With the recovery of the economy, homeowners are now choosing to invest in upgrading or renewing their homes, with a particular emphasis on kitchen, bath and outdoor living spaces. According to a recent Hanley Wood Survey, remodeling sales were up 10 percent, and...
We’ve been talking a lot lately about the future of smart homes that give consumers the ability to control all of their home’s systems from their mobile devices. Networking all your systems together into a central control system makes a house more energy...
Welcome to the Kleber & Associates blog! Here’s the latest onRevisiting Homes of the Future Our tour of homes of the future doesn’t stop quite yet… let’s have a recap of what we’ve seen so far. Our first futuristic home is...
Like its venerable (and controversial) Energy Star predecessor, the Home Star bill would pave the way for homeowners and contractors to reap the benefits from energy-efficient and “green” projects. Michigan Congressman Sander Levin announced last week that...
Property-Assessed Clean Energy programs, commonly referred to as PACE, are poised for major growth as more municipalities consider legislation that would allow homeowners this new way to pay for energy efficient retrofits. Here’s how it works. A local government...
