 + Show |
VIDEO: Learning about the Benefits and Experience of Wall Hung Washlet Toilets, with Toto
Have you been wondering about washlet toilets, but maybe you were afraid to ask? Bill Strang of Toto explained how these toilets work during an interview with Matt Hoots at the National Builders and Kitchen and Bathroom Show. Now you can learn more from Bill in the comfort of your own home. Specifically, Bill...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 09/08/2020 + Show |
Low Profile, All Fiberglass Essential Windows by Marvin (Video)
At the International Builders Show and Kitchen and Bathroom Show, Matt Hoots had the opportunity to talk with Kevin Kline of Marvin Windows about their Essential Collection. Where the Signature line is all wood, and the company’s Elevate collection is a combination of fiberglass and wood, Essential windows are made of the...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 09/08/2020 + Show |
At the International Builders Show and Kitchen and Bath Show, Matt Hoots had the opportunity to talk with Chad Gillespie from Mitsubishi Electric to review what’s new in their residential offerings for 2020. Chad reviews some promising wall hung series models (in black, silver and white - not all mini splits are white!),...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 09/06/2020 + Show |
Reviewing the Top Benefits of Healthy Air at Home, with Aprilaire (Video)
In this video, Patrick Dougherty shares an introduction to Aprilaire's whole house ventilation and healthy home solutions with Matt Hoots at the International Builders Show/Kitchen & Bathroom Show. Indoor air quality awareness and importance were already growing as homes have been increasingly built increasingly...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 08/31/2020 + Show |
Learning about Smarter Refrigerant Management with Trakref (Video)
This interview with Tedd Atwood of Trakref and Matt Hoots is a must listen for building owners and operators/managers. Managing refrigerants better will save money and energy and equipment life. It’s really worth everyone understanding more about refrigerants and refrigerant leaks, as the problem is bigger than most of us are...
By Rate It Green Team 1 reply Last updated: 08/24/2020 + Show |
A Look at How ERVs Work with Panasonic, How 80% Efficiency Might Work in Practice
In this video, Matt Hoots interviews Ken Nelson with Panasonic at the International Builders/Kitchen and Bath Show. Ken explains how ERVs work using a core exchanger, or enthalpic core (or what some of us call the “Magic Box.”) Energy Recovery Ventilators bring fresh air into a building while expelling...
By Rate It Green Team 1 reply Last updated: 08/17/2020 + Show |
Whether you’re a BIM expert, or an emerging professional, we think this conversation with Matt Hoots and Patrick Chopson of Cove.Tool is worth a listen. Patrick gives an introduction to Cove.Tool’s impressive web-based building modeling software, and he also share insights into how the tool can be used in decision...
By Rate It Green Team 1 reply Last updated: 08/12/2020 + Show |
Check out Matt Hoots’ interview with Ken Nelson from Panasonic Eco Solutions at the International Builders Show/Kitchen & Bathroom Show. In this video, Ken gives an introduction to the Whisper Green Select line of fans, and he also shares a bit about fans and moisture generally. What makes a quiet fan?...
By Rate It Green Team 1 reply Last updated: 08/09/2020 + Show |
In this video, Matt Hoots talks with Jennifer Prins of Cambria at the International Builders Show/Kitchen & Bathroom Show. Cambria is introducing 20 new celebratory designs and is leveraging new technologies to mark their 20th anniversary in 2020. Check out the creative and sustainable Brittanicca line, made...
By Rate It Green Team 2 replies Last updated: 08/04/2020 + Show |
Matt Hoots had the opportunity to talk with Travis Conrad of Neolith at the International Builders Show/Kitchen & Bathroom Show. Neolith is a solid surface made of sintered stone, a 100% natural material made of granite and glass minerals and natural oxides. Neolith can be used in countertop applications, as...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 07/31/2020 + Show |
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