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ecobroker: Colorado EcoBroker Certified Training: Green Market Advantage: Day 3, Part 2/2 - 03/17/10 08:57 PM
Colorado EcoBroker Certified Training: Green Market Advantage: Day 3, Part 2/2
The EcoBroker Certified training program is designed to give real estate agents the tools and information for promoting healthier, cost effective and environmentally responsible practices in real estate. The training is provided by EcoBroker International. The instructor is John Stovall. The class was held at Douglas-Elbert Realtor Association in Colorado Springs.
This post outlines the learning objectives for the material covered in the second half of the third day of the three day course. I am taking the course again to become an instructor for the EcoBroker Designation. The training … (3 comments)
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ecobroker: Colorado EcoBroker Certified Training: Green Market Advantage: Day 3, Part 1/2 - 03/17/10 08:49 PM
Colorado EcoBroker Certified Training: Green Market Advantage: Day 3, Part 1/2
The EcoBroker Certified training program is designed to give real estate agents the tools and information for promoting healthier, cost effective and environmentally responsible practices in real estate. The training is provided by EcoBroker International. The instructor was John Stovall. The class was held at the Douglas-Elbert Realtor Association in Colorado Springs.
This post outlines the learning objectives for the material covered in the first half of the third day of the three day course. I am taking the course again to become an instructor for the EcoBroker Designation. The … (7 comments)
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ecobroker: Colorado EcoBroker Certified Training Energy Advantage: Day 2, Part 2/2 - 03/17/10 08:17 AM
Colorado EcoBroker Certified Training Energy Advantage: Day 2, Part 2/2
The EcoBroker Certified training program is designed to give real estate agents the tools and information for promoting healthier, cost effective and environmentally responsible practices in real estate. The training is provided by EcoBroker International. The instructor is John Stovall. Classes are being held at the Douglas-Elbert Realtor Association in Colorado Springs.
This post outlines the learning objectives for the material covered in the second half of the second day of the three day course. I am taking the course again to become an instructor for the EcoBroker Designation. The training … (1 comments)
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ecobroker: Colorado EcoBroker Certified Training Energy Advantage: Day 2, Part 1/2 - 03/16/10 10:49 PM
Colorado EcoBroker Certified Training Energy Advantage: Day 2, Part 1/2
The EcoBroker Certified training program is designed to give real estate agents the tools and information for promoting healthier, cost effective and environmentally responsible practices in real estate. The training is provided by EcoBroker International and is being held at Doublas-Elbert Realtor Association in Colorado Springs.
This is the second day of the three day course. I am taking the course again to become an instructor. Today’s session is titled Energy Advantage. Listed below are the key learning objectives for the first half of the subject areas covered today.
Energy Ratings … (3 comments)
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ecobroker: Colorado EcoBroker Certified Training Environmental Advantage Part 1/2 - 03/15/10 08:23 PM
Colorado EcoBroker Certified Training Environmental Advantage Part 1/2
EcoBroker Certification is designed to give real estate agents the tools and information they need to promote, healthier, more cost effective and more environmentally responsible real estate practices. The Training is divided into three days with each day covering a specific module. The module for day one was titled 'Environmental Advantage.'
The topics covered in the morning session included Radon, Lead, Water, and Mold. The following are a summary from my notes list some of the learning objectives for each of these topics.
Radon
Explain the concern with radon gas … (0 comments)
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ecobroker: Green Housing Market is Rapidly Growing—Where’s the Data? (Part I of II) - 11/10/09 09:54 AM
It’s no longer just a fad, the movement toward Green Homes is a Solid Market Trend.
The green housing market is growing on all fronts—new construction, retrofits, single family and multi-family are all seeing strong growth in the area of green practices and products. The green housing market is following the classic growth pattern of innovative technology adoption progressing through various stages of market development. We are now at the stage where we are starting to move beyond the early adopters—a highly segmented group that is generally less price sensitive—into more mainstream market acceptance.
Although green technology has been around for … (12 comments)
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ecobroker: Boulder County Colorado's Green Building Code - 11/09/09 06:43 PM
A Quick Look at Boulder County Colorado’s BuildSmart Program
Boulder County is known to many as one of the leading centers of green building innovation in the country. Building codes are very strict and designed to promote and encourage high performance sustainable construction products and practices. The code was implemented in April of 2008 and applies to any new homes built or new additions to existing homes in unincorporated Boulder County.
There are six mandatory elements in the Boulder County BuildSmart Program that must be incorporated in all construction plans:
Deconstruction: This includes the salvage of materials from existing buildings and … (4 comments)
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ecobroker: Home Seller Benefits of Working With an EcoBroker® - 11/09/09 09:48 AM
EcoBrokers® Help Home Sellers to Sell Faster and for More Money
In my last post, I examined some of the Home Buyer Benefits of working with an EcoBroker®. In today’s post I’ll highlight some of the benefits to home sellers of working with an EcoBroker®.
First, a brief recap of what is an EcoBroker®. A Certified EcoBroker® is a real estate professional that has received specialized training in energy efficiency along with many of the important environmental issues related to healthier homes. An EcoBroker® can assist anyone seeking to purchase or sell a home to evaluate the home’s performance. EcoBrokers can … (7 comments)
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ecobroker: Making American Homes More Energy Efficient - 11/05/09 11:21 AM
Real Estate Recovery Through Retrofit
On Tuesday 20 October, Vice President Biden announced a Federal program to retrofit existing homes and buildings to make them more energy efficient. The intention, as described in the ‘Recovery Through Retrofit Report’ released on the same day is to help create ‘green sector’ jobs while addressing an important environmental issue greenhouse emissions.
Approximately twenty percent of the United States carbon dioxide emissions are generated by the nation’s 130 million homes. The programs goals are to reduce home energy use by 40% by 2020 which would lower greenhouse gas emissions by up to 160 million metric … (8 comments)
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