Comments on: Low Impact Living: The Bottom Line — Green Home Upgrades & Home Values http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/06/30/the-bottom-line-green-home-upgrades-home-values/ Reporting on Sustainably Built Environments from Bricks to Cities Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:57:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: LEEDonomics. A case for Green Building and in search of profits. | http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/06/30/the-bottom-line-green-home-upgrades-home-values/comment-page-1/#comment-24851 LEEDonomics. A case for Green Building and in search of profits. | Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:33:39 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=501#comment-24851 [...] In today’s volatile fuel market, energy efficient buildings are going to be all the rage, and delivering quality homes at a reasonable price will help many builders rise above the slumping market. Home builders and designers who can provide energy efficient homes will have a better chance of surviving the recent housing slump.  While general home sales are down, recent studies have shown that the sale of green homes is remaining steady.  Green houses also tend to be worth more. [...] [...] In today’s volatile fuel market, energy efficient buildings are going to be all the rage, and delivering quality homes at a reasonable price will help many builders rise above the slumping market. Home builders and designers who can provide energy efficient homes will have a better chance of surviving the recent housing slump.  While general home sales are down, recent studies have shown that the sale of green homes is remaining steady.  Green houses also tend to be worth more. [...]

]]> By: Bashar http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/06/30/the-bottom-line-green-home-upgrades-home-values/comment-page-1/#comment-5596 Bashar Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:33:57 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=501#comment-5596 What about rising property values due to energy efficiency measures (on the outside anyway...) like solar panels or a wind turbine? I don't know if this is an old wives tale, but I've heard that homes engaging in the use of solar panels and all their glorious benefits, get stuck with a higher property assessment, and end up with higher tax bills that completely offset whatever monetary benefits they were achieving. Is this true? If it is, how do we begin to push back on this kind of ridiculous mentality? Bashar www.solarphile.com What about rising property values due to energy efficiency measures (on the outside anyway…) like solar panels or a wind turbine? I don’t know if this is an old wives tale, but I’ve heard that homes engaging in the use of solar panels and all their glorious benefits, get stuck with a higher property assessment, and end up with higher tax bills that completely offset whatever monetary benefits they were achieving.

Is this true? If it is, how do we begin to push back on this kind of ridiculous mentality?

Bashar
http://www.solarphile.com

]]> By: Bashar http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/06/30/the-bottom-line-green-home-upgrades-home-values/comment-page-1/#comment-98161 Bashar Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:33:00 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=501#comment-98161 What about rising property values due to energy efficiency measures (on the outside anyway...) like solar panels or a wind turbine? I don't know if this is an old wives tale, but I've heard that homes engaging in the use of solar panels and all their glorious benefits, get stuck with a higher property assessment, and end up with higher tax bills that completely offset whatever monetary benefits they were achieving. Is this true? If it is, how do we begin to push back on this kind of ridiculous mentality? Bashar www.solarphile.com What about rising property values due to energy efficiency measures (on the outside anyway…) like solar panels or a wind turbine? I don’t know if this is an old wives tale, but I’ve heard that homes engaging in the use of solar panels and all their glorious benefits, get stuck with a higher property assessment, and end up with higher tax bills that completely offset whatever monetary benefits they were achieving.

Is this true? If it is, how do we begin to push back on this kind of ridiculous mentality?

Bashar
http://www.solarphile.com

]]> By: Lori Machiorlette http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/06/30/the-bottom-line-green-home-upgrades-home-values/comment-page-1/#comment-5226 Lori Machiorlette Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:34:35 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=501#comment-5226 Wanted you to know about a "energy-efficient" lighting product that was just selected by Consumer Reports. Convert old recessed lighting to pendant lights with the Instant Pendant Light. The canopy seals the old whole and stops cooled and heated air loss. Living With Energy in Iowa also featured the product. Wanted you to know about a “energy-efficient” lighting product that was just selected by Consumer Reports. Convert old recessed lighting to pendant lights with the Instant Pendant Light. The canopy seals the old whole and stops cooled and heated air loss. Living With Energy in Iowa also featured the product.

]]> By: Lori Machiorlette http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/06/30/the-bottom-line-green-home-upgrades-home-values/comment-page-1/#comment-98160 Lori Machiorlette Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:34:00 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=501#comment-98160 Wanted you to know about a "energy-efficient" lighting product that was just selected by Consumer Reports. Convert old recessed lighting to pendant lights with the Instant Pendant Light. The canopy seals the old whole and stops cooled and heated air loss. Living With Energy in Iowa also featured the product. Wanted you to know about a “energy-efficient” lighting product that was just selected by Consumer Reports. Convert old recessed lighting to pendant lights with the Instant Pendant Light. The canopy seals the old whole and stops cooled and heated air loss. Living With Energy in Iowa also featured the product.

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