Priorities are key to success in real estate and mortgage industry survival
So now you are asking, what is the answer to fueling growth in real estate again? How can we get buyers to buy? How can we bring escalating value concepts instead of declining value back into a real estate transaction? It begins with a true sense of what our country was built on, a genuine care and concern for our environment and the survival of our children and citizens by designing a sustainable lifestyle. Innovation, new industries, an entrepreneurial spirit that can grow and be nurished. Tax incentives to grow your businesses.
Feds get green on mortgage financing
HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan wants FHA to offer additional incentives. One of the possibilities: Give applicants credit on their qualifying incomes for a home loan in exchange for documentable savings in annual energy expenditures.
Real Estate 101: How can I go 'green' from the first day of home ownership?
Hire a green broker. When shopping for a home, hire an EcoBroker.
As a reminder, the NOVA Green Team's members are EcoBroker Certified!
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
Passively Green
This green home will heat itself
"The Passive House approach is very techie, which I think is its Achilles Heel--it appeals to geeks but not the layman, the lay builder," Hare said standing in the half-finished home last month. "We can prove we can do this without hiring consultants and using software to do the energy modeling. We'll just use precedent and established rules of thumb."
Passive House
By achieving the Passivhaus standards, qualified buildings are able to dispense with conventional heating systems. While this is an underlying objective of the Passivhaus standard, some type of heating will still be required and most Passivhaus buildings do include a system to provide supplemental space heating. This is normally distributed through the low-volume heat recovery ventilation system that is required to maintain air quality, rather than by a conventional hydronic or high-volume forced-air heating system, as described in the space heating section below.
Passive Solar House Designs - Pictures
A collection of images of Passive Houses.
"The Passive House approach is very techie, which I think is its Achilles Heel--it appeals to geeks but not the layman, the lay builder," Hare said standing in the half-finished home last month. "We can prove we can do this without hiring consultants and using software to do the energy modeling. We'll just use precedent and established rules of thumb."
Passive House
By achieving the Passivhaus standards, qualified buildings are able to dispense with conventional heating systems. While this is an underlying objective of the Passivhaus standard, some type of heating will still be required and most Passivhaus buildings do include a system to provide supplemental space heating. This is normally distributed through the low-volume heat recovery ventilation system that is required to maintain air quality, rather than by a conventional hydronic or high-volume forced-air heating system, as described in the space heating section below.
Passive Solar House Designs - Pictures
A collection of images of Passive Houses.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Green Jobs
greenjobs
Bringing recruiters and job seekers together in the renewable engery industries
What is a green job? And how do I get one?
Maryland’s Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (DLLR) defines green jobs as, “those that will support Maryland's growing green economy.” That isn’t especially helpful. You have to push a bit further to learn that green jobs are found in organizations focused on energy efficiency and conservation, alternative and renewable energy production, waste management administration, and environmental stewardship and service.
White House Projects Gains in Health, 'Green' Jobs
President Obama's economic team released an upbeat employment forecast yesterday that predicted robust jobs growth in the health-care and clean-energy sectors, and a recovery in manufacturing positions over the next decade.
Bringing recruiters and job seekers together in the renewable engery industries
What is a green job? And how do I get one?
Maryland’s Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (DLLR) defines green jobs as, “those that will support Maryland's growing green economy.” That isn’t especially helpful. You have to push a bit further to learn that green jobs are found in organizations focused on energy efficiency and conservation, alternative and renewable energy production, waste management administration, and environmental stewardship and service.
White House Projects Gains in Health, 'Green' Jobs
President Obama's economic team released an upbeat employment forecast yesterday that predicted robust jobs growth in the health-care and clean-energy sectors, and a recovery in manufacturing positions over the next decade.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Growing Up Green
Welcome to BornFree - The Safe & Smart Feeding System
NewBornMom
NewBornMom is a 100% eco-friendly baby boutique where you'll find a collection of modern and organic nursery essentials, as well as some eco-hip gifts for the new mom and dad. All our products are safe for the environment and your baby, so you can enjoy some guilt-free shopping. Whether you're looking for a gift, or stocking up for your own green baby - we're sure you'll find it here!
Go Green Baby Co.
...growing up naturally
Welcome to Green Baby Products!
Welcome to The Green Baby's Baby Products! Based in the beautiful, geen state of Oregon, we are the source for earth friendly products for baby and for mom! Most of our clothing, diapers, inserts, pads, bibs, hats, socks, blankets, and wipes are made from certified organic materials. Organics will be identified with the word "organic" so you know exactly what you are buying. That means no harsh chemicals on your little ones skin and that whatever it is you buy, was made in a green, earthfriendly fashion. We care about you, your baby and the world we leave for our grandchildren. If you want something but cannot find it on our site please email us and we will check with our wholesalers right away to see if it is available.
NewBornMom
NewBornMom is a 100% eco-friendly baby boutique where you'll find a collection of modern and organic nursery essentials, as well as some eco-hip gifts for the new mom and dad. All our products are safe for the environment and your baby, so you can enjoy some guilt-free shopping. Whether you're looking for a gift, or stocking up for your own green baby - we're sure you'll find it here!
Go Green Baby Co.
...growing up naturally
Welcome to Green Baby Products!
Welcome to The Green Baby's Baby Products! Based in the beautiful, geen state of Oregon, we are the source for earth friendly products for baby and for mom! Most of our clothing, diapers, inserts, pads, bibs, hats, socks, blankets, and wipes are made from certified organic materials. Organics will be identified with the word "organic" so you know exactly what you are buying. That means no harsh chemicals on your little ones skin and that whatever it is you buy, was made in a green, earthfriendly fashion. We care about you, your baby and the world we leave for our grandchildren. If you want something but cannot find it on our site please email us and we will check with our wholesalers right away to see if it is available.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Green Moving Tips
Is there a move in your future? If so, check out some of the tips below to make your move green!
Green Moving Tips
When you hear the term “green moving,” it might conjure up images of packing your things in large bamboo leaves and hiring a team of non-CO2-emitting Sherpas to carry them across town.
Quick Tips for Green Moving
Any TreeHugger who tackles the task of moving knows there are few other activities that force you to come face to face with all of your stuff. It can be an inopportune time to consider it all, too, since you're busy with packing and organizing, deciding what goes and what stays, and it can be easy to just start pitching it instead of recycling, donating, composting or otherwise relieving yourself of stuff without sending it to the landfill.
Get Your Moving Day Green On
These days being “green” is in. You’re already part of the solution each time you take reusable canvas bags to the market, refill your water bottle with tap water and conserve energy. So why not take it one step further and be “green” while moving! It’s easier than you think and when it’s all said and done you may have actually saved money. But more importantly you’ll feel good about yourself!
Green Moving Tips
When you hear the term “green moving,” it might conjure up images of packing your things in large bamboo leaves and hiring a team of non-CO2-emitting Sherpas to carry them across town.
Quick Tips for Green Moving
Any TreeHugger who tackles the task of moving knows there are few other activities that force you to come face to face with all of your stuff. It can be an inopportune time to consider it all, too, since you're busy with packing and organizing, deciding what goes and what stays, and it can be easy to just start pitching it instead of recycling, donating, composting or otherwise relieving yourself of stuff without sending it to the landfill.
Get Your Moving Day Green On
These days being “green” is in. You’re already part of the solution each time you take reusable canvas bags to the market, refill your water bottle with tap water and conserve energy. So why not take it one step further and be “green” while moving! It’s easier than you think and when it’s all said and done you may have actually saved money. But more importantly you’ll feel good about yourself!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Green News And Links
Wal-Mart to label products with eco ratings
The retail giant plans to announce on Thursday that it will ask its suppliers to provide environmental information on all products carried in its stores. Wal-Mart Stores will use that information to label each item with an eco rating, designed to measure its environmental friendliness.
ExxonMobil goes green -- and slimy
If creating biofuel algae sounds right up your alley, Synthetic Genomics is totally hiring. They're looking for a genomics director and a senior photosynthesis scientist, which sounds like you might be making ExxonMobil's algae.
Make the Green Leap
"If it says 'earth-safe,' 'cruelty-free,' or 'natural,' you should be skeptical until you read the ingredients," says Diane MacEachern, author of Big Green Purse. "These terms aren't verified, so any company can use them." Look for products that have a label that proves the claim is certified by a third-party organization: Common ones include Energy Star for appliances, the Leaping Bunny for cosmetics and personal-care products, and USDA/Organic for foods. If the product isn't certified, check its ingredients. Products that contain ingredients with recognizable names (instead of hard-to-pronounce chemical compounds) are probably better for the earth than their counterparts, suggests MacEachern.
Britain gives gives green light to four new "eco-towns"
The four sites chosen, all in southern or eastern England, are: Whitehill-Borden in Hampshire, China Clay Community at St Austell in Cornwall, Rackheath in Norfolk and North West Bicester in Oxfordshire.
Elevation Burger - $5 Organic Burger - $5 Million Dollar View
Elevation Burger has received recognition in prestigious publications such as Washingtonian magazine and The Washington Post as “best shake” and “best burger” nominees. Founder Hans Hess received the “Green Business Visionary” award in 2008 from the Washington Business Journal, and the 2009 Green Business Award from Washingtonian Magazine in May of 2009. Elevation Burger was also recently featured in a Wall Street Journal article about Twitter.
Control4 Secures $17.3 Million to Fund Smart Grid Product Initiatives, Drive New Market Development
Control4, a leader in affordable, IP-based home control and entertainment systems, today announced it has secured an additional $17.3 million in equity financing. Best Buy Capital, Mercato Partners and University Venture Fund join current investors Foundation Capital, Frazier Technology Ventures, Thomas Weisel Venture Partners and vSpring Capital, to accelerate Control4’s development in energy management systems and home energy displays for the company’s emerging Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) product initiatives. A portion of the financing will be used to extend Control4’s sales channels.
The retail giant plans to announce on Thursday that it will ask its suppliers to provide environmental information on all products carried in its stores. Wal-Mart Stores will use that information to label each item with an eco rating, designed to measure its environmental friendliness.
ExxonMobil goes green -- and slimy
If creating biofuel algae sounds right up your alley, Synthetic Genomics is totally hiring. They're looking for a genomics director and a senior photosynthesis scientist, which sounds like you might be making ExxonMobil's algae.
Make the Green Leap
"If it says 'earth-safe,' 'cruelty-free,' or 'natural,' you should be skeptical until you read the ingredients," says Diane MacEachern, author of Big Green Purse. "These terms aren't verified, so any company can use them." Look for products that have a label that proves the claim is certified by a third-party organization: Common ones include Energy Star for appliances, the Leaping Bunny for cosmetics and personal-care products, and USDA/Organic for foods. If the product isn't certified, check its ingredients. Products that contain ingredients with recognizable names (instead of hard-to-pronounce chemical compounds) are probably better for the earth than their counterparts, suggests MacEachern.
Britain gives gives green light to four new "eco-towns"
The four sites chosen, all in southern or eastern England, are: Whitehill-Borden in Hampshire, China Clay Community at St Austell in Cornwall, Rackheath in Norfolk and North West Bicester in Oxfordshire.
Elevation Burger - $5 Organic Burger - $5 Million Dollar View
Elevation Burger has received recognition in prestigious publications such as Washingtonian magazine and The Washington Post as “best shake” and “best burger” nominees. Founder Hans Hess received the “Green Business Visionary” award in 2008 from the Washington Business Journal, and the 2009 Green Business Award from Washingtonian Magazine in May of 2009. Elevation Burger was also recently featured in a Wall Street Journal article about Twitter.
Control4 Secures $17.3 Million to Fund Smart Grid Product Initiatives, Drive New Market Development
Control4, a leader in affordable, IP-based home control and entertainment systems, today announced it has secured an additional $17.3 million in equity financing. Best Buy Capital, Mercato Partners and University Venture Fund join current investors Foundation Capital, Frazier Technology Ventures, Thomas Weisel Venture Partners and vSpring Capital, to accelerate Control4’s development in energy management systems and home energy displays for the company’s emerging Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) product initiatives. A portion of the financing will be used to extend Control4’s sales channels.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
The Smart Grid
FAQ: What the smart grid means to you
The smart grid follows the footsteps of the Internet and the interstate highway system--they are giant investments in infrastructure. It's not so much a single thing as it is a goal to give the electricity system a digital makeover to make it more efficient and reliable.
Utilities stay the course on smart grid
Large public and private electric utilities are continuing with long-term capital investment programs including smart grid development, despite economic setbacks, a June study by Baltimore, Md.-based Newton-Evans Research Company reports, reflecting a conservative but upbeat attitude toward infrastructure development.
'Smart' meters help electrical grids get connected
In the past, the only way Detroit's largest utility company knew of a power failure was if a customer called -- a method that's long proved a hassle for DTE and homeowners alike. But the new devices -- smart meters -- will change all that as they soon make their way into millions of homes across Michigan.
The smart grid follows the footsteps of the Internet and the interstate highway system--they are giant investments in infrastructure. It's not so much a single thing as it is a goal to give the electricity system a digital makeover to make it more efficient and reliable.
Utilities stay the course on smart grid
Large public and private electric utilities are continuing with long-term capital investment programs including smart grid development, despite economic setbacks, a June study by Baltimore, Md.-based Newton-Evans Research Company reports, reflecting a conservative but upbeat attitude toward infrastructure development.
'Smart' meters help electrical grids get connected
In the past, the only way Detroit's largest utility company knew of a power failure was if a customer called -- a method that's long proved a hassle for DTE and homeowners alike. But the new devices -- smart meters -- will change all that as they soon make their way into millions of homes across Michigan.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Green Cityscapes
Iconic skyscrapers find new luster in green tech
Buildings that define city skylines across the country, some national icons, are catching up to the sleek, new structures designed with efficiency in mind, as property owners and managers become convinced that a greener building now makes financial sense.
Uber-Eco-Towers: The Top Ten Green Skyscrapers
Green skyscrapers offer so much for the average EcoGeek to drool over. Each one can contain hundreds of innovations that make the world a cleaner place, they build up, rather than out, and many of them are frikkin gorgeous.
5 Amazing Green Cities
In the 1990s, industrialized countries around the world joined together to make progress against global warming and climate change. Together they drafted and approved the Kyoto Protocol. The agreement aims to reduce the effects of climate change through the reduction of six recognized greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride.
Buildings that define city skylines across the country, some national icons, are catching up to the sleek, new structures designed with efficiency in mind, as property owners and managers become convinced that a greener building now makes financial sense.
Uber-Eco-Towers: The Top Ten Green Skyscrapers
Green skyscrapers offer so much for the average EcoGeek to drool over. Each one can contain hundreds of innovations that make the world a cleaner place, they build up, rather than out, and many of them are frikkin gorgeous.
5 Amazing Green Cities
In the 1990s, industrialized countries around the world joined together to make progress against global warming and climate change. Together they drafted and approved the Kyoto Protocol. The agreement aims to reduce the effects of climate change through the reduction of six recognized greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Red, White, And Blue...And Green!
Green solutions for 4th of July tabletops
Looking for last minute, easy and eco-friendly solutions for your 4th of July decor and tabletops? Check out these ideas from Lynn and Corey at Celebrate Green!
New eco-friendly “green” fireworks may brighten our future Fourth of July celebrations
Some of these new environmentally friendlier fireworks have already been put into use at concerts and events, but unfortunately, none have been used at large outdoor events as of yet. The reason for this is probably that these new fireworks are more expensive than the traditional ones and harder to find.
Green Your 4th of July Celebration
My favorite traditions for the 4th of July involve eating outdoors. Picnics, BBQs, coolers at the beach, nothing says summer holiday like the smell of sunscreen mixed with the salty goodness of a crispy hot dog.
NOVA Green Living and the NOVA Green Team wish everyone a fun, safe, happy - and green - 4th of July!
Looking for last minute, easy and eco-friendly solutions for your 4th of July decor and tabletops? Check out these ideas from Lynn and Corey at Celebrate Green!
New eco-friendly “green” fireworks may brighten our future Fourth of July celebrations
Some of these new environmentally friendlier fireworks have already been put into use at concerts and events, but unfortunately, none have been used at large outdoor events as of yet. The reason for this is probably that these new fireworks are more expensive than the traditional ones and harder to find.
Green Your 4th of July Celebration
My favorite traditions for the 4th of July involve eating outdoors. Picnics, BBQs, coolers at the beach, nothing says summer holiday like the smell of sunscreen mixed with the salty goodness of a crispy hot dog.
NOVA Green Living and the NOVA Green Team wish everyone a fun, safe, happy - and green - 4th of July!
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Building Green
Building Green is pioneering and entertaining television with an eco-friendly twist, on a mission is to inspire viewers to discover just how easy, cost-effective and healthy it can be to go green, and to dispel myths about environmentally-conscious lifestyles. Host Kevin Contreras leads an interactive exploration of green building techniques and alternatives, from the eye-popping extreme to the green mainstream, all while demonstrating that healthy choices donÕt mean sacrificing style or comfort.
See more complete episodes here.
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