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Protect Homebuyers, Reward Efficiency

…would spend each month. Equally important, once armed with the energy rating, purchasers have the option of exercising their buying power to make energy improvements through a long-term, low-interest mortgage…

Brightleaf Homes Gets High Value Appraisals 

…the mortgage, the amount added per month to reach zero is usually less than the monthly energy savings. This way every zero energy home has built-in buying power and a…

Three Ways Energy Ratings Support Efficiency

…the buyer’s mortgage. Long-term financing means more buying power. The additional monthly loan payment can be lower than the monthly energy savings created by the improvements. The total monthly cost…

Zero Energy Upgrades Could Cost Zero Dollars

…post, “Buying Power of Energy Savings,” which describes how the energy savings from a zero energy building completely covers the additional monthly mortgage payments needed for energy efficiency features. But…

Redefining Healthy Homes in the Age of Climate Disruption

…to handle projected extremes of heat or cold. Power Outages In cases of wind events, floods, or fire events, power outages will occur. So homes built in those vulnerable areas…

Don’t Buy a New Home that Sucks!

…is our biggest expense – whether renting or buying – and yet we drive our heads into the sand and blindly believe that it won’t hurt us physically or financially….

Green Hammer: A Zero Energy Building Pioneer

…permit (very seldom are permit costs based on sf), 1 water main, 1 power main, 1 driveway, etc., but the large home can spread those costs out across more sf…

My Zero Energy Retrofit Beats my 401(k)

…of the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from our home. I opted not to install solar hot-water panels because solar electric (photovoltaic) panels powering a heat-pump water heater are more…

Energy Math

…grid powered by 23% solar cannot be built in 8 years, and it would only provide half of the 2000 TWh of new clean electricity needed for the 2030 goal….

Golden Real Estate, Inc Promoting and Modeling Environmental Responsibility

…the sun is shining, then draw it back when needed. This process, called net metering, enables us to power our office – including heating and cooling – and charge our…

With Electric Cars Rolling, Washington Should Now Turn to Electric Homes

…at least 1.5 million plug-in vehicles on the road. The federal government clearly has the power to advance sustainable technologies. So where should President Joe Biden look next for a…

How to Sell High-Efficiency Homes of the Future

…home is far more advanced than code built homes. Building or buying a zero energy ready home means you’re getting the home of the future – today.   Zero Energy…

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