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NAHB Finds Top 5 Buyer Wants are Green
NAHB’s study, What Home Buyers Really Want, captures what buyers of new homes must have, and what they are willing to give up. For the first time, High Performance factors into four of the Top 5 “must haves”: ENERGY STAR appliances (94%) … Continue reading
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The New Granite is…Siding! Really?
My friends in energy efficiency have been patiently waiting for granite to fall out of favor as the sexiest way to improve your home, and add value when you sell. So the good news is that the 2013 Realtor & Remodeling … Continue reading
Oh No! Americans Go All “SnackWells” with Housing!
Remember SnackWells? Americans went crazy when these tasty low-fat products first came out. But along came the SnackWell effect, which Wikipedia defines as: A phenomenon that states that dieters will eat more low-calorie cookies, such as SnackWells, than they otherwise would for normal cookies. And … Continue reading
Commit to advance the “State of the Union for Green Value”!
It’s State of the Union time, and another union worth looking at is the state of value for high performance homes (HPH). The image below shows how value comes only through a union of some unlikely stakeholders! So how is … Continue reading
High Performance Home Simple to Buy – Like a Latte???!
A group of industry visionaries has set out to make the home-buying process as simple as buying a latte! It’s an inspired vision of simplicity and data-sharing all built around the consumer. Latte Vision Video According to their website, Inman News is … Continue reading
Energy Efficiency & Real Estate in 2013?
This new year has the promise of some bright signs in the housing market. There are equally bright signs that energy efficiency may becoming more mainstream. And there are certainly some exciting signs that the two could finally come together. … Continue reading
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Measurement Gets GBIG Results
At Greenbuild last month in San Francisco the US Green Building Council released GBIG, the Green Building Information Gateway. It is elegantly designed and serves an important purpose – it makes information about green buildings easily available. At GBIG you … Continue reading
Buyer Shift Underway: From Location, Location, Location to ACCESS
For some time I’ve been predicting a new mentality in home ownership. As Gen Y begins to buy their first homes and a generation of foreclosed former owners start to come out of renting, you will see greater focus on … Continue reading
EE + RE? Top 10 Takeaways from NAR Annual
Five very full days in Orlando at NAR Annual 2012 creates a full slate of new ideas, opportunities and new thinking about old obstacles. Here are my Top 10 ideas and questions for finding natural ways to blend energy … Continue reading
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Regenerative Homes? Codes that Drive Value? It’s all in Vision 2020
Kudos to EcoHome Magazine for launching Vision 2020. They’ve enlisted 10 visionaries on 10 different topics to assess the next nine years and define what these critical areas of sustainability will look like. After a year of assessment the vision is … Continue reading