All Entries in the "USGBC" Category
Better Buildings mean Better Business
What do green building incentives, new statewide Illinois energy codes, and Ed Begley Jr. all have in common? Find out Feb 1 and Feb 2 as the Better Buildings Better Business conference comes to Schaumburg, IL. This new conference is for residential builders, designers, developers, and real estate professionals. Featuring a celebrity keynote from Ed [...]
Wheeling Workshop on Green Real Estate
North Shore and suburban real estate professionals have a great opportunity to learn how to make green with green building on Wednesday, November 16. Learn about recent developments in the real estate industry, such as the Green Addendum and the SAVE Act, which will significantly impact real estate values and appraisals for homes that have [...]
Appraisals Go Green to Account for Energy Costs
Mortgage underwriters generally weigh several numbers when deciding whether a family can afford a new home. They look at income, of course, and tally up expenses in the form of a home’s property taxes, insurance premiums and monthly payments. There is one number they ignore: how much a household spends on its utilities, a figure [...]
Black-Tie Event to Support Going Green
There is more green to Soldier Field than its turf. On Saturday, the stadium will host the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) — Illinois Chapter’s 6th Annual Emerald Gala, the “Greening of the Gala.” This is the USGBC-Illinois’ biggest fundraising event of the year and also the regional green building community’s night to celebrate individual [...]
Tour a Chicago-Area Home with Nearly No Heating Bills
Join the USGBC – Illinois Chapter’s Fox Valley Branch and Residential Green Building Committee for a case study and tour of a green home in Batavia! The Blunks contacted Marko Spiegel in early January 2007 intrigued by the One-Watt/Passive Design concept, and never looked back. Spiegel used the concepts of compact design, optimal utilization of [...]
