All Entries Tagged With: "Energy Efficient Homes"
Tour at Museum Displays Green Living
Want to see Chicago’s greenest home? Visit Home: Green + Wired at the Museum of Science and Industry.
Situated on the museum’s east side, the exhibit is a real, functioning three-story home that features the latest in eco-friendly living and is being touted as the greenest home in Chicago.
In its third year, the 2500-square-foot demo [...]
Green Financing Updates And Tips For Homes
As Chicago real estate enters its traditional deep freeze of January, thankfully FHA’s Energy Efficient Mortgages (EEM’s) financing tools have been retained for home buyers in 2010. As many as 55% of entry level home buyers reported that they used FHA loans for purchasing their home in 2009.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have reportedly [...]
The Green MLS Comes to Chicagoland Real Estate
We’re pleased to share developing news that Northern Illinois’ Mulitple Listing Service (MLS), will be adding support for green building features in 2010. Real estate professionals will need to be prepared by taking education through NAR GREEN or Eco Broker courses.
The Village Burns Harbor First Green Neighborhood In Nation
Often, the National Association of Home Builders Green Building program certifies a home for energy performance, land use and sustainable resources. However, for the first time, an entire community qualified for the National Green Building Standard named The Village in Burns Harbor. These new homes in northwest Indiana not only are environmentally friendly and [...]
Chicago’s Yannell House Makes Builder Magazine’s Favorite 2009 New Homes Top Ten
Chicago’s LEED-H Platinum home in the north-side neighborhood of Ravenswood with it’s unique design made Builder Magazine’s Top Ten Coolest houses in 2009. Built with just about every green innovation on a traditional Chicago lot near the Ravenswood Metra stop on the North shore line, the Yannell House is as green as it stands out [...]
