Plaid Squared Handshake

John Boyer, Virgina Tech professor and creator of the Plaid Avenger, shares a Handshake 1.0 with Cecile Newcomb, Blacksburg, Virginia Town Council member and Business Director of Energy Check. 

John Boyer had just finished saying, "Hey! I have to get a picture with her! She's wearing PLAID!"

Photo Credit:  Allen J. Fuller, III

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Here's how to get your Handshake 1.0 on Handshake 2.0.  Here are all the Handshake 1.0's on Handshake 2.0 - so far!  Can't wait to see yours!

Green Building For Love

Remember Mr. Big's wedding gift to Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City, the 2008 film?

I do.  I bet a lot of women remember.

It was a closet.

Ed Tuchler of Shelter Alternatives and Mr. Handshake 2.0 talk about engaging in green building by finishing an unfinished room in an energy-efficient way.

 Handshake 2.0's cat and closet-to-be

I'm a fan of green building.  I'm a fan of Shelter Alternatives.  With a closet on the way?  I am very much a fan of Mr. Handshake 2.0.

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Shelter Alternatives is a green builder in Blacksburg, Virginia.  Shelter Alternatives creates custom homes, designs additions, and remodels existing homes using energy efficient building materials and systems.

Energy Check - energy audits specialist and a division of Shelter Alternatives - is a client of Blacksburg, Virginia social media and public relations company Handshake Media, Incorporated, the parent company of Handshake 2.0.

Energy Check (and Handshake 2.0's Orange Walls) Featured in Valley Business FRONT

When Cecile Newcomb of Energy Check came to do a Full Home Performance Assessment, or energy audit, we made a video and included it in the post Energy Check Checks Out the Home of Handshake 2.0.

Our house's orange walls are stars again!

Energy Check was featured in the February 2010 issue of Valley Business FRONT.  That's our house's orange walls on the far left and Cecile Newcomb on the far right.

Here's a screenshot of the article. You can read the full story by "turning" to page 32 in the February issue of VBF.

And here we all are again!

Energy Check is a locally-owned, full service home performance contractor, providing Home Performance Assessments- also known as Energy Audits - and contracting services to homeowners in Southwest Virginia.  With a certified Home Energy Rating Services, HERS Rater on staff, paired with Building Performance Institute (BPI) Building Analyst Professionals, Energy Check has the diagnostic tools and expertise to find and fix the underlying causes of a home's health, safety, comfort and energy efficiency challenges.

You're invited to follow Energy Check on Twitter, @energy_check and become a fan of Energy Check on Facebook.

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Energy Check is a client of Handshake Media, Incorporated, the parent company of Handshake 2.0.

An Energy Check Home Performance Assessment is Serious Business

When Cecile Newcomb of Energy Check came to do a Full Home Performance Assessment, or energy audit, I made a video and included it in the post Energy Check Checks Out the Home of Handshake 2.0.

Since I'm a fan of amateur video productions on YouTube, I'm able to create them readily since I am an amateur videographer.  Even some clips were too amateur for me, so I deleted them from the official Energy Check - Home Performance Assessment and Energy Audit video on YouTube.

You're invited to laugh with us - even at us - if you care to view the unofficial version.

As a result of viewing the official Energy Check - Home Performance Assessment and Energy Audit video on YouTube, a potential client called EnergyCheck.  We paraphrase:  "Do to my house what you did to Handshake 2.0's house!"

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You're invited to follow Energy Check on Twitter, @energy_check.

Energy Check is a locally-owned, full service home performance contractor, providing Home Performance Assessments- also known as Energy Audits - and contracting services to homeowners in Southwest Virginia.  With a certified Home Energy Rating Services, HERS Rater on staff, paired with Building Performance Institute (BPI) Building Analyst Professionals, Energy Check has the diagnostic tools and expertise to find and fix the underlying causes of a home's health, safety, comfort and energy efficiency challenges.

In a bartering exchange, Energy Check provided an existing home Full Home Performance Assessment to Anne Clelland, founder of Handshake 2.0.  To Energy Check, Handshake Media, Incorporated provided social media consulting services, video production, and custom blog posts on Handshake 2.0. 

Here's another video from Energy Check and more on home energy audits from the U. S. Department of Energy.

Energy Check Checks Out the Home of Handshake 2.0

I want to be a green entrepreneur.  So I've created a winter system for keeping freezing air from leaking into my nice warm kitchen by draping a blanket over the doorknob on the backdoor, positioning it carefully along the door jamb, then shoving a chair against the whole arrangement to keep it in place.

Use of the door is blocked for the winter season, but some cold air is, too.  That's green and energy efficient, right?

I had no idea how un-green my house was, or how many opportunities I had to get green-er, until Cecile Newcomb of Energy Check came to call.  She and her staff performed a Full Home Performance Assessment, or energy audit, on the digs of Handshake 2.0. 

Here's what happened:

Needless to say, I'll be swapping my winter blanket rig for a genuinely energy efficient one, thanks to what I learned from Energy Check.

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You're invited to follow Energy Check on Twitter, @energy_check.

Energy Check is a locally-owned, full service home performance contractor, providing Home Performance Assessments- also known as Energy Audits - and contracting services to homeowners in Southwest Virginia.  With a certified Home Energy Rating Services, HERS Rater on staff, paired with Building Performance Institute (BPI) Building Analyst Professionals, Energy Check has the diagnostic tools and expertise to find and fix the underlying causes of a home's health, safety, comfort and energy efficiency challenges.

In a bartering exchange, Energy Check provided an existing home Full Home Performance Assessment to Anne Clelland, founder of Handshake 2.0.  To Energy Check, Handshake Media, Incorporated provided social media consulting services, video production, and custom blog posts on Handshake 2.0. 

Here's another video from Energy Check and more on home energy audits from the U. S. Department of Energy.

Spinning Handshake

Cecile Newcomb of Energy Check shakes hands with Anne Clelland of Handshake 2.0 at cycling spin class at The Weight Club.  Cecile Newcomb is a candidate for Town Council, Blacksburg, Virginia.

Not All Handshakes Are All Business

Handshake 2.0, specializing in relationship-building online handshakes, invites companies to send us a snapshot of a real-time handshake - a Handshake 1.0.

Cecile Newcomb of Energy Check and Billy Newcomb of EEE Consulting, Inc., wife and husband, shake hands on the sweetest of deals.

Energy Check is a locally-owned, full service home performance contractor, providing Home Performance Assessments - also known as Energy Audits - and contracting services to homeowners in Southwest Virginia.  With a certified Home Energy Rating Services, HERS Rater on staff, paired with Bulding Performance Institute (BPI) Building Analyst Professionals, Energy Check has the diagnostic tools and expertise to find and fix the underlying causes of a home's health, safety, comfort and energy efficiency challenges.

EEE Consulting, Inc. specializes in environmental studies, engineering, planning, and environmental education.  The firm has broad experience working on projects with architectural and engineering firms, and local, state and federal government agencies.  EEE Consulting, Inc. has adopted total-quality management procedures, including formal quality control/quality assurance controls.