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Sustainability

4 Simple Ways for Homeowners to Stay Cost Conscious and Environmentally Sound without Impacting Comfort

Maintaining Your Charlottesville Home with Realtor Virginia Gardner 434-981-0871

Maintaining Your Charlottesville Home: 4 Simple Ways for Homeowners to Stay Cost Conscience

We wanted to share the following article from RISMedia because it is a helpful must read for all homeowners.  The Honeywell Environmental Combustion and  Control Department suggests 4 simple ways for homeowners to stay cost conscience and [...]

Charlottesville Home Energy Audit and Tips

Charlottesville Home Energy Audits: Reducing Home Maintenance Costs and Living in Healthier Environment at the Same Time

I was having lunch with my sister yesterday, and she told me she was replacing the windows in her home, because the house feels drafty in the winter.  She has owned her home in Mill Creek for 29 years, and she has replaced [...]

Green Home Improvements for Your Charlottesville Home

Green Home Improvements for your Charlottesville Home

Now more than ever, we're all looking for ways to save money.  We all also know that paying attention to insulation, windows, attics, and crawl spaces can help us stop wasting [...]

LEAP offers Free DIY Energy Workshop on Feb. 15

Charlottesville Realtor Virginia Gardner, www.charlottesvillehome.com,434-981-0871

Are you familiar with LEAP, Local Energy Alliance Program? LEAP is a community-based nonprofit serving Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa and Nelson counties, and the City of Charlottesville whose mission is "to lead the effort in our local community to conserve water and energy in buildings to promote cost savings, job creation, [...]

Saving Water by Replacing Toilets

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Water conservation Charlottesville

Did you know? --> A typical household uses 185 to 300 gallons of water a day and the majority of it goes down the drain from the toilet and the shower. Updating your commodes will serve as a conservation effort while lowering your water bill.

Today's toilets use less water, prevent staining and resist [...]

So, what exactly is "sustainability" anyway?

Our goal is to focus on sustainability.  So, what does that really mean?  I found information about a very interesting organization called The Natural Step, a group who's soul purpose is to help corporations, organization, and ultimately individuals, understand their role within the sustainability movement and how they "can reduce their [...]

Focusing on Sustainability

Virginia Gardner, Charlottesville Real Estate Agent, www.CharlottesvilleHOME.com

Over the past year, I've tried to find a community niche for myself and for my business. By that I mean that I really want to find an area of need to which I can make a contribution. Of course, there are any number of options out there, any number of people and organizations that can use [...]