Tag: energy costs

  • Green Real Estate Rebates Increase Returns on Property Investment

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    Real Estate Investors have many incentives to get rebates and grants from various sources for their green real estate investment projects. A properly executed Green Real Estate Project also increases the ROI on the property itself, through lower energy costs and higher resale and rental rates. Energy Efficiency & Green Real Estate Rebates: The Database…

  • Home Energy Retrofits Green Real Estate

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          Green Apples to Apples:  A Case-by-Case or Model-Based Approach Toward Green Real Estate?   By: Luke Bujarski In 2008 the Chicago Climate Action Plan set out an ambitious goal of retrofitting 400,000 residential units by 2020.  As the green real estate movement picks up steam, national and local initiatives like Obama’s proposed…

  • Mandatory Energy Benchmarking for Green Real Estate Investment

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      By: Luke Bujarski New York City Local Law 86 is setting yet another aggressive standard for the green real estate investment market.  On May 1st, privately owned buildings larger than 50,000 square feet will be required to submit annual benchmark reports on building energy and water usage.  Since the law will eventually require public…