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Home Design RI-MA-Floor Plans: Great First Impressions

August 10, 2016

  Floor Plans An interior vista is an opportunity to make a great first impression. When analyzing your floor plan, ask yourself what your guests observe when crossing your threshold. Houses are fifty percent dreams and fifty percent house. The house part satisfies the practical left side of the brain, offering: shelter, safety, protection, security…

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Home Design RI-MA: Aging in Place (Lighting and Entries)

August 3, 2016

Home Design RI MA-Aging in Place With Grace This is the second part of a three part series on home remodeling projects in Rhode Island and Massachusetts for seniors and disabled persons. As our population ages and people continue to live longer, barriers associated with aging in place with grace will affect more and more…

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Home Design RI-MA: Aging in Place

July 27, 2016

In this column we will discuss the retrofitting of existing homes in Rhode Island and Massachusetts with some modifications and upgrades having to do with maintaining mobility as a person gets older. Sensitive design can help compensate for chronic health problems or being confined to a wheelchair. Aging in place means, living independently in a…

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Energy Auditors Volunteering

July 25, 2016

With the help of Energy Auditors Volunteering these teen volunteers at Group Mission Trips in conjunction with Neighborworks BRV, were able to reach new heights and repair damaged roof free of charge in the Woonsocket area.

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Home Design RI-MA: Value Engineering

July 20, 2016

Aside from land costs which can be expensive in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, consider the following: Affordable design requires balance between many options. Some architects and designers may view affordability as a restriction on being creative. Yet, others may see it as a challenge in which their ideas can flourish. Here we are interested in…

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Rhode Island Solar Rebate and Incentive Ranking for 2016

June 27, 2016

How friendly are Rhode Island’s policies towards solar? Included in the list below is a brief description of each policy affecting solar along with a corresponding grade. Renewable Portfolio Standard or RPS (Grade C) RPS mandates to utilities what percentage of all energy generated within the state comes from renewable sources including a specific deadline…

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