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“After talking to several PV companies we felt that Hawaii Home

Expo provided the right PV system for us. We are enjoying the benefits

of the latest Photo Voltaic technology and look forward to

many years of savings. From sales to installation to

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---– Mr. & Mrs.Arita of Mililani, Hawaii.

Byy Karenn Nakamura

The BIA Parade ofHomes, a signatureBuilding Industry

Association of Hawaii(BIA) event and island falltradition, began in 1956with five featured buildingmaterials supplier entries.This year, our 54th annualOpen House Tour offers 11new homes that showcasethe latest trends in new res-idential design, construc-tion and materials. Hawaii’sbiggest tour of the best innew home constructionwelcomes you to free openhouses during the week-ends of Oct. 9-10 and Oct.16-17.

The2010 BIA Parade of HomesGuidebook is inserted intoday’s (Sunday, Oct. 3)

Hon-olulu Star-Advertiser.

It offers descriptions of allthe entrants, locations anddesign features of the new

homes being show-cased during thetwo free openhouse weekends.Discover howthese state-of-the-art homes withenergy efficientfeatures save youmoney. Learn allabout the fantas-tic Shari SaikiDesign Studio,Inc. prize wait-ing for a verylucky person towin. As you

tour the open houses, enterfor a chance to win a $10,000personalized design consul-tation and furniture packagefrom Hawaii’s renowned“global” interior designer

Shari Saiki. Developer homes you

will see featured in the offi-cial 2010 BIA Parade ofHomes Guidebook includeCastle & Cooke HomesHawaii Inc., Kealakai atKapolei Unit 3; Cooke Clay-ton LLC, The VanguardLofts Model Unit No. 201;D.R. Horton-SchulerHomes LLC, Hoonanea atLahaina B-Malino, Makalaeat Sea County Hua and Lu-ala’i at Parker RanchMakani; Gentry HomesLtd., Haleakea by GentryPlan B-Pupukea, Latitudesby Gentry Plan 1-Victoriaand Tides by Gentry Plan 1-Nalu; Mark DevelopmentInc., Ke Ola O Pokai BayKumu; Towne Develop-

ment of Hawaii Inc., MiloCourt at KehalaniHoomalu; and StanfordCarr Development LLC,Hoolea Terrace at KehalaniUlu Pono.

Download your free 2010BIA Parade of HomesGuidebook at staradvert i s e r . c o m / p a r a d eofhomes2010 or visit bia-hawaii.org. Enjoy findingyour perfect home onOahu, Maui and The Big Is-land at a great price withfantastic interest rates.

It really is a great time tobuy.

Karen Nakamura is exec-utive vice president of theBuilding Industry Associa-tion of Hawaii.

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While incandescentmight be relatively inex-

pensive, they use fourtimes as much energy asan Energy Star qualifiedbulb, which means theycost about $30 more overthe bulb’s lifetime. Theyalso burn out much morefrequently, so your re-placement cost is higher.

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home by 50-75 percent.

• New retrofit LED re-cessed downlights useonly 18 watts, are dimma-ble, and replace popu-larly used 75- or 90-watthalogen spotlights. Light-ing Elegance stocks theHalo ML706830 LED fix-ture, and this is an easy,do-it-yourself screw inreplacement for moststandard residential andcommercial 6-inch hous-ings. This 600 lumen fix-ture is a comparablereplacement for the com-mon 65 watt incandes-cent reflector lampcommonly used in re-cessed lights.

• An easy way to con-trol your lighting is to in-stall a dimmer switch toquickly change the moodof a room. A softer lightresults in a more com-forting, relaxing atmos-phere. Dimming the lightby just 10 percent morethan doubles the bulb life.If you are using a CFLbulb, make sure it is de-signed to be dimmable.

• Use task lighting; insteadof brightly lighting an en-tire room, focus the lightwhere you need it. For ex-ample, use under-cabinetlighting for counter-topsunder cabinets or pen-dants over your island.Lighting Elegance nowdisplays a fantastic under-cabinet fixture made byKichler Lighting. Avail-able in four sizes, the LEDundercabinet lights useonly 9 watts of electricityfor the most common

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Peters says he has seentoo many instances in his30-plus years in Hawaii in

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As our economic cli-mate gets worse Muraka-mi’s Roofing stressesthat consumers do theirhomework before choos-

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First, make sure yourcontractor is properly in-sured and has a good rat-ing with the Better Busi-ness Bureau. Havinggood credentials willgive consumers a betterlevel of comfort to knowthat their contractor iscompetent.

Second, make sure youknow your options. Ingrades of materials andtypes of installations.For example, when in-stalling asphalt shinglesthere are differentgrades (30yr-50yr) andyou can choose to re-move existing roofing orgo over the existingroofing.

Third, will your proj-ect be supervised andwill you be kept in-formed on the progress ifany unforeseen problemscome up?

It’s a good idea to pre-pare as best as possiblewhen making a purchasethat can have a positiveeffect on the value ofyour home.


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