Ben Anton, Residential Real Estate Brokerage » Energy Efficiency http://benanton.com Madison WI, Real Estate and Residential Rental. Thu, 17 May 2012 00:40:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Environmentally Friendly Features http://benanton.com/2010/03/environmentally-friendly-features/ http://benanton.com/2010/03/environmentally-friendly-features/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:29:41 +0000 benanton http://benanton.com/?p=360 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Every time I list a house I have to fill out a profile sheet. This data is what becomes the MLS sheet with all its dimensions and numbers. I usually skip over the part for noting the “Environmentally Friendly Features.”  I sell mostly older homes. Homes built before it was cool to be green (yet oddly built in very green ways with far more locally sourced and natural materials). Some of the choices are Certified Green Built, Energy star certified, or that you have energy star certified appliances. As far as I am concerned these are all a bunch of hooey. My old house has an exceptionally low fuel usage because we are responsible, have made updates and try to be efficient. The irony is that the homes that can boast these features are often in car centric new subdivisions carved into farm fields on the cities periphery. Shouldn’t I get to list a green feature like, can walk to get beer, or dinner, a show, the market. At what cost are we discarding or devaluing the old so we can save the environment. To test another “green” aspect of your home, check you address at www.walkscore.com. I got an 83.

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