New Home Construction in the rapidly developed communities around Phoenix, such as Glendale, Peoria and Desert Ridge Marketplace in North Phoenix as slowed considerably as a result of little interest in new home construction.
Buyers are buying spec homes in builder inventory as they are priced at steep discount as new home builders are trying to dump inventory to reduce overhead of unoccupied homes.
However, there is a type of new construction home that is selling ...
Green Homes that are built with an effort to make them as eco-friendly as possible.
Dave Macklin reported that 9 out of 10 Realtors said home buyers are looking for energy efficient features in homes for reducing their carbon footprint and cost savings.
Interestingly, Mr. Macklin cited a a survey of 250 home builders reported that buyers are willing to pay more for green-built homes.
Mindy Allen mentioned that Green Home building is on the rise in New England.
Pam Dent in Charlottesville mentioned the many features of Green home building.
And the eco-friendly movement to build Green Homes is not limited to the United States.
According to Andrew Perkins, British Columbia, Canada is proposing legislation that will require buildings to be carbon neutral as early as 2016 - and every new building to have no carbon footprint by 2020
What makes a home eco-friendly and "Green" ?
- Environmental friendly homes incorporate many of the following:
- Built from existing homes to conserve materials
- New homes with recycled woods and recycled construction waste
- Non-toxic materials like paints and finishes
- Energy star HVAC systems
- Window, screen and awnings to produce shading
- Dual Glaze e-efficient windows
- Development in urban cores to save gas of residents
Shea Homes offers a green Certified home in their Shea Homes Trilogy series at Trilogy at Vistancia in Peoria, AZ orEncanterra at Trilogy Country Club in Queen Creek, AZ.
If you buy certain Shea Homes far from a urban center you will receive a Hybrid Car.
- Solar Power
- LED lights
- Better ventilation
- Soy and wool-based insulation and flooring
- Dual Flush Toilets
- Programmable Thermostats
- Wood from sustainable forests
U.S. Green Building Council certifies home LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environment Design Gold Certification )
Make sure you look for the LEED Gold Certification if you are buying a new construction home.
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James , from what I understand you can get a tax-credit (I think $500) for upgrading some parts of your home (windows, ) to e-friendly
do you know anything about that?
Jason Mitchell -
Again, I will always tell people to Defer to your CPA for tax advice. But, between you and I ... YEs, you do get a tax credit for upgrading certain parts of your home to be energy efficient
james , jason,
dont you have to make money to be able to use a tax credit ?? ok, ok, that was a bad joke...
Scott - hey I appreciate the humor. Things have reached a point where sometimes all you can do is laugh . keep the jokes coming
Very interesting. Thanks for the education! I am always skeptical when I hear "green". Kind of like when you hear "organic." I like the idea of getting a hybrid car if you buy a home far from an urban center. :)
Janice - "Green" is the new "sub-prime" in terms of word of the year.... every business and retailer, etc... is using it to sell products
James a very nice explanation of going green and the details of the benefits for doing so.
Bill - thanks for stopping by.
I guess we all need to do what we can to leave a smaller 'carbon footprint' . who knows maybe we will sell more houses becauase of it
besides the obvious environmental benefits of going green or building eco-friendly homes, it seems that in arizona at least, that many buyers are looking for these types of homes so they are easier to market
James - A very informative post on green building and the advantages of buying green. Thanks for the mention and the link.
Pam Dent - your welcome.
I hope it helps bring some attention to the personal benefits of going green and the bigger picture benefits of a healthy world.
Barbara Romeo - Great Point.
I know that beyond the actual mandates to use e-efficient glass and materials, buyers are actually asking these questions and these products when they begin the home search process
Just remember that you dont have to do all of these to do your part in helping the environment. Any steps you can take of the below truly help * Built from existing homes to conserve materials
Mr. Gore - or should I say, the former 'next president (almost) of the United States
thanks for stopping by to remind us that if we all do only a little bit , we can make a dent in efforts to change the way we treat our planet
James, I would be willing to pay more for a "Green" home. Especially because you will save money in the long run. I am also prone to allergies and would love to live in something with natural materials. I wonder if people realize how long things outgas.
Carole - great point. We have been talking only about the 'health' of the planet, etc....
there are some excellent reasons that buying an econ-friendly home is much healthier for respiration and emits less carbon/plastic and (allegedly) cancer causing agents
james, important article. realtors use a lot of gas driving clients around. That is ok, part of the job. Though, they can help balance that be spreading the message of eco-friendly homes
Tammara - thanks, and yes, it's true, we drive people around, or in a lot of cases, clients follow in their cars, doubling the gas and fuel emissions. Not much else we can do but try to balance it out by pushing the need to go green on homes
I've been successful in attending HOA meetings for the condo complexes in my farm and getting many of them to go green with their common areas.
Jim Frimmer - thats a great suggestion for realtors (Not in San Diego of course :) ... to go help the community by attending HOA meetings with a brief talk on Going Green.
You will get to know the owners who you are hoping to represent and list homes one day. Good old fashion farming using modern ideas