{"id":2168,"date":"2007-11-05T17:56:09","date_gmt":"2007-11-06T00:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2168"},"modified":"2007-11-05T17:56:24","modified_gmt":"2007-11-06T00:56:24","slug":"green-building-will-soon-be-invisible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2168\/green-building-will-soon-be-invisible\/","title":{"rendered":"Green building will soon be invisible"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three years ago, buyers rarely asked questions about utilities. When I recommended that they to bump the SEER<\/a> rating on the HVAC, the response may have been, “Why? We’re moving in two years.” This year brings a different story – most want to know the monthly utility bills, some ask whether rain barrels<\/a> (referred to as a “god-send” by my neighbor, in the context of Virginia’s current drought<\/a>) are allowed by the HOA, others want to know if they can put up a clothes line (some can, others can’t).<\/p>\n

The Wired blog notes that $100 oil will push innovation towards new technologies<\/a>. The impact on the residential real estate market will be substantial. I suspect that a relatively small segment of the population “goes green” because of altruism. No longer is green confined to the fringe, regarded as being vastly more expensive than “normal” goods and services. Going green frequently means saving<\/em> green – something everybody can support.<\/p>\n

The Emerging Trends in Real Estate®<\/a> report released recently shows, among other trends, an increasing awareness of the mainstreaming of “green”.<\/p>\n

Real estate developers and investors haven’t gravitated toward greater environmental consciousness (“going green”) just to save the planet, although reducing carbon footprints and harmful emissions sounds fine. “This is not about Al Gore and global warming,” insists one interviewee. “It’s good for business and it’s good for marketing.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The signs are obvious – Energy Prices surged in 2006<\/a>. Energy Efficient Mortgages<\/a> are gaining momentum and awareness. There are movements<\/a> within various MLS’s to add green criteria, such as Earthcraft<\/a>, LEED certified<\/a>, Energy Star …  There’s even a green listing site<\/a>. You don’t think that NBC would be “going green” for the next seven days<\/a> unless there was profit involved, do you? CNBC not-so-subtly notes “Green is the Color of Money<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

The next few years will bring revolutions in design – driven by consumer demand (and a push here and there from governments) – towards smaller, smarter homes, more efficient transportation, and in a return to yester-year, more self-sufficient developments with corner stores, schools within walking distance and a refreshing integration of residential and business. More and more Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This year brings a different story – most want to know the monthly utility bills, some ask whether rain barrels (referred to as a “god-send” by my neighbor, in the context of Virginia’s current drought) are allowed by the HOA, others want to know if they can put up a clothes line (some can, others can’t)The Wired blog notes that $100 oil will push innovation towards new technologies….  No longer is green confined to the fringe, regarded as being vastly more expensive than “normal” goods and services,The Emerging Trends in Real Estate® report released recently shows, among other trends, an increasing awareness of the mainstreaming of “green”.Real estate developers and investors haven’t gravitated toward greater environmental consciousness (“going green”) just to save the planet, although reducing carbon footprints and harmful emissions sounds fine….  You don’t think that NBC would be “going green” for the next seven days unless there was profit involved, do you?  CNBC not-so-subtly notes “Green – the Color of Money.”The next few years will bring a revolution in design – driven by consumer demand (and a push here and there from governments) – towards smaller, smarter homes, more efficient autos, and in a return to yester-year, more self-sufficient developments with corner stores, schools within walking distance and a refreshing integration of residential and business.Making green changes can be simple – to start, change a lightbulb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2168","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-real-estate","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3332,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3332\/organic-gardens-solar-and-public-transportation-oh-my\/","url_meta":{"origin":2168,"position":0},"title":"Organic Gardens, Solar and Public Transportation- Oh My!","author":"Stephanie Edwards-Musa","date":"July 8, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"As Professionals in the Real Estate Industry we try and do everything to stay on top of our game.\u00a0 We attend classes to further our education and knowledge, we try out the latest and greatest Social Networking Platform to find out about new Techie stuff, but what about what the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Real Estate"","block_context":{"text":"Real Estate","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/real-estate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2013,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2013\/the-odysseus-medal-competition-voting-for-the-peoples-choice-award-is-open\/","url_meta":{"origin":2168,"position":1},"title":"The Odysseus Medal competition — Voting for the People’s Choice Award is open","author":"Greg Swann","date":"October 7, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Redfin's financial underbelly, the top-bazillion-bloggers and leftovers from last week's ActiveRain thunderstorm. 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