David Harbour On HGTV

Check out David Harbour of the NOVA Green Team on one of his HGTV's "Get It Sold" or MommyCast appearances

David's upcoming HGTV "Get It Sold Appearances:

HGTV Schedule

Episode #309 Outdated Asking Price (September 25, 2009 11:00 PM e/p)

Episode #108 Boxing Up the Bachelor Pad (October 01, 2009 5:30 PM e/p)

Episode #309 Simple Fixes in Several Rooms Make This Home More Marketable (October 17, 2009 5:30 PM e/p)

Episode #605 Nine Months to Sell (November 01, 2009 11:30 AM e/p)

Click Here to see David's Mommy Cast Appearance

2nd Annual Cascades Green Expo

NOVA Green Team will be an exhibitor, providing energy efficiency and eco-friendly home recommendations for buyers/sellers.

2nd Annual Cascades Green Expo

Tips for greening your home, your lifestyle, and our community.

Sunday, September 13, 2 – 5 p.m. Stone House Community Center

NEW THIS YEAR:
WE’RE COLLECTING E-WASTE AND WE’RE SHREDDING DOCUMENTS!
E-waste: All electronics accepted; NO appliances. Shredding: NO bound documents or paper clips.
Thanks Rentacrate/ShredX and JK Moving & Storage for providing these FREE services!

ALSO new this year:
Hybrid car test drives! Leesburg Toyota and Leesburg Honda are bringing a 2010 Prius and possibly an Insight and will offer no-obligation test drives to licensed drivers.

Visit www.cascadesva.com for more information.

The Expo is free & open to the public. The NOVA Green Team hopes you’ll drop in!

Green Sales

How to Boost Your Home's Value Before a Sale by Going Green
Green Real Estate Education is green "training the chain" of professionals in real estate transactions to bring information to home buyers and sellers on achieving basic economical energy savings, as well as financing these types of renovations. Energy-efficient homes, and especially green-certified properties, are some of the most sought-after residences and are gaining strength daily. The entire building industry is changing towards sustainable and green techniques; it's about time we embrace the new green revolution.

Six Green Strategies for Selling Your Home
Let’s face it. This is not an easy time to sell a house. Improving your home’s energy efficiency is always a good idea, but when you’re getting ready to sell, a few simple, green fix-ups could help put a sold sign on your lawn.

7 Eco-Friendly Tips To Sell Your Home
If you’re going through the same thing or are thinking about selling sometime soon, then you might be interested in some eco-friendly tips to sell your home.

For more information on green selling - and buying - contact the Eco-Broker Certified experts of the NOVA Green Team!

Green Real Estate News

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!

Green Social Networking

Social networks that support a green lifestyle
Going "green" is quickly becoming an important part of our lives, and Web entrepreneurs have taken notice. A variety of green social networks have cropped up that help us live more sustainably. From reducing your carbon footprint to raising money for environmental causes, these social networks will back up your efforts.

TreeHugger Picks: Green Social Networking
Social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook have exploded in popularity and changed the way that people everywhere use the internet to stay in touch and meet new people -- heck, even TreeHugger has a MySpace page. This idea hasn't been lost on other TreeHuggers and greenies, as a handful of sites have popped up that use the power of social networking on the 'net for good.

It's Easy Being Green: Social Networking: A New Frontier in Climate Change Research
Are you plugged in to the Internet? Are you an amateur hiker? Photographer? Gardener? Birdwatcher? Frog aficionado? Nature lover? If the answer to any of these questions is "yes," then with the click of a button you can also make a serious contribution to the study of climate change.

Hey there! EQTV is using Twitter.

NOVA Green Team Facebook Page
Become a fan and be part of the NOVA Green Living social network!

Green Real Estate

Extreme Real Estate: Green Houses
It wasn’t so long ago building a “green” house using sustainable materials and high efficiency utilities was just a trendy idea touted by environmentalists and shelter magazines but rarely taken seriously by the average homeowner. However, it just isn’t so cheap to heat and cool a house anymore and with water shortages becoming more commonplace it may not be long before H2O becomes a commodity worth more than oil and gold. Going green doesn’t sound like such a far-fetched notion anymore, does it?

Creative Green Construction Doesn’t Have to Be Expensive
We spent $200,000 to build a turnkey, solar powered, off-grid home, which included $37,000 for the land. This was far less than what most people in the area paid for a conventional home. And the only utility bill was filling up the propane tank once a year.




"You have to find a good agent that can help you hunt those things out."
In Northern Virginia, you don't need to look any further than the EcoBroker certified agents of the NOVA Green Team to help you with your green real estate needs.

NOVA Green Team On YouTube

Be sure to check out the NOVA Green Team YouTube channel and add it to your bookmarks!

Reminder: Free Going Green Seminar

When: Saturday May 2, 2009 (9:30am—11:00am)
Location: Lansdowne Town Center (Offices above “Froots”)
19301 Winmeade Drive (Suite220)
Lansdowne VA. 20176

What does it mean to go green? Interested in learning “eco-friendly” tips and ideas? Do you qualify for “green” tax credits? Come to this first of its kind FREE seminar and learn about:

• First time home buyer secrets, strategies and tax credits
• Federal tax credits for energy efficiency
• Government FHA energy efficient mortgages
• How to make your home more energy efficient
• The top 5 health hazards in your home
• What to look for in your next home

This seminar is brought to you by NOVA Green Team, Loudoun County’s Eco-Friendly Real Estate Experts, West Star Mortgage and Ardently Green Energy Auditors.
The seminar will be conducted by David Harbour, Founder of NOVA Green Team, (RE/MAX Premier Realtors) who draws on more than a decade of success serving Northern Virginia clients in fast and slow markets. He has been inducted into the RE/MAX Hall of Fame and often appears as a real estate expert on HGTV’s national show, “Get It Sold,” sharing tactics for sellers in a softening market. He is also a Certified EcoBroker®.



Seminar Registration Link

Earth Day @ Loudoun

Loudoun's First Annual Earth Day
Clydes Willow Creek Farm in the Broadlands provided the perfect backdrop to Sunday’s Loudoun’s Earth Day celebration, complete with the National Aquarium Show sponsored by the National Aquarium in Washington, DC, a live reptile show from the Leesburg Animal Park Petting Zoo, and a live raptor display and show put on by The Raptor Conservancy of Virginia.

NOVA Green Team was one of the official sponsors of the event. It was a beautiful day with a great turnout. Check back soon for pictures from the celebration!

Going “Green” Home Buyers Seminar

Thinking of buying a home? Interested in learning “eco-friendly” home buying ideas? Do you qualify for “green” tax credits? Come to this first of its kind FREE seminar and learn about:

· First time home buyer secrets, strategies and tax credits
· Federal tax credits for energy efficiency
· Government FHA energy efficient mortgages
· How to make your home more energy efficient
· The top 5 health hazards in your home
· What to look for in your next home

This seminar is brought to you by NOVA Green Team, Loudoun County’s Eco-Friendly Real Estate Experts, West Star Mortgage and Ardently Green Energy Auditors.

The seminar will be conducted by David Harbour, Founder of NOVA Green Team, (RE/MAX Premier Realtors) who draws on more than a decade of success serving Northern Virginia clients in fast and slow markets. He has been inducted into the RE/MAX Hall of Fame and often appears as a real estate expert on HGTV’s national show, “Get It Sold,” sharing tactics for sellers in a softening market. He is also a Certified EcoBroker®.

When: Saturday May 2, 2009 (9:30am—11:00am)
Location: Lansdowne Town Center (Offices above “Froots”)
19301 Winmeade Drive (Suite220)
Lansdowne VA. 20176

Going Green: The Big Game
A former Washington Redskins player (NFL 1988-90), Harbour applies strategies learned on the turf to achieve fast, powerful results. “One of the main lessons is – move faster than the next guy,” he says. Whether you hot buttons are energy efficiency, health hazards or saving the planet, this seminar has something for everyone.

“Green is more than a movement; it’s becoming a lifestyle" says Harbour. "This seminar can help home buyers take small steps towards understanding this movement, keeping perspective on the big game and accomplishing their goals in all of life: financial, environmental, and philanthropic.”

To learn more about what does it mean to go green, check out Northern Virginia’s premier Green Blog - www.novagreenliving.com . This is a weekly blog that contains helpful eco-friendly and often local links, videos and pertinent family information that will help families take the necessary small steps to living a greener lifestyle.

Come by Saturday morning and get FREE Starbucks Coffee and Bagels while listening to this informative Going Green Buyers Seminar.

To Register or More Details Call:
1-888-852-5405 and Press Ext- #5000
or visit www.novagreenliving.com

Green Giving

Green Giving: Associates Embrace Earth Day
From San Antonio, Texas - where Kristin Moran and her team will bike or walk door-to-door distributing reusable tote bags filled with green tips - to northern Virginia where David Harbour and team will host a green homebuyers seminar - RE/MAX Associates across the country are doing their part to celebrate Earth Day.
The first Earth Day was held April 22, 1970, to bring environmental issues to the political forefront - and it worked. The inaugural event led to the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and, subsequently, many environmental laws. Today, hundreds of millions of people worldwide participate in Earth Day.
"As real estate agents, environmental sustainability is pivotal in our business," says Harbour, a Sales Associate with RE/MAX Premier in Dulles, Va. "Agents who aren't looking at the green movement and incorporating it in their businesses in some way are missing the boat. There's a growing demand from homeowners for professionals with green expertise."

Green Home Buying

How To Go Green: Home Buying
The location, size and style of your house, along with what you chose to do with it, can have a huge impact on your ecological footprint.

The NOVA Green Team
Maybe we here at NOVA Green Living are a little biased, but we happen to think that if you're looking to go green in the real estate market in Northern Virginia and Maryland, you can't go wrong with the NOVA Green Team, Your Eco-Friendly Real Estate Experts!

Green Home Myths:

NOVA Green Team is an official sponsor of Earth Day @Loudoun

Earth Day @Loudoun

First Annual Earth Day Event
Announced for Loudoun County

Ashburn, VA – January 26, 2009 – The Broadlands Wildlife Habitat Committee today announced the first annual Earth Day for Loudoun County to take place this spring. Event organizers are launching the event to promote the environment, eco-friendly products and services and to boost positive environmental activism in the local area. The event titled, “EarthDay@Loudoun 2009 Family Festival”, is designed to bring a national theme home to the local area in a grassroots effort to promote environmental awareness.

Event Co-Chairperson Stevens Miller said, “Loudoun County is considered a progressive, active and involved area of citizens and this organization wants to provide “EarthDay@Loudoun 2009” as an opportunity to educate, engage and encourage participation in making our area an even better place to live.”

EarthDay@Loudoun 2009 Family Festival will be held on Sunday, April 26th; however, Miller said the celebration is actually a month-long tribute with many festivities planned. We will hosts art exhibits featuring local artisans and their “green” works of art. The entire month of April will offer our local residents plenty of opportunities to celebrate environmental stewardship.”

In celebration of EarthDay@Loudoun 2009, the Broadlands Wildlife Habitat Committee and Loudoun County Soil and Water Conservation District plan a countywide tree planting program to be coordinated through local area Homeowner Associations. In addition, the Banshee Reeks Chapter of the Virginia Master Naturalist Program plans a panel discussion of sustainable living practices in our county. Event Co-Chair Andrea McGimsey said the purpose of these events is to promote local sustainability, “Our mission is to provide entertainment, exhibits, workshops and activities that engage and inspire the entire community, especially for the next generation of Loudoun citizens.”

Event organizers are currently selling sponsorships for EarthDay@Loudoun 2009 Family Festival as well as accepting vendor applications for participation. Proceeds from the event will support environmental efforts to reduce the county’s ecological footprint. For more information on how local area businesses can be involved, e-mail info@earthdayatloudoun.org or call Oya Simpson @ (703) 725-8040

NOVA Green Team In Leesburg Today

Dulles Realtor Launches 'Green Team'
"One of the things that separates us from the hundreds of thousands of agents is we went through high-level training of green and economic-friendly practices. We've been learning everything about sustainable products to energy audits to energy efficient mortgages. That's one thing that definitely separates us. Hopefully we're taking the lead," Harbour said.

Who We Are And Why We're Here

You may be asking yourself, “So what is this NOVA Green Team and NOVA Green Living stuff all about, anyway?”
We’re glad you asked!
Let’s start off by telling you what we’re not about.
The NOVA Green Team isn’t about any sort of political ideology or about pushing an agenda. We’re not trying to tell you how to live or what to think.
What we are trying to do is provide you with the information and resources you need to make eco-friendly choices that suit your lifestyle (and your pocketbook).
That’s part of the purpose of this blog; helping you to find ways to go green without having to make radical changes to the way you live.
So why go green in the first place?
No matter where you stand on environmental issues, we at the NOVA Green Team think we can all agree that when we use energy-efficient appliances, sustainable and renewable building materials, and products that aren’t full of toxic materials or that don’t create toxic byproducts, we’re all better off, both in our personal environments and in the world at large.
And if we can do all of those things while saving money, so much the better!
Beyond the larger and, frankly, abstract advantages of using energy-efficient appliances, for example, there is the more concrete advantage of lowering your annual energy expenses. As stated here, the average household spends $1,300 to $1,900 every year on energy costs. Using Energy Star appliances can reduce those costs by 30 percent on average.
Okay, so maybe you’re convinced that going green just might be worthwhile, but now you’re wondering how NOVA Green Team and the NOVA Green Living blog figure into it.
Well, that’s actually where you come in. Our goal is to be the number one resource for Northern Virginia’s green information needs, and we need you to let us know what they are so we can do just that.
What are your concerns? What are your questions? What kind of content do you want to see?
We have some ideas, and we’ll be providing content that we think will be useful and important, like some of the links to articles and sites that have already been posted, but we want to hear from you.
Feel free to contact us at info@novagreenteam.com with any questions, requests, or tips, or leave a note for us in the Comments.
Beyond simply being a useful resource, though, we want to create a lively and engaged community whose members share tips, requests, questions, answers, and other information with each other.
So jump into the Comments! Post videos, discussion topics, and messages on our Facebook page!
And most importantly, keep checking back here for all of your green real estate needs.
As we grow – together – we’ll be adding regular features to this blog, such as monthly contests (Who doesn’t like winning free stuff?), and other fun, informative, and interactive features.

Welcome To NOVA Green Living

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Details: David Harbour
571-333-9299


Announcing The NOVA Green Team
Eco-Friendly, High Energy – The Tough-Market Team

Now there’s is a real estate company that delivers more for its clients - it takes care of your real estate needs while taking care of the planet too! Introducing the NOVA Green Team, a group of agents who, in addition to helping buyers and sellers get the most from today’s challenging market, are also committed to the environmental and economic health of our community.
in helping people – while helping buyers and sellers get the most from a challenging market.

The group is headed by David Harbour, a realtor who draws on more than a decade of success serving Northern Virginia clients in fast and slow markets. He has been inducted into the RE/MAX Hall of Fame and often appears as a real estate expert on HGTV’s national show, “Get It Sold,” sharing tactics for sellers in a softening market.

“Sellers want to get their homes sold, and buyers want favorably-priced homes that are also healthy and energy-efficient,” says David. “These types of homes can save money, save energy and in addition save our planet’s resources. We My team and I blend our real-estate expertise with eco-friendly practices, – so clients can realize higher economic benefits and a broader purpose too”.

Going Green: The Big Game

A former Washington Redskins player (NFL 1988-90), Harbour applies strategies learned on the turf to achieve fast, powerful results. “One of the main lessons is – move faster than the next guy,” he says.

“Green is more than a movement, it’s becoming a lifestyle. We can help our clients take small steps towards joining this movement, keeping perspective on the big game and accomplishing their goals in all of life: financial, environmental, philanthropic.”

NOVA Green Team members are first and foremost seasoned and accomplished real-estate agents, serving the DC Metro Area for over 10 years and specializing in:
· Residential buying and selling
· Corporate relocation
· Commercial buildings lease/purchase
· Investment properties

What sets NOVA Green Team apart is that each agent is Eco-Broker Certified®, with a goal to:
· Educate clients about the newest green products, trends and practices
· Help them find energy-efficient, healthy, and sustainable homes
· Provide consultation on how to “green-up” their homes when upgrading or remodeling

In addition, agents provide a donation from each transaction to “The Last Well”, a nonprofit that helps provide clean water to people around the world.

Headquartered in Fairfax and Dulles, the company serves individual and corporate clients in Northern Virginia and Maryland. For details, call David Harbour at 571-333-9299 or visit www.harbourcrew.com.