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Trilogy by Shea Homes Sets New Green Home Building Standards Across the U.S.: Nation's Largest Privately Held Home Builder Creates Shea
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Trilogy by Shea Homes, Active Lifestyle Communities, is leading the industry with the launch of Shea Certified Green(R), a program that will set new green building standards while exceeding current industry benchmarks. The program will also reduce the carbon footprints of homes built in its active lifestyle communities by 20% to 29% per household.
Real Estate Center Economist: Significant Drop in Home Building Needed
Texas' new-home market could face a long period of decline unless home building drops significantly, says Dr. Mark Dotzour with the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University.
Repair-Home.com Answers Winter Home Repair Questions
Repair-Home.com, an online, interactive home repair source, provides a public forum for homeowners to get essential information about winter repairs for their homes. Visitors can ask questions, share advice and secure professional assistance on winter home maintenance problems ranging from leaking windows and chimneys to roof repair and frozen pipes.
Buy A Chain Saw For Home Repair
If you need to do some tree trimming, cut fire wood, trim brush in your yard, or make log furniture then you?ll want to own a good chain saw. You can buy chain saws in many different styles and for many different uses. If you want a good style from a good brand then you should consider several factors before you buy one.
Licenses, Certificates & Permits Under Home Building Act
The word "Gold" is no longer associated with a licence. Instead it is now called a contractor licence. To obtain licences or certificates, you need to hold necessary qualifications approved by the Office of Fair Trading ("OFT"). Industry experience or the "20 year rule" is no longer applicable.
Contracts Under Home Building Act
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Using A Loan For Home Repair
No matter how much you love your new home when you purchase it, the odds are that at some point in the future you will want to think about some kind of home improvement project, whether it is remodeling or making an addition. Upgrading a kitchen, adding a swimming pool, extending a wing of the house to include a study and another bedroom, or putting up a new fence are all common projects undertaken by home owners to improve both the look and the value of their homes. The problem is, all of these tasks cost money.
The StarvingCarpenter.com Launches Website To Help Remodeling and Home Repair Contractors Manage and Grow Their Business
With millions of contractors to choose from, many lacking basic business and follow up skills, The Starving Carpenter.com seeks to elevate small businesses from the fold through customer focus and business planning
Best Home Building Web Site of 2008 to be Named by Web Marketing Association in Annual WebAward Competition
The Web Marketing Association announces the call for entries for its 12th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at www.webaward08.org. The Web Marketing Association will once again name the Best Home Building Web site of 2008.
Why You Should Direct Your Home Repair To Your Garage
Garage remodeling is probably the quickest way to add much needed space to your home. If you?re considering any sort of home repair this may just be the one that should be first on your list. If you?re not using your garage for an area to park your car, then expanding the living space of your home can be quite easily achieved by making this change. As well, you?ll feel like your home and life are much more organized when you stop storing everything in this area.
Toll Brothers Introduces 'On Your Lot' Custom Home Building Program in South Carolina
With the ?On Your Lot? program, Toll Brothers offers home site owners the same expert construction management and ten-year warranty that has made the Company the sixth largest home builder in the country.
Unique Home Building Incentive Drives Successful Property Offering on Charleston's Daniel Island
Daniel Island Real Estate's offering last week of 48 new homesites located on and near the Wando River has caught the attention of prospective buyers. Just five days after the release, 26 of the sites -- representing more than half of the offering -- are spoken for. The homesites are located in Old Landing, a special enclave within the island's popular and conveniently-located Smythe Park neighborhood. Old Landing is the only new property offering planned for Charleston's Daniel Island this year.
DIY Home Repair Website Promotes 'Go Green' Winterize Projects
Do-It-Yourself home winterization projects take on a new meaning when you 'Go Green.' Alarming changes in weather patterns, air quality and temperatures in recent years has led many individuals to preserve diminishing natural fuels and 'Go Green' by making needed home improvements.
Disputes & Claims Under Home Building Act
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West Simsbury, CT (PRWEB) April 16, 2008 -- The Web Marketing Association announces the call for entries for its 12th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at Web Award Web site (www.webaward08.org). The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including home building web sites, based on the seven criteria of a successful Web site. The deadline for home building web sites to enter to be judged is May 31, 2008.
"The home building industry is very competitive when it comes to Web development and companies can benefit from the independent evaluation of their online efforts," said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. "By offering virtual tours of properties, home building sites have successfully placed themselves at the top for the integration of technology. They also have some of the highest scores in content for any industry."
Web sites are judged on seven criteria including design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copy writing and ease of use. Each WebAward entry is judged against other entries in its industry category and then against an overall standard of excellence.
All entrants benefit from receiving valuable feedback in terms of their specific scores compared against the average scores for their industry. They also may receive specific comments from the WebAward's professional judging panel on their Web site development efforts.
Winners of a WebAward in the home building category will also receive:
? Image plaque or certificate of achievement
? Increased visibility for their company
? Marketing opportunity to promote the company website to the media
? Links to your site from the highly ranked WebAward site to help SEO
? Admiration of peers, friends and co-workers
Each year the Web Marketing Association names the Best Home Building Website based on the scores submitted by the competition judges. Recent winners of the Best Home Building Web site include:
2007 - Creative Digital Group for The Home Depot Roofing, Siding, Windows
2006 - Hanley Wood LLC for BUILDER Online
2005 - Critical Mass for Andersen Windows
2004 - Liggett-Stashower Interactive for Crane Performance Siding web site
2003 - Emco Building Products Corp. for DreamRoofs.com
Using the quantifiable data collected from more than 15,000 Web site evaluations over the past decade, the WebAwards has defined and recognized industry-specific benchmarks for successful Web sites in each of the seven judging criteria and released an Internet Standards Assessment Report to detail the findings of the study. A copy of the 2009 Internet Standards Assessment Report, including details regarding the home building industry, will be provided to all participants.
Judging for the 2008 WebAwards will take place in June through August and winners will be announced in September. Judges will consist of a select group of Internet professionals who have direct experience designing and managing Web sites,-including members of the media, interactive creative directors, site designers, content providers and webmasters - with an in-depth understanding of the current state-of-the-art in Web site development and technology. Past judges have included top executives from leading organizations such as A&E Television Networks, Agency.com, Blattner Brunner, Bridge Worldwide, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Comedy Central, Disney, Euro RSCG, Ion Global, J. Walter Thompson, John Deere Company, New York Post Interactive, Organic, Inc., Refinery, R/GA, Saatchi & Saatchi, SAP, Starwood Hotels, Sun Microsystems, Warner Bros. Online, Xerox and Zugara.
The 2008 WebAwards are sponsored by the following leading organizations: Burst Media, PRWeb, AllBusiness, Misukanis & Odden, Small Army, ExactTarget, ad:tech conferences, NewsUSA, MediaPost's OMMA conference, TopRank Online Marketing, Creative Chocolate Printing Company, PhizzPop, Internet World UK, Search Engine Strategies, Webmaster Radio, Rovion's InPerson, Snap Shots and Website Magazine.
About the WebAwards:
Now in its 12th year, the annual international WebAwards competition sets the standard of excellence in 96 industry categories by evaluating Web sites and defining benchmarks based on the seven essential criteria of successful Web site development. The goal of the Web Marketing Association, sponsor of the WebAwards, is to provide a forum to recognize the people and organizations responsible for developing some of the most effective Web sites on the Internet today. Entrants benefit from a Web site assessment by a professional judging panel and the marketing opportunities presented to an award-winning Web site. For more information, visit www.webaward08.org.
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