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Erion Shehaj
January 30, 2009 at 10:02 am
Matthew
You should also check out Stephanie Edwards-Musa’s https://turninghoustongreen.com . In my opinion, it is one of the thoroughest blogs out there on green building.
Matthew Rathbun
January 30, 2009 at 5:15 pm
Erion,
Steph’s page is amazing and I’ve passed it along to lots of folks. It is certainly one of the most thorough Green sites out there and a great example of agent-consumer education.
It’s also one of the most aesthetically appealing sites out there.
Stephanie Edwards-Musa
January 30, 2009 at 5:30 pm
*blush* Thanks Guys. 🙂
Matt, there is a course out there now for appraisers but not many have taken it. Also, I contacted to Appraisal Institute to find one in Houston that had taken it and they said “We are not allowed to disclose that”
What? That was crazy.
Anyhow, the cost to build is directly related to the design and products used. It can be done for less for sure. I’m going to write a post soon about a LEED Gold property here selling for $15 sq/ft less than comparables. Crazy!
Glad to see your interest in Green Building. More professionals in all corners of the industry need to learn more about it. It will soon be a normal way of building..no green in front of the word. 🙂
Judy Peterson
January 31, 2009 at 6:27 am
Matthew-this is an excellent article with good resources and comments for me to followup on. Thanks!
Esko
February 8, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Matthew,
Green housing is still trying to make its way into the mainstream thinking and acceptance. Its progress in recent years has been pretty good and there is plenty of info available on the Internet. The current economic stagnation is temporarily, it seems and I hope so, slowing the pace, but long-term it is the only choice we have. We need strong public and private direction to educate the consumer of its merits.