HERS Ratings - All That And A Bag of Chips
The “Home Energy Rating Score” boils all energy use in a home down to a “miles-per-gallon” number – like a window sticker in a car. One...
Green Seen - You Can Run ...
Finding out whether a home is energy-efficient (or not) is as close as a smart phone. HERS ratings, the industry standard for measuring...
NEWS RELEASE - Denver's First Post-Recession Sustainable Condo Finds Home in Denver's RiNo D
DENVER (May 13, 2015)—As the nation rebounds from The Great Recession, Denver is enjoying one of the country’s strongest local economies...
Green Premium - Price Bump for Green Homes & Schrödinger’s Cat
A valuation premium for green homes and energy efficiency is a lot like Schrödinger’s cat, says a new study released by the Colorado...
Meet George Jetson - The Future of Smart Energy & Water Is Now
The Jetsons’ age of the automated home is here, and it is lookin' goooood. The Nest “learning” thermostat triggered its dawn in 2011, and...
GreenSpot Named NGBS Partner in Excellence
GreenSpot Energy & Sustainability was recently named a “Partner in Excellence” by the certifying overseer for the National Green Building...
Off the Shelf - LEED & NGBS As Building Code
Cities grafting green-building certifications like LEED into commercial building codes is nothing new, and a number of places like...
Green Stamps - Investor Sells Green-and-Flips for More
Real estate investor Kassi Pelley had bought and sold a number of “fix-and-flip” homes in metro Denver when she fell down the rabbit hole...
Adding Up - Green & HERS Add Value to Home
Rick and Joann Sandoval live in a green Ferrari – a souped-up, high-performance home loaded with 21st century, energy-efficient and...
Building Code Upgrades Sideline Older Buildings
Marla and John Ray relocated to Denver from Washington, D.C. in 2008, partly because of the weather. But there are days they’d never...
