George's Blog

I am happy to report that I am getting very positive feedback on my interests in spreading the ideas of Home Energy Efficiency. It also seems that the deeper I get into it, the more there is to know, and the more informational resources there seems to be.

As a Boomer who came of age in the gasoline shortages of the 1970's, I learned to hate OPEC and distrust the monopolies that control our fuel supply. They are like drug dealers to us "energy junkies", they want to make it as expensive as possible to get the most profit out of us, ideally without killing us. Consequently, I became quickly enamored with the growing idea of alternative and locally appropriate energy sources- solar, wind, small scale hydro, agricultural byproducts biomass, etc. If only these ideas had taken hold to a greater extent 35 years ago, this would be a much different world, I'm sure.

So this is why I'm so enthusiastic to learn of the steps we can take in Real Estate as homeowners and professionals to help assert ourselves and our energy independence; and to do my best to share them with others, and put them into practice for my clients whenever I can.

Here's a good article discussing the results of a survey done of prospective homeowners about "Green" features being at the top of homebuyers wish list:

http://www.ecohomemagazine.com/news/2011/12-december/green-features-top-most-wanted-list-for-home-buyers.aspx