Drawing on the expertise of building professionals, the Green and Green website features topics that can help homebuilders and homeowners increase the green (sustainability) and green (monetary) value of their homes. Continue reading Welcome . . . →

Homeowners and homebuilders both want to maximize the sale value of their homes. If you could obtain a higher appraised value for your own home, or those you build, would you be interested? Well for green homes you can, and it’s becoming less difficult. Continue reading Green Appraisals Are Higher Appraisals →

Five of the six most-sustainable publicly-owned U.S. homebuilders are SAHBA members. According to Calvert Investments, a “global leader in Responsible Investing” with 13 billion dollars under management, the top home builders and SAHBA members ranked by sustainability in 2010 were #1 KB, #2 Pulte, #3 Meritage, #5 Lennar, and #6 DR Horton. What can the rest of us learn about good sustainability practices from them? Continue reading The Power of Positive Sustainability →

Research by the University of Central Florida (UCF) proves what builders and their Realtors should already know – new homes are more energy efficient than resale homes. And they use less water and also are healthier, more economical to operate, and simply better. Let’s look at that in more detail. Then let’s get the word out! Continue reading New Homes Are Greener and Better →

I just had my easiest experience ever dealing with the paperwork of real estate transactions. And I did it selling and buying property in Tucson while living in Hong Kong. The way that the documents were handled saved time, hassle, and money for everyone involved and the fact that it was far better for the environment than traditional methods was just frosting on the cake. Continue reading Paperless Documents: Save money. Be more productive. Be more sustainable. →

Now that it’s summer, do your customers dread going from their comfortable air conditioned houses into their hot garages at the end of the day? What if you could provide homeowners with an “air conditioner” in their garage and lower their utility bills at the same time? What if it were also good for the environment? Would you do it? Believe it or not, it’s possible. Continue reading Air condition garages while lowering utility bills and helping the environment? →

Whether or not there’s global warming, Southern Arizona’s climate has always been a problem to contend with. In response to local and world-wide environmental challenges, major changes in home building have recently taken place. Green now means economical, not expensive. Continue reading Market Trends in Green Homes and Sustainable Development →

PV stands for photovoltaics – using solar panels to convert light, photons, from the sun to electric power, volts. In about one hour the sunlight falling on the earth’s surface provides all the energy that mankind uses in a year. The challenge is converting the sun’s energy into a form that can be economically used. Continue reading Solar PV Helps Sell Homes →