Top 5 Tips for Maintaining Your Smart Home Devices

In the age of home innovation, smart devices have become integral to modern living, enhancing convenience, security, and energy efficiency. Whether you’re amidst a home remodel, or building a new Long Island home, maintaining your smart home devices is crucial. Here are the top 5 tips to ensure your smart home continues to operate seamlessly,…

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Top 10 Smart Home Technologies for Your New Home Construction

If you’re planning on building a new home or renovating an existing one, incorporating smart home technology can help you enjoy a more convenient, comfortable, and energy-efficient lifestyle. With so many smart home technologies available today, it can be overwhelming to decide which ones to include in your home. That’s why we’ve put together a…

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6 Ways to Build a House with Natural Air Ventilation in New Hyde Park

Boosting natural air ventilation in your new construction home brings many advantages to homeowners, benefitting both the environment and the home’s overall systems. Building a custom home with this in mind will help keep your home cooler naturally in the warmer months of the year, without as much reliance on cooling systems. If achieving more…

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Do Solar Panels Impact the Resale Value of Your Home?

Homeowners are increasingly seeing the value in installing solar panels, especially the renewable energy source they provide. While some are scared off by the initial investment, this ultimately leads to the question of whether or not this investment will pay off in the long-term. Many buyers are enticed by the environmental benefit of solar panels,…

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LED Lighting Installation: The Top 5 Benefits of Switching Out Traditional Lighting for LED

LED lights are the latest innovation in lighting, offering homeowners many benefits over traditional lighting. LED lights, or light emitting diode lights, are the most energy-efficient lights available. They are used not only in residential homes, but commercial and industrial applications as well, for street lighting, outdoor area lighting and parking garage lighting. LED lights…

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Home Ventilation Tips for Fresh Air Indoors

Ventilation is the process of good air replacing bad air, pushing fresh air inside the house to replace the toxic air created by everyday activities. Cooking, cleaning and pollutants being brought in from the outside are just a few examples of unwanted chemicals getting inside the home and hindering the indoor air we breathe every…

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Eco-Friendly Building Materials for a Green Home

Green living has become more of a priority to homeowners and our individual environmental impact is something most of us are paying attention to. With that said, using sustainable, eco-friendly building materials is something homeowners are seeking, and Center Island Contracting is at the forefront of this demand. If you’re in the market to build…

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Green Home Building Ideas on North Shore of Nassau

Green building is a priority for many homeowners when starting a new home construction, and recent years have seen an influx of new green building techniques to accommodate the demand. Home building hasn’t slowed down, but resources have decreased, and energy efficiency is as important as ever. The following tips don’t just apply to new…

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Green Living: Versatile Ways to Use LED Lighting Strips

There are many benefits to using LED lighting in a new home construction or home renovation, which is why many homeowners are choosing LED lights over conventional lights in recent years. LED lights are safer, use less energy, and last much longer than regular lights. With the rise in popularity of LED lighting comes new ways…

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Go Green this Holiday Season with LED Christmas Lights

This holiday season, consider going green with your Christmas lights! Who else has struggled with one Christmas light burning out, only to take the whole string of lights out with it? With LED lights, this won’t happen. Did you know LED lights are 90% more efficient than traditional lights? While we’re listing the benefits of…

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3 Reasons to Invest in Landscape Design

Whether you are building your new home or redesigning your old one, the outside is just as important as the inside. There are many reasons why landscaping should be a part of your home improvement plans. Not only are there benefits for you and your family, but there are benefits for your wallet and the environment as well. Your general contractor can help you generate ideas for your landscape design while making sure it fits your home and your budget. Here are some reasons why you should invest in landscaping.

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Home Remodeling

If you are moving to, or are already in the Long Island area and are looking to do a home remodel, our general contractors can help you with all of your home redesign needs. Whether you are looking to remodel your bathroom, kitchen, basement, or simply just looking for plumbing and electrical services, our general contractors are skilled in all fields. Here is a list of some of the services we provide.

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More Energy Saving Tips

Energy efficiency is important to both our environment and to your budget. One of many energy saving perks is cutting down on electricity usage throughout your home. Home energy efficiency is a great way to be environmentally conscious, while saving money. While it may seem tricky to uncover new ways to save on energy, we can assure you that home energy efficiency is easy! For many of us, it can be hard to know where to begin when it comes to energy efficiency, so we have outlined some energy saving tips below.

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Simple Ways to Conserve Energy

Simple Ways to Conserve Energy in Your Home Home energy efficiency is important both to our environment and to your family budget. Cutting down on electricity use throughout your home is a great way to be environmentally conscious while saving money. While it may seem tricky to uncover new ways to save on energy, we…

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Energy Efficiency Improvements

Energy Efficiency Improvements for Your Home Home energy efficiency helps reduce our carbon footprint, and will help you save money on your electric bill each month, which adds up to big savings each year. For many of us, it can be difficult to know where to begin when it comes to energy efficiency. Let’s face…

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