Click for Full Rankings Report FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News Release January 9, 2014 VIRGINIA LEADS THE SOUTHEAST IN NATIONWIDE RANKING OF GREEN AFFORDABLE BUILDING The Virginia Housing Development Authority Finds Success Using the EarthCraft Program Richmond, VA – January 9, 2014 – Global Green USA, a national environmental organization, has recognized Virginia for green building …
Results from the Berkeley Lab show that weatherizing homes to uniform standard can achieve $33 billion in annual energy savings. They found that upgrading all homes to be as airtight as the top 10 percent of similar homes (advanced tightening) would decrease energy demand by 2.6 quads annually—out of the total 22 quads of source …
Tuesday, October 8th 2013, 7:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Augusta Expo 277 Expo Road Fisherville, VA 22939 ProBuild,with support from Huber Engineered Woods, is proud to offer one day of hands-on building clinics with Mike Sloggatt, remodeling specialist and a nationally recognized author & teacher. These clinics will offer tips on increasing jobsite productivity, conquering new energy codes, and …
**This article is a great blog post from One South Realty’s website. Originally posted here. I really don’t like the statement. As a Realtor, I hear it all the time. When out with clients looking at homes, eventually someone will see a cracking drywall seam, frayed piece of vinyl or fogged window, sigh wistfully, and …
As homebuilder confidence rose to its highest point in 7 years, Builders started work on 780,600 homes last year; a 28% increase from 2011 and the most in four years. Read the full story here, http://bloom.bg/15lXa9y.
Read article from Bloomberg News online By Jeanna Smialek June 17, 2013 10:15 AM EDT Builders started work on 780,000 homes last year, a 28 percent increase from 2011 and the most in four years. Confidence among U.S. homebuilders surged in June to the highest level in seven years, reflecting gains in sales …
Sandra Leibowitz, EarthCraft Board Member and Managing Principal of Sustainable Design LLC, talks about cost and savings in green buildings. Click here for this short video.
In this video, EarthCraft Board Member Sandra Leibowitz of Sustainable Design Consulting discusses how recent green/sustainability initiatives are impacting the housing market.
Having trouble viewing this post? Click here. There has always been an assumption by home energy performance advocated that an energy efficient home was a better mortgage investment because an energy efficient home had lower energy bills and was more comfortable to live in. However, there was no empirical data to back …
The bursting of the housing bubble plunged the economy into a recession from which it has yet to fully recover. But economists say this could finally be the year that housing lifts us out of the doldrums. Click here for full article.