A COMFORTABLE, EFFICIENT HOME
IN A HEALTHIER WAY
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What do a tiny little house on a trailer and ecobeco have in common? Check out the May newsletter below to find out!
Spring is in full effect and after a flurry of Earth Day events, we are ready to start prepping homes for the impending heat of summer. Is your house ready? Let us help you prepare with expert energy efficiency tips, news and updates on the latest strides we've been making to ensure our customers have the freshest, healthiest air for their home sweet home! You can also read our ecoBlog or visit our website.
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Join us for a week-long educational series with the Tiny House Lab and the Proof Is Possible Tour
TV and film personalities Corbett and Grace Lunsford will lead an entire week of workshops for homeowners, realtors, and remodelers. As a showcase for their 20-city " Proof Is Possible Tour, " the Lunsford's Tiny House Laboratory is built to the highest performance standards - the most energy efficient, the best indoor air quality, the most comfortable, the most durable, net-zero, and with green materials. With built-in sensors to prove it, this house demonstrates best practices that you can do yourself and explains how to get your contractors to use best practices in your remodeling projects to deliver proven, verified results. Visit the Tiny House at Rockville Hometown Holidays on May 28-29, or visit in Takoma Park May 30 - June 3. Here is the complete schedule: PROOF IS POSSIBLE WEEK SCHEDULE with registration links
- Saturday May 28 - Rockville Hometown Holidays, 2pm - 10pm (free)
- Sunday May 29 - Rockville Hometown Holidays, 2pm - 10pm (free)
Hometown Holidays located in Rockville Town Center - Monday May 30 - Open house in Takoma Park, 5pm - 6pm (free)
M-F Open House Tours located at TPSS Co-op 201 Ethan Allen Ave, Takoma Park, MD 20912 - Tuesday May 31 - Open house in Takoma Park, 5pm - 6pm (free)
- Wednesday June 1 - Open house in Takoma Park, 5pm - 6pm (free)
Homeowner workshop 7pm - 9pm (register) - Thursday June 2 - Realtor workshop 9am - 10am (register)
Open house in Takoma Park, 5pm - 6pm (free) - Friday June 3 - Contractor workshop 8am - 12pm (register)
Contractor workshop 1pm - 5pm (register)
Open house in Takoma Park, 5pm - 6pm (free)
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24 homes will receive the Breathe Easy Home Indoor Air Quality System at no cost
In recognition of ecobeco's continuing commitment to health and energy efficiency, the National Center for Healthy Housing has selected ecobeco as the general contractor for the Housing and Energy Attributes Linked To Health through Retrofits (HEALTH-R) Study. In this study, ecobeco will implement the Breathe Easy Home Indoor Air Quality System in the homes of 24 children with asthma. NCHH will then monitor the children against a control group to determine the health impacts of the retrofits. ecobeco will perform energy audits and coordinate the installation of insulation, air sealing, HVAC upgrades, duct sealing, and more. To learn more about this study, visit www.HealthyHomeStudy.com
If you know anyone with asthmatic children, please forward them this website, www.HealthyHomeStudy.com so they can read about the study and apply. The application process is open now until May 31, 2016.
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Community comes together to celebrate sustainability
On Saturday April 30th, ecobeco had the opportunity to attend on of the best green events in the DC Metro area, the Montgomery County Greenfest. In addition to the displays, music and events
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typically associated with festivals like this, there was the added excitement of the culmination of Takoma Park's Neighborhood Energy Challenge. The challenge pit groups of neighbors against each other in a "green-off" to win funding for neighborhood projects by implementing efficient practices and improvements in their homes.
Our vice president, Reuven Walder, was on site to congratulate a few of the winners during the energy challenge award ceremony. It was great to see so many of our customers' faces on stage, being acknowledged for their great community efforts in support of a more sustainable future!
Thanks to everyone who stopped by the ecobeco booth to say hello. We hope to see you all again at next year's festival.
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 Upcoming Events
Find us in your community!
Tiny House Lab Tour - May 28 - 29 in Rockville, and May 30 - June 3 in Takoma Park, MD. Learn more by clicking here.
Healthy Living Expo - June 4
More to be announced, stay tuned!
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Rethinking the value of energy renovations
A new study slated to appear in the winter issue of the Journal of Structured Finance looks
at the impact of home energy improvements on a home's resale value. Analysis has shown that these green improvements can recover 100% of their cost while traditional home improvements like bathroom and kitchen remodeling recovers only 58-66% of their cost.
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Montgomery County and Takoma Park offer additional incentives
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ecobeco performs energy efficient home improvements through the Home Performance with ENERGY STAR program. You may be eligible for thousands in rebates.
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ecobeco is an award-winning provider of Home Performance with ENERGY STAR, a partner program with Pepco, BGE, and Potomac Edison in Maryland.
Working with ecobeco qualifies you for home improvement rebates, currently 50 percent of your improvement cost up to $2,500 (restrictions apply).
Rebates up to $2,000 are available for air sealing and insulation only, and $2,500 is available if your improvements include sealing air ducts. If you add HVAC to the work, you could end up with $4,300 in rebates. Montgomery County and Takoma Park customers have additional rebates.
After your Home Energy Audit, ecobeco will send you a customized report with an easy-to-understand home improvement plan and a post-report consultation with your auditor. ecobeco can help you make your home more comfortable, healthy, and efficient. From proposal to implementation to verification, we'll be there every step of the way. Schedule a Home Energy Audit today.
 *$100 subsidized home energy audit for eligible Maryland residents.
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*Google+ and Yelp require login; Angie's List and Checkbook are membership sites.
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Thanks from all of us at ecobeco!
Brian, Reuven, Nick, Sandy, Daniel, Ellen, Ernesto, Fresi, Greg, Jillian, Jim, Justin, Myles, Nanda, Nick U., Nicole, Oliver, Olu, Shira, Suresh, and Taylor. 
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A COMFORTABLE, EFFICIENT HOME
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