Energy Check In The Media
NRV Community Current - added 7-16-10
"Local design and build team Shelter Alternatives, Inc. was recently named the "Best Green Business" by the Virginia Sustainable Building Network"...
Shelter Alternatives named best green business - added 7-16-10
"Local design and build team Shelter Alternatives, Inc. recently travelled to the 2010 Virginia Green Innovation Awards"...
GRCCL Newsletter Jan 2010 - added 1-4-10
"Hello Energy Check! It's the innocuous name for a Blacksburg- based company that performs Home Performance Assessments, aka Energy Audits. I was initially squeamish about the $350 price tag of the basic audit, but I ran some calculations..."
Valley Business Front Magazine Writeup - added 1-4-10
Check out our writeup in Valley Business Front Magazine starting on page 32
Natural Awakenings
Editorial writeup, October 2009
"Within hours on the cool day that Cecile Newcomb had her attic sealed and insulated by Energy Check of Blacksburg, she felt the difference. 'We had the work done in the morning and by the afternoon the house was so much warmer that I walked around and turned down the thermostats', she said. ... "
Buying Green Can Be Better Investment
Roanoke Times (6-23-2009)
A Home Power magazine study showed that, with reasonable assumptions, investing in green infrastructure for your home and business can return as much or more money savings as investing in the stock market earned over the last 20 years. And if enough information were available to calculate the money saved by not dumping carbon into the atmosphere, the energy-efficient investment would be even more favorable.
This is a good time for U.S. citizens to buy products from companies to make their homes and businesses more energy-efficient instead of buying stock in companies, which may go into increasing the salaries of executives. Make companies earn the money they receive from you by actually creating products you need for energy efficiency.
L. David Roper, Blacksburg
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What Bloggers are Saying...
Energy Check Checks Out the Home of Handshake 2.0
Posted by Anne Giles Clelland on August 12, 2009:
"I want to be a green entrepreneur. So I've created a winter system for keeping freezing air from leaking into my nice warm kitchen by draping a blanket over the doorknob on the backdoor, positioning it carefully along the door jamb, then shoving a chair against the whole arrangement to keep it in place. ... "
What's A Home Energy Audit Look Like?
Posted by Jeremy on August 12, 2009
"Ever wondered how you'd check your home's energy rating? Ever wondered what that rating might look like, or the test itself? ... "