Archive for March, 2009

Green Living Expo

We are so excited to be sponsoring the Green Living Expo for it’s inaugural year! This expo will not only share some green design and construction techniques, it will also highlight other ways in integrate green living into your everyday lifestyle.

Description: The Four Corners Green Living Expo is an exhibition of the latest and greatest green products and services dedicated to making the world a better place while promoting a better life through smarter living. The expo will host over 50 exhibitions, featuring informative workshops and seminars, an interactive kid’s section, a bike recycling program, a clothing swap, a local café and beer garden, music, a green economy forum and so much more.

When: April 18-19, 2009

Where: La Plata County Fairgrounds

Cost: $2 per entry. Proceeds go to Sustainability Alliance of Southwest Colorado. The $2 entry fee also gets you into all the workshops.

Workshop topics include:

  • Green design and building strategies
  • Recycling at home and the office
  • Top 10 ways to lower energy bills
  • Facts, myths and realities of solar
  • Eco kid workshops

Make sure to visit the Kogan Builders booth and check out our workshop on green building!

Green Living Expo Website

Eco Broker Meeting

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This one is for all you real estate brokers out there! Kogan Builders is hosting the next Eco Broker meeting here at our office on Thursday March 19th at 8:30 a.m.

If you are interested in learning more about green building, please join us for this meeting. You do not need to be Eco Broker Certified or even working toward the certification.

Scott Smith, Alix Kogan and Trevor Krueger will all be speaking about the following topics:

  • The Economics of Green Building- Which techniques and materials have the fastest payoff.
  • Weighing Client Preferences- How we determine the level of green building for each client based on their budget and preferences.
  • Our Certified Built Green Colorado Project in Shenandoah

We hope you can join us at our downtown office loacted at 110 West 11th Street!

See you there!

 

 

Kogan Builders Gets a Blog!

Welcome to the official blog of Kogan Builders! We’ve decided to create a space to share valuable resources, new images, and random thoughts with our clients, friends and professional network. Kogan Builders’ president, Alix Kogan will be contributing to this blog along with the operations manager, Trevor Krueger, and the sales and marketing director, Chelsea Fredette.

We invite you to follow our blog in order to:

  • Hear about the latest design trends
  • Receive the latest news in the building industry
  • Discover new techniques and products for green building
  • Receive current updates on the real estate market
  • Learn more about the employees of Kogan Builders

Welcome to our world!

Enjoy,

The Kogan team