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Right now the general building industry is seeing a lot of red, not green. With the housing markets in free fall, homeowners finding out that their mortgage debt exceeds the value of their house and with the foreclosure crisis continuing to grow it doesn’t look good. But even with all this bad news there is one bright spot in the building world, green homes. A recent survey by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), new home buyers would spend almost an additional $9,000 on a home with effective energy efficient features. Another consumer study that indicated that 85% of recent home buyers would choose one home over another because of energy efficiency features. The study also reported that buyers are willing to pay an average of $19,000 more for a green home.

Recently the NAHB marked the 10th anniversary of its National Green Building Conference before a record crowd of more than 1,200 attendees. At the meeting some of the pioneering green builders reflected on how they have gone from being “the people no one wanted to sit next to” to being “the most popular guys in the room.”

Given these signs it looks like more builders will be focusing on building “greener” new homes which should help everyone.

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A recent survey conducted for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) confirms that a desire for greater energy efficiency drives consumers to buy green.

The survey sample population was asked how important certain items would be in their green building decisions.

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There recently was a interesting article written by Jeff Tucker of the Pueblo Chieftain - Architects differ on green building savings. In the article they discuss whether building green is really cost effective. The town of Pueblo is building two new green public buildings, the Pueblo Police Department and the City-County Health Building. The architectural firm designing the two building contends that building the two buildings to LEED silver standard could cost as much as 22% more than a standard built building. They said:

“The main argument for the added expense is that it’s paid for in the long run because the buildings use less electricity, gas and water, and pay less utilities.

But he said he couldn’t provide any estimates on how much the city and county will save in utilities. The concept of green building is just too new”

Other architects don’t necessarily agree with the assessment, saying:

“It shouldn’t cost more than a 5 percent increase, and it should give you a five-year pay-out.”

Take a look at the article and let us know what you think.

The Partnership for Advancing Housing Technology (PATH) recently listed their top 10 technologies for improving homes and making them more energy efficient.

PATH Top 10

Among the items mentioned there were several that would be quick and easy for the average homeowner to implement . These include high efficiency toilets, compact fluorescent lighting and air sealing. In future posts we will delve deeper in these items and focus more on the time and effort required to implement these upgrades.

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