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Chicago, IL (PRWEB) February 09, 2015

On the heels of Chicagos fifth largest blizzard, with temperatures dipping into the teens, many Chicago area residents are feeling the bitter cold day and night from chilly drafts entering unsealed areas of their home. The most common culprit: poorly insulated windows.

One of the easiest and most attractive ways to shut down the cold and lower your heating bill is with new, thermal windows installed by Window Conceptsan area leader in new window replacement and installation.

Leading off 2015, any new signed contract for replacement windows or exterior doors with Window Concepts will receive an instant 25% discounted rate off of full retail pricing. This exclusive offer is the deepest discount the company has ever offered the public.

A 30 year company proudly serving Chicago and the suburbs, Window Concepts has recently launched a new online presence which allows consumers to learn about their entire home improvement product offering which will soon include bathrooms.

Not only do new thermal windows keep out the cold, they also greatly improve the curb appeal of your homewhy not do both now for a limited time at 25% off, explained Brian Murphy, owner of Window Concepts.

About Window Concepts: Since Brian Murphy and Bob Domek opened their doors in the Chicago area in 1982, family owned Window Concepts has provided quality work for homeowners from Joliet to Kankakee and as far west as Woodstock.

Proud to be rated A+ by the Better Business Bureau, the team takes pride in the service they give to their customers providing old fashioned service, using top quality brands and materials with some of the best warranties in the industry. A member of the Window Concepts team will visit your home, show samples and work side by side with each customer to find the best solution for your home. The representatives are knowledgeable in regards to rebates and tax credits, that you may be eligible for.

To better educate our customers, we have created H.O.M.E., Homeowners Online Maintenance e-book, a handy selection of videos to help you with do-it-yourself projects, making decisions about materials, and a basic how-to video guide to help you keep value in your home. We not only want to gain your trust as a client, but also provide you with information to keep your home in top shape and save money along the way. For more information, please visit: http://www.Window-Concepts.com or call 847-621-2680.

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Think of a sunroom, sometimes called a sunspace, as a productive living area in your home with different benefits in different seasons. In spring and summer, a sunroom provides a relaxing living space. In winter, its also a great place to grow food plants. Even better, a sunroom can help heat your home! I estimate that a well-designed sunroom addition can pay for itself in less than five years through savings on food and home heating.

To realize the full benefits from your sunroom addition, youll need to incorporate the basic elements of passive solar design: orientation, glazing, thermal mass, insulation and ventilation. If you apply these principles, you shouldnt need to heat or air-condition your sunroom you will be able to keep this living space at a comfortable temperature by using natural systems.

Would a sunroom work for your house? If your solar exposure gives you at least four hours of sunlight around midday in midwinter, the answer is probably yes! The sunroom design strategies described in this article will work in almost all U.S. climate zones and southern Canada. However, you may want to research beyond the level of detail presented here to fine-tune your design for your specific climate, especially if youre trying to optimize your heating potential.

You will want to orient your sunroom toward true south (which is usually a few degrees different than magnetic south) to best take advantage of the suns low angle in winter. There are several methods for finding true south. In general, orienting the solar window 20 degrees off true south reduces your solar gain by only 4 to 5 percent. On the other hand, if your glass is oriented 45 degrees off true south, solar gain will be 18 to 22 percent less.

There are several types of glazing you can use for your sunroom, but I recommend glass because it traps more heat energy than plastic and because its durable. Plastics do not work as well as glass for trapping long wave heat energy, polycarbonates can scratch and yellow over time, and films are just too fragile for a house.

Dual glazing should be used in all but the most temperate climates, such as southern Florida. In colder climates, including much of the Northeast and northern Great Plains, triple and sometimes even quadruple layers of glass work best. I recommend clear, uncoated glass for sunrooms. Avoid reflective glazings and the newer low-e glass because they prevent much of the solar energy from entering through the glass, and they reduce the solar spectrum. If you want to grow plants in the back area of your sunroom, I also recommend skylights to bring in overhead sunlight.

For optimum winter collection of light and heat, sunroom glazing should be tilted so its perpendicular to the suns angle at winter solstice (Dec. 21). However, for several practical reasons, Ive selected vertical glazing for my ideal sunroom design. Believe me, Ive tried the tilted glazing on sunrooms, and its not the best choice for a living space.

Here are a few of the many advantages of choosing vertical glazing instead:

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PMT2014-05013 1075 Redwood Ave.; $450,000; Granary LLC; Boulder Home Builders LLC; New detached single-family home. 3,272 total square feet of conditioned space including 120 square feet of finished basement. 1,576 square feet of unfinished basement. 602 square feet of attached garage. and 279 square feet of covered deck and porch. Scope of work includes associated MEPs with a gas fireplace and stucco finishes. See TEC2012-00021 approval.

PMT2014-05128 5555 Airport Blvd.; $591,026.40; Yew Tree; CRB Builders LLC; Agilent Technologies Phase 4 interior remodel of 7,740 square feet. Second floor fitout within an existing tilt-up concrete panel and steel structure building shell. No change to the exterior shell or footprint will be made. Scope of work includes associated MEPs, a new elevator, and an engineered stairway.

PMT2014-05276 3633 21st St.; $150,000; Del Mar; Melton Construction Inc.; Minor interior remodel (250 square feet) and large new deck (1,616 square feet) for single-family dwelling. Includes electrical work.

PMT2014-05420 3141 Ninth St.; $150,000; John Moore; Defrees Design & Development; Additions to replace an existing office footprint to allow for a new crawl space and foundation for a new office and additional mudroom and larger master bedroom (472 square feet). Remodel work of 24 square feet also included. Scope of work includes associated MEPs to include a new utility sink and extension of existing hydronic heating.

PMT2014-05580 1001 Arapahoe Ave.; $15,000; City of Boulder; Interlock Construction Corp.; This is a supplemental application related to the cafe tenant finish that was originally permitted under PMT2013-06589. Scope of work beyond the original cafe approval includes additional electrical work for new appliances/equipment and additional plumbing work to accept new fixtures above and beyond what was included in PMT2013-06589.

PMT2014-05642 2865 Iliff St.; $155,200; Kenneth Jackson; Modafferi Construction Inc.; Remodel of existing house. Enclose existing entry (48 square feet). Vault ceilings under existing roof at living room and dining room. Add egress windows to basement bedrooms. Install new plumbing fixtures, upgrade electrical, relocated furnace, add evaporative cooler, install new windows and build new deck (36 square feet) at entry.

PMT2014-05660 5050 E. Euclid Ave.; $61,350; Kristine Johnson and Michael Mencimer; Faurot Construction Inc.; Upper level remodel of 811 square feet plus addition of 32 square feetinto former attic area with new dormer above. Scope of work includes associated MEPs.

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During the six weeks the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium has been closed, crews cleared out 1,000 fish from the giant saltwater tank to refurbish it, started construction on a large new restaurant and put together a healthier menu.

The zoo and aquarium will reopen to the public Feb. 14, although visitors will have to wait awhile to enjoy the new restaurant and see the giant aquarium.

The sea life is gone from the large saltwater tank that sits in the middle of PPG Aquarium, leaving behind a fishy smell. Crews are revamping the Big Ocean tank, which usually holds 100,000 gallons of saltwater and 1,000 fish of multiple species and sizes. The tank was drained in December so crews could re-coat the walls with an epoxy material, said Bradley Smith, director of construction management at the zoo.

Big Ocean is 14 years old and needs to be recoated because the saltwater took a toll on the old coating, he said. Crews plan to add new coral to improve the decor of the tank, and add new lighting.

Dwayne Biggs, curator of aquatic life at the aquarium, said crews would make a fresh batch of saltwater out of synthetic sea salt to refill the tank, which is expected to be ready by the end of March.

Mr. Smith pointed out a small area within the tank he called Little Ocean, where the small fish hide from sharks and groupers when they get too aggressive. The fish have now been separated into temporary holding tanks spread throughout the zoo. It took about two months to remove and transport them, Mr. Biggs said.

The aquariums two big groupers are out on loan to other aquariums in the area, and required specially designed stretchers and nets to safely move them to transport tanks the larger grouper weighs about 300 pounds.

Most of the other fish are in the quarantine room, where fish new to the aquarium stay for 30 days when they arrive. The room also holds about a half-dozen holding tanks. One tank is 5,000 gallons, and houses sharks, Mr. Biggs said. The largest holding tank holds about 15,000 gallons of water, and Mr. Biggs said there were various other smaller tanks elsewhere in the aquarium to fit the fish.

The restaurant, Jambo Grill, will be the zoos largest at 7,000 square feet. It is near the Safari Grill and replaces a cheetah holding building and two smaller restaurants that served pizza and French fries. Construction began in October, although it slowed the past two weeks due to the cold, Mr. Smith said. It is expected to be completed by Memorial Day.

The restaurants patio faces the area housing elephants, zebras, giraffes and cheetahs. Jambo Grills structure will have a safari theme, with wood paneling and a steep ceiling, and will accommodate 300 people, split between 160 indoor seats and 140 outdoors.

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Isabel Tapia stirs a pot in the kitchen of her family's restaurant, the Tortilla Factory, on Wednesday afternoon. The new Tortilla Factory, located at 2706 S. Greeley Highway, had its soft opening on Saturday. Miranda Grubbs/staff

CHEYENNE - The new Tortilla Factory restaurant building in south Cheyenne is made of stucco, wood, steel and glass.

But that's not all.

The restaurant is built on a strong foundation formed by a family's dedication and hard work.

The Tortilla Factory at 2706 S. Greeley Highway opened Saturday.

Its high ceilings - as high as 25 feet in some parts of the restaurant - complement the bold crimson and melon colors painted on the walls and the yellow and blue colors at the front desk area.

The new restaurant replaces an older, smaller Tortilla Factory at 715 S. Greeley Highway.

Genaro and Rosario Tapia opened that first Tortilla Factory in 1997.

Now three of their four adult children are partners with them in the new venture. They are Isabel, Sam and Martin Tapia.

The Tapias also own Tortilla Factory Express on Stillwater Avenue in north Cheyenne. It will continue to operate.

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) Big changes are happening at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium.

For the first time, the zoo is closed for six weeks for maintenance and renovation.

One of the largest changes taking place at the zoo is crews are building a brand new restaurant. Construction workers started demolition in October in the area near the Safari Grill.

They tore down a cheetah holding building, along with two small buildings where you could buy pizza and French fries.

What were doing is were constructing a new 7,000 square foot restaurant, which will accommodate 300 seats, said Bradley Smith, Director of Construction Management at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium.

There will be 160 seats outside and 140 seats inside the air-conditioned building. The new Jambo Grill is on track to be completed by Memorial Day.

It is an African theme, it is very open, heavy timber, it has a very steep cathedral ceiling, said Smith.

Smith said one of the best parts of the restaurant is that youll be able to watch the cheetahs, zebras, giraffes, and elephants, while you enjoy a meal on the patio.

As far as the menu, there will be several healthy and fresh options.

This is an opportunity for us to step our game up in this market, as well as in zoos and we really want to make people rethink what zoo food is, said Steve Schurr, General Manager of Service Systems Associates.

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