Four Steps To Higher Value for Green Build
If there's one thing that stops people from building super-green buildings, it’s the belief that they can’t make money doing it. In fact,...
PACE IN PLACE: PACE Á Go-Go in SoCo
Last year, the PACE program was digging a toehold here in Colorado, says Tracy Phillips, Director for CO-PACE. In its first full year,...
Ouí, Paris!
Last week’s decision for the United States to withdraw from the Paris Accord was a gut punch – a reneging on an international treaty the...
Net-Zero Energy An E-ZPass For Building Permitting
If you want to go to the head of the line for permitting at the building department, remember these words – net-zero energy. In late...
Why We Dropped Our Home Builders' Association Membership
This year, we dropped our area home builders’ association membership. The pricey $1,000 annual fee was certainly a consideration – no...
Pot Boiler - Bringing Cannabis' Mile-High Energy Bills Down to Earth
As of last November, 29 states have legal Cannabis in some form, in spite of the fact that it’s still a big national no-no. And while...
Backspin - What Net-Zero Looks Like
If you keep up with real estate, you may have heard the term “net-zero” recently. It’s not a tennis drop shot, or an inventory...
Lucky Number 7
On January 1st, GreenSpot celebrated its seventh anniversary, started at the rock bottom of the downturn in 2010. And while our business...
Solar Flair
In the last decades of the 20th century, solar on your roof looked about as great as having a car on blocks in the front yard. Not only...
WHOAAAA, HOA! Hands Off My Green!
HOAs can be big buzzkills full of nosy busybodies who bust chops for seemingly minor infractions like where to put trash for pickup or...
