Location, Location, Efficiency of Home and Transportation?
A bill to make energy efficient homes more marketable? Location efficiency when choosing where to live? Think about it - homeowners seem to be choosing to stay in one location for longer. This trend is leading more and more (at least my clients) to consider…
Buy Local. It Matters
From where contractors' subs come from to where the money ultimately goes when consumers buy a house, more and more of my buyer clients are asking about "local" … Most home builders have energy efficient scores - HERS ratings, blower door tests, etc. I'm wondering…
See Albemarle County’s Trails – without Leaving your House
Albemarle County's parks are a tremendous asset to all - from the disc golf course at Walnut Creek to swimming and fishing at Mint Springs to mountain biking and horseback riding at Preddy Creek. And now this, via press release: Have you ever wondered what…
5 Takeaways from “Green Real estate” Training
I spent last Wednesday and Thursday in Northern Virginia in Earth Advantage training, learning more about green homes, green real estate, their respective relevance in the market and how best to help and advise my clients regarding such. Below the "fold" is a Storify I…
Learn about Home Energy Improvements This Thursday with LEAP
Late late year, my house, with LEAP's (Local Energy Alliance Program) help, became much more comfortable and energy efficient. This Thursday, come hear a bit more about the process, the experience, the costs and what you can do to improve your home's efficiency. Energy efficiency…
Energy Efficiency Goes Mainstream thanks to Best Buy
I'll wager that Best Buy isn't entering the Home Energy market out of altruism. Retailer giant Best Buy is launching a modest push into home energy products, planning to sell gadgets that can help home owners cut their energy consumption, and have lower energy bills.…
My Home’s LEAP Energy Makeover Continues
Today was interesting. As part of the LEAP Energy Makeover, the 2nd phase of my home's energy efficient makeover began: Day one (Monday) started with having a few exhaust vents addressed. Day two (Wednesday) brought the foam insulation as the builder neglected to put insulation…
Getting Started with Energy Efficiency in My Home
As some I know I am in the midst of making some energy efficient upgrades on my home. I am finding that the $2500 dollar prize is great, but its only just a start. To truly realize energy efficient gains I am faced with the…
Seeing Green and Talking Green – Charlottesville Workshop Tomorrow
I have long said that a very small percentage of the (American) populace will make green decisions - conservation of resources, smarter use of resources, building green, etc. - because energy efficiency and other green choices save - green not solely for altruistic reasons. With…
Lifestyle Shift – Riding a Bike Revisited
Looking back at when I started riding a bike in Charlottesville in 2008. What I wrote is as relevant now as it was then. Since then, I've gotten a better bike, discovered more routes and actually shown property to a client while on bikes.