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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
MPG No Silver Bullet for Cars
How often do I hear folks envision a “MPG sticker for homes” to drive demand in energy efficiency? But my friend and colleague Mike Rogers points out what’s been plaguing me – that Americans just love their pickup trucks, despite the very … Continue reading
Mapping the Market Triggers for an Efficiency Tipping Point
We’ve been talking about Market Transformation of energy efficiency for a long time. And the home sale transaction has been long viewed as a lever that can create a tipping point. Last week I attended a meeting focused solely on … Continue reading
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Why Realtors & Appraisers are Last Place to Go for Green Value Progress
Last week I attended the Building America Transaction Process Summit, sponsored by the DOE. It’s my fifth somewhat similar meeting in 16 months! While I find it critically important to represent the perspective of a Realtor and MLS user in … Continue reading
Do Words Matter for High Performance Homes?
When people consider high performance homes the term “label” gets used most broadly – in both a positive or negative context. In general, when people talk about distinguishing homes related to energy efficiency, or other greenness it is referred to … Continue reading
Do Appraisers Value Green Studies?
If I had a nickle for everyone who gleefully reported to me that every $1 of green investment yields a $20 increase in value…! (Note that a published report of this does not seem to exist even though this famous quote lives … Continue reading
Can We Change the Tide Back to Homeownership?
The National Association of Realtors released the latest quarterly data on homeownership rates today. The graphic is staggering – seven years of dropping rates. What is very interesting, is how the housing crisis has both stalled the creation of new … 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
RESO & Green MLS Overlap – It’s a Beautiful Thing!
Earlier this fall, the Real Estate Standards Organization embraced Green MLS efforts which are improving data on green and energy efficient homes. It’s a beautiful thing when projects are compatible! RESO’s release confirmed that their data standards support the National Association … Continue reading
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Green Value for Homes Like Building Cars?
“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success,” Henry Ford. “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.”
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