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,...
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...
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...
E Pluribus Green - Green's A Community Thing
Making the case for big-ticket green features in home and building boils down to one question – Who’s gonna own it? And often the answer...
Good Versus GREAT Homes & Buildings
Building code-minimum homes and buildings are structurally sound, have working mechanical systems like heating and cooling, and are...
.GOV Goodie Bag for Green
The IRS offers some big tax incentives if you're building or renovating green. Now that it's tax-prep time, remember to reach into the...
