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Meet Geraldina, get to know where she draws her inspiration for design

This father's Day, Green gifts are at the top of many lists, and our SOLAR Flashlight and personal lamp is the best value. Make this Father's Day one that will save Dad on energy bills, on batteries, and save our landfills from toxic leaching, while giving Dad security and bragging rights, as well as countless hours of LED light every night.

Texas leads the nation in energy production, consumption, and we are paying 56% more each year for electricity than the national residential average, according to the latest findings from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. The nation is looking at President Obama to give us an economic stimulus package that will reach each one of our households...NOW! yet the answer to saving money is at our fingertips: energy remodels to our existing homes. This is the real GREEN economy at work, the s

The controversy about how GREEN are natural stone countertops continues to grow, with apparently few answers. This subject of Radon in natural stone has been researched at Rice University, and there are steps to follow.

Hotel Spa Industry leads the way in Greening of bathrooms and retreats with 100% recycled glass mosaic tile, available at Casa Concept Showroom

Stainless Steel is sustainable as a non reactive metal for home use. Don't miss out on this professional quality grilling case for the special Bobby Flay in your house

As for sustainability, at the top of the list is water quality and homes that promote and sustain health. Do you have the right water filtration system in your house? You don't even have to go looking or comparing. We've done the research and have landed on the Everpure system. Starbucks doesn't open a new store anywhere in the world without this filter. Your cup of coffee can taste as good as theirs! E-mail us for information on pricing.

Bamboo is everywhere now, and so are the imitation an bad practices fabricators. Stay posted on our research about bamboo products and usage criteria.

Casa Concept is looking to provide your project with top quality tiles in the most modern of proportions and colors. When looking for green products for the home,a top criteria to use is that they have LOW EMBODIED ENERGY. More and more we will be asking that our green products require little amount of energy to produce. Our tiles are imported directly from Spain and are made in factories that adhere strictly to global environmental practices criteria, like consuming the energy that is the ...

For our Casa Concept - green house and healthy home- we used the romance of classic colonial language and materials and detailed it in modern ways, in novel arrangements of space, with new products to achieve cultural, social and environmental designs that work for the multicultural families of today and the future. Be sure to visit our Casa Concept House page!

The green movement continues to mushroom around the nation, and Casa Concept is scouting out the new products that we can bring to you for your project. If you're looking for 100% recycled mosaic tile, send us an e-mail. View the installation in our Casa Concept.

Casa Concept is now a member of the Greater Houston Area Chapter of the USGBC- United States Green Building Council- which boasts a website that can keep you seeing green for a long time! TEST

Casa Concept is an ENERGY STAR certified home. It's a new world of home construction and design, the world of Green Building, Sustainable Design and Energy Efficient Construction . What does this all mean? Stay informed with Casa Concept. Does it apply to all homes? Absolutely. Where do you begin? Follow our guideline step by step as we go through the Energy Star Certification process with our Oxford Park homes. What do you gain? For starters anything from a tax credit to an Energy Efficient ...

Early in 2007 Casa Concept has paired up with Abode Living Development to create a novel townhouse development adjacent to the Historic Heights district, on the linear park and bikepath. What's novel about this 14 townhouse complex? Energy Star certified homes designed for sustainability and energy efficiency, with terraces and balconies that serve as entertaining expansion rooms situated right off the public areas and opening on to the park. Novel thinking about modern living starts at the ...

Rain harvesting is a hot new topic in green home design and the greening of communities. Learn how easy it is to implement rain harvesting into your new green home project, and why it should be and can be done at any scale.

FSC certified wood is a new standard for GREEN home construction. FSC stands for Forest Stewardship Council, and it's certification program for forests and best practices for logging, including living wages for workers in these fields, is making a huge impact in the greening of construction. Does it cost more to use FSC certified woods? How do we insure that our green home remodel or new construction adheres to this standard? Learn more about building REAL green, and how you can lead the way.

energy saving spaces can be added outdoors, by not air conditioning them. They ar some of the most attractive features of any house

when building or remodeling, make your project an Energy Star certified home. Get the skinny on how to do it, and save big in energy bills