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The Renner Companies Newsletter – July 2011

Rodney Renner — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:12:15 +0000

Attached you will find the July 2011 newsletter. Please feel free to sign up for our communications as well as forward to all your friends. Knowledge is a wonderful thing!

http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs058/1102570283989/archive/1106185213344.html

Building an Energy Efficient Home

Rodney Renner — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:35:15 +0000

by Marcus Pickett

Efficiency is an important concept in today’s world. At work, it makes you more productive. In the household, it makes everyone more organized. It makes chores go faster, schedules more structured, and it even allows cars to conserve on costly fuel. It’s all about becoming more effective and less wasteful. Therefore, why [...]

Building a New Home

Rodney Renner — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:23:51 +0000

by Matt Myers

Prospective homeowners should give careful consideration to their decisions when planning to build a home. A great home is one that you are happy to wake up in every day, which is efficient in its layout and usage, that is interesting yet practical, and that brings joy into the very basics of living. [...]

6 Questions You Must Ask Before Building

Rodney Renner — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:18:44 +0000

by Marc Dickinson

Homeowners build new homes for many reasons: to customize the design, choose features that preexisting homes cannot provide, or maybe to live in a specific location. For something unique, you could choose a timber framed, panelized, or other type of “kit” home. These are constructed with “building systems” prefabricated in a factory, [...]

Home by Design

Rodney Renner — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:31:45 +0000

by Sarah Susanka, AIA

Architects are magicians of space, light and order. A best-selling author and architect reveals the secrets to creating the illusive qualities of home that all Americans crave. When my first book was published, The Not So Big House, no one expected that a book about house design would be the best [...]

Remodeling your home, bathroom and kitchen can save you big bucks!

Rodney Renner — Sun, 31 May 2009 15:23:02 +0000

Embarking on a remodeling project is an exciting and creative process. When considering your remodel, take time to imagine, brainstorm, and plan. Design ideas can be found in lifestyle magazines, online, and from experienced professional remodelers. While researching ideas for your remodel, feel free to ask the Renner Company about some of the most popular [...]

Universal Design/Aging in Place Part 3

Rodney Renner — Sun, 31 May 2009 14:33:26 +0000

In the last two articles we gave a brief overview of what Universal Design and Aging in Place issues are all about as well as the differences between the two.

Briefly again, Universal Design or “Lifetime Design”, as it is sometimes referred to, means creating an environment that is user-friendly at any age [...]

Universal Design and Aging In Place Part 2

Rodney Renner — Mon, 25 May 2009 14:15:27 +0000

In Part One of this series, we gave you a very brief idea of what Universal Design and Aging in Place is all about. We would like to expand upon that in this installment. The term Universal Design (UD) has a fairly broad scope. Aging in Place really is a portion of UD. The definition [...]