GreenSpot 2015 Sustainability Report
We just released our second annual Sustainability Report, and it's available for download. GreenSpot Real Estate is a real estate...
Climate Talks and Bricks and Sticks
Last December, 195 countries agreed to reduce carbon emissions to 10 percent of 2005 levels by mid-century to avert the worst effects of...
Green from The Gitgo - What I Wish Designers Knew about Green
I get a knot in my stomach when I drive around and routinely see wasted opportunities to make homes and buildings more energy-efficient. ...
Baby Bump Makes Energy Bills Jump
When you’re preparing to bring a newborn home, having a nursery at-the-ready is de rigeur. But one thing you may forget is that your...
Solar Nexus - Where Solar Meets Real Estate
Almost daily, someone asks me about solar and how it interacts with residential and commercial real estate – whether it’s worth it, does...
Raising the Roof - Mid-Mod Makeover Goes Zero
In a recent blog, I blasted mid-century modern architecture as the “worst and the least of everything” for its energy (in-)efficiency. ...
Who's Kelvin, And Why Does This Light Make Me Look Bad?
Trying to find the right light bulb can bend your mind like finishing a Rubik’s cube. Incandescent, CFL, LED, Edison screw-in or...
Green Choice - What The Pros Want
I took an informal poll recently about what green-building nerds want in homes and buildings. I posed a question in some LinkedIn...
Green Water - Dump It, Or Sump It
When it comes to green build, energy is first-born, and water the red-headed step child. At least it has been until recently, as the...
Green Light Special - The Golden Age of LEDs
Walk down the lighting aisle of any big-box store, and you’ll see something you wouldn’t have five years ago – half the light bulbs...
