Lou Manfredini, a regular contributor to the TODAY Show and USA Weekend, stopped by NBC Philadelphia to share a few tips for improving your home’s performance this winter. Noting that drafty windows are a heat-loss culprit, Lou said that homeowners can increase the energy efficiency up to 70 percent when they replace an old window [...]

Qualified Remodeler magazine recently featured a rather impressive remodeling project: Just outside Boston, in the town of Wellesley, Mass., the owners of a home that bordered conservation land faced changing needs. After purchasing the 1,700-square-foot, 1930’s house, the residents performed a renovation in 1995 to increase the size to 2,000 square feet. Over time the [...]

Spacious houses with extra-large yards are often derided as “McMansions,” wasteful of the materials it takes to build them, the energy necessary to heat and cool them, and the water needed to maintain the lawn. Not Carl and Nan Adams’ 8,700-square-foot house in Nashville’s exclusive Forest Hills neighborhood. Carl, an environmental engineer with an international [...]