Welcome to the Kleber & Associates blog! Does Green Building REALLY Cost More?Here’s the latest . We’ve all heard it before: It costs more to build green. But does it? And how can you save money on your green home or...
While at the Pacific Coast Builders Conference in San Francisco a couple weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to sit down with my favorite radio hosts, James and Morris Carey. They asked me to fill them in on new and innovative products from the show, many of which...
What would it look like to integrate social media more with marketing home products? Diesel jeans, the makers of ludicrously expensive denim for the 18-25 year-old market, recently used Facebook as part of an interesting branding initiative –customers try on...
Big Builders Collect Big Checks In this age of populist rage at Wall Street bigwigs for awarding themselves extravagant (frankly, we would call it blasphemous) top-level bonuses, some big-name home building executives made quite a pretty penny even as their companies...
Nichiha Sierra Premium Shake Numbers released last week by research firm the Freedonia Group say consumer demand for siding in the U.S. is expected to climb a healthy 6.5 percent per year through 2014. The Cleveland-based market research firm attributed the gains to a...
Welcome to the Kleber & Associates blog! Here’s the latest on How your home can improve your health. Not many of us think about our backs or joint pain when selecting pieces for our home’s décor. Color, style, aesthetic appeal and...