Is America in a recession? Consumers are feeling the pinch. Borrowing in order to spend our way to economic health isn’t an option, say consumer debt management experts at ClearPoint Financial Solutions, Inc. Their advice: Green your lifestyle by spending less and using your tax refund or May stimulus check from Uncle Sam to pay down debt.
“Smart” Houses Sell In Down Market
Home owners hoping to attract buyers in the midst of a housing slump are “teaching” their homes to save money on energy costs.
“Smart homes can be made even smarter if they are wired to control energy costs as well as water the lawn and arm the alarm system,” says Sheldon Anderson, president of Atlanta Smart Homes Inc.
A refrigerator made in 1984 had an average annual energy consumption of 1457 kilowatt-hour (kWh) in a year. A refrigerator made in 2004 has an average annual energy consumption of 411 kWh a year. Thus, many advanced features in newer refrigerators will save you a bundle of money.
All American Homes, LLC today continued its commitment to environmentally friendly systems-built housing with the delivery and assembly or “set†of the home for the exhibit Smart Home: Green + Wired, Powered by ComEd and Warmed by Peoples Gas, opening at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Ill. on May 8, 2008. All American Homes built the fully functional “green†home, designed by Michelle Kaufmann Designs, which will be on exhibit on the east lawn of the Museum grounds. The exhibit will run through January 4, 2009.