Tag: energy efficiency
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Green Real Estate Rebates Increase Returns on Property Investment
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…
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Home Energy Retrofits Green Real Estate
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…
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Green Real Estate Improves Home Values
Countertops or Cost Savings? Banking on Green Real Estate to Improve Existing Home Values By: Luke Bujarski Today’s competitive real estate market is making it extremely difficult for owners to sell their existing properties. One way property owners can set themselves apart in this tough market is through green certification. As the green building movement…
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Flagstaff Green Real Estate Investment -Flagstaff Home Energy Audit
The April 2011 issue of Men’s Journal, magazine listed Flagstaff in its “Best Places to Live 2011.” writing up Flagstaff as on one of the best place to “Go Green.”with a youthful flair” and as an “eco-minded college town”. One way Flagstaff residents should continue to be “going green” is by renovating their existing home…
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Green Real Estate Investment Trusts – Green REITs
REITs to Green Buildings: Leading the way toward a Stronger Commercial Real Estate Market? By: Luke Bujarski Active property investors might want to pay close attention to a renewed interest in “green” real estate investment trusts, also known as REITs. With the recently announced Better Buildings Initiative, President Obama has pledged new tax incentives and…
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Keeping PACE with Revolving Loan Programs in Green Building
By: Luke Bujarski Local governments continue to put public dollars to work saving both the environment and money on property owners’ energy bills. Through creative financing methods known as Property Assessed Clean Energy or PACE programs, communities are opening access to capital for energy audits and property retrofitting of existing buildings. Twenty-three states have adopted…
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Chicago Green Real Estate Investment Incentives
By: Luke Bujarski Chicago’s green real estate investment market may have taken another step forward this month. Coordinated by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), the Better Buildings Initiative aims to create jobs and save people money on their energy bills by strengthening the market for energy efficient properties. The goal of the program…