Daily News from New York, New York • 178

rrrmi A New Idea: Model Homes -f 1 1 mm 1 in I WHJ 3e Sold Ten townhouses that served as models for the Village Greens development on Staten Island are being offered for sale through the Webhill Realty Corp. at prices from $37,990. All are ready for immediate delivery and qualified buyers need as little as 5 down payment. The California-style homes contain two, three or four bedrooms and come complete with wall-to-wall carpeting, gas heat and central air-conditioning, a dishwasher, range and self-cleaning oven, plus an energy-saver package including thick insulation and storm windows and doors. As members of the Village Greens community association, new residents will enjoy use of the existing facilities, including two Olympic-size swimming pools, four tennis courts, a playground and several recreational areas which are accessible without having to cross any public streets.

A sales office is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. To reach Village Greens via the Ver-rezano Bridge, follow the Staten Island Expressway to Richmond then go south approximately four miles to Arthur Kill Road. Make a right and follow signs to the development. as CQ Workman applies layers of insulation and siding to Insulate From Home Exierior It's time to bring America's stock of nearly 46 million under-insulated older homes in cut of the cold, says one manufacturer of building materials.

"Clearly, there is a need to reduce home fuel consumption," said R. A. Alford, housing market manager of the Dow Chemical Co. "Nationally, this level is quickly approaching 5.3 million equivalent barrels of oil a day with predictions from the Energy Research and Development Administration of an increase of another 42 by the year 2000," he said. Older houses waste tremendous amounts of energy as much as 607o of our daily consumption rates, according to Alford, who added, "These homes must be insulated up to new home standards." One way he sees to accomplish that goal is through utilization of a new retrofit technique perfected by Dow Chemical.

It combines insulation and siding to literally "wrap" the home in a protective envelope. The system is based upon the use of Styrofoam TG brand insulation installed during standard re-siding jobs by home-improvement dealers. Both layers of material can be nailed in place over a home's existing outer walls, Alford said. The new insulation concept approaches the problem of sidewall retrofit from a new perspective adding more insulation from the outside of a home, instead of the inside. Panels of Styrofoam TG insulation are nailed directly over the home's original exterior fitting together with tongue-and-groove edges for a snug fit and covered with new siding.

Alford said the company has been working with individual contractors over the past year to get the new program in operation. He said educational meetings were held in over 30 key market areas to instruct dealers in proper installation of the product, using standard siding techniques and materials. How extensive is the potential retrofit market? Almost limitless, according to Alford, who said the number of homes re-sided each year roughly equals the number of new homes built. But that still leaves millions of other fuel-wasters in need of better insulation, he added. Berkshire Hotel Sold The Dunfey Family Hotel a subsidiary of Irish International Airlines, has announced an agreement to purchase the 500-room Berkshire Hotel in mid-Manhattan from the Backer estate, the owner-operator.

John P. Dunfey, president, said the company will take over operation of the hotel at Madison Ave. and 52d St. early in 1978, although some Dunfey executives are already working there. Dunfey said his company's first task will be "to renovate and refurbish the Berkshire to the status of its former elegance." The chain's 25 hotels, with 8J)00 guest rooms, are in 13 states from Maine to California and include the Parker House in Boston and the Ambassador East in Chicago.

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Harte said his group plans to convert the hotel into 128 luxury condominium apartments at a cost of more than $12 million. Henry Baker, vice president, and Edward S. Gordon, president of the Edward S. Gordon were the brokers in the sale. MODEL Largo 1 -family with batomont and garaga.

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New Jersey Realtors Install Realtor Daniel J. Colangelo of Scotch Plains, was installed as the 61st president of the New Jersey Association of Realtors at the group's annual convention this week in Atlantic City. Colangelo, who operates the Daniel Realty with offices in Clark, Piscataway and Brick Town, succeeds Frank R. Freehauf. Medal 447-4 17 OH if 948-4600 Mte- a'v--- W.

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