All Entries Tagged With: "LEED for Homes"
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 [...]
Net-Zero LEED Homes Within Homebuyers’ Reach
A newly formed company thinks the beacon that will attract homebuyers to its patch of dirt in New Lenox isn’t a clubhouse or walking paths, the extras that once drew attention to new subdivisions, but 30-foot-tall vertical-axis wind turbines. Prairie Ridge Estates, as envisioned by local developers Jim and Phil Regan, could just possibly become [...]
Green Subdivision to Break Ground in July
Green building is helping the residential building market resurgence, and it’s happening right here in the Chicagoland area, beginning with the groundbreaking for a LEED-certified subdivision in the southwest suburbs.
Lead Yourself to a LEED Class and Demystify
Quiz: What does the acronym LEED stand for and why is it so beneficial? Answer: Check out these events from LEED for Homes Illinois to find out. Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) is an internationally recognized green building certification system. LEED for Homes, the U.S. Green Building Council’s residential rating system that covers [...]
Several Local Seminars on LEED for Homes
Before the ground completely thaws and the building season kicks off, Chicago’s local LEED for Homes provider, the Alliance for Environmental Sustainability, is launching a series of green building seminars around the Chicagoland area. The seminars are nearly free and cover the LEED for Homes rating system.
