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Category Archives: Green Building
Video Blog: How To Build a Rammed Earth Home in Las Cruces NM (episode 4)
This is the forth installment of our video blog series about building rammed earth custom home at Picacho Mountain with Pat Bellestri-Martinez, General Contractor of Soledad Canyon Earth Builders. Click here to see our first three Rammed Earth Video Blog … Continue reading
Go Green: Indoor Air Quality is top priority espeically among baby boomers
Have you looked outside lately? It’s murky out there. It seems like there are fires burning all around us right now. Between the soot, smoke, dust and wind, many of us have been thinking a lot about the quality of … Continue reading
Posted in Go Green, Green Building, Green Living, Las Cruces, New Mexico, Real Estate
Tagged Go Green, Green Homes, Indoor Air Quality, Las Cruces, las cruces nm, New Mexico
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The time it never rained: Easy steps to save our precious water
The following is a guest post by our good friend Miles Dyson of Inspection Connection. Miles is one of Las Cruces, New Mexico’s foremost Go Green experts in home inspection, energy rating, and green certification. I inherited a healthy appetite … Continue reading
Posted in Go Green, Green Building, Green Living
Tagged Green Building, Miles Dyson, Water Conservation
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Green Building: Improve home efficiency with Energy Star
Energy Star has become a recognized household name second only to the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval. It is a leader in new home performance and is setting standards for green building to meet its guidelines. Energy Star isn’t just … Continue reading
Video Blog: How To Build a Rammed Earth Home in Las Cruces NM
This is the third installment of our video blog series about building rammed earth custom home at Picacho Mountain with Pat Bellestri-Martinez, General Contractor of Soledad Canyon Earth Builders. Click here to see our first Rammed Earth Video Blog post … Continue reading
Go Green: Energy Star Homes 3.0 requires even more energy efficiency from home builders
The following is a guest post by our good friend Miles Dyson of Inspection Connection. Miles is one of Las Cruces, New Mexico’s foremost Go Green experts in home inspection, energy rating, and green certification. April is an important month … Continue reading
Posted in Go Green, Green Building, Green Living, Las Cruces, Las Cruces Custom Home Builders, New Mexico, New Mexico Homes, Real Estate
Tagged Energy Star, Energy Star Homes 3.0, Go Green, home builders, Las Cruces, Las Cruces home builders, Miles Dyson, New Energy Star Requirements, New Mexico, NM, picacho mountain
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Green Building: Picacho Mountain’s Green Certification Makes Building a Green Certified Home Even Easier
Green home certification can seem a bit daunting, but building your next luxury home at Picacho Mountain can make the certification process just a little bit easier. Picacho Mountain is Southern New Mexico’s only Build Green New Mexico (BGNM) certified … Continue reading
Go Green: Solar Energy is the right choice for Las Cruces, New Mexico
One of the things that makes Las Cruces, New Mexico one of the Best Places to Live is how easy it is to go green. Las Cruces weather and climate make it ideally suited to add solar energy to your … Continue reading
Green building: Spaceport America helps promote green building for Earth today, space tomorrow
I got a little nostalgic last week as I watched the space shuttle land after its final mission from my Picacho Mountain office here in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The space race was a huge deal for me as a … Continue reading
Posted in Green Building, Green Living, History, Las Cruces, New Mexico, spaceport america, Uncategorized
Tagged Green Building, Las Cruces, NASA, New Mexico, NM, spaceport america
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Go Green: New solar energy plant being built near Las Cruces NM
Guest Post by Todd G. Dickson of the Las Cruces Bulletin. This article is from the March 25, 2011 issue of the Las Cruces Bulletin. If you’ve driven out of Hatch up state Highway 26 lately, you might have seen … Continue reading
Posted in Go Green, Green Building, New Mexico, Uncategorized
Tagged Go Green, Green Building, hatch, Las Cruces, New Mexico, NM, Solar Energy
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