[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Financial Incentives For Green Building

[Lawrence Lile]

Don't forget that EPACT tax credits kick in this year and next, and
y'all can write off many of thos energy efficiency improvements that you
did last year!  

 
 
Lawrence Lile, P.E., LEED AP

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[ I blind carbon copied this message to several lists and it turns out 
that the  mail software handling Strawbale and Greenbuilding rejects 
bcc's, so I'm resending the post. My apologies if you receive two copies

of this. Chris Green.]

The February/ March issue of Fine Homebuilding has an article entitled 
Green Building Resources: A list of links.

One of the links in the Miscellaneous section is entitled:
Financial Incentives for Building Green
http://www.pathnet.org/sp.asp?id=20910

This leads to a group named PATH, "a private-public partnership for 
aadvancing hhousing ttechnology."

Here we discover that there are Tax Credits For Energy Improvements, 
various rebate programs in you buy more energy efficient appliances or 
do something to reduce your demand from your local utility, etc., and 
the existence of something called Energy Efficient Morgages. (This is an

American page, but the info might be relevant elsewhere in the world. ) 
EEM's are defined as:

The paragraph summarizing Energy Efficient Mortgages may be of interest 
to you since it touches on some topics discussed in several lists 
recently. Judge for yourself.
> Energy Efficient Mortgage:
>
> An energy-efficient mortgage (EEM) can add an additional 15% of a 
> home's appraised value to the principal of a new loan or a refinance, 
> often at no additional cost, with no compromise in the loan-to-value 
> ratio for the borrower, and sometimes at a better rate. Most mortgages

> require that the home obtain an energy rating to qualify. A rating 
> typically involves an inspection by a professional energy rater who is

> certified under a nationally or state accredited home energy rating 
> system. The Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) provides a 
> database of their Certified Home Energy Raters 
>
<http://www.pathnet.org/rd.asp?p=http://www.resnet.us/directory/raters.a
spx> 
> by state. EEMs can be used to purchase, remodel or refinance a home 
> that will be made more energy efficient through the installation of 
> energy-saving improvements.
>

Since there is then a need for a certification from some recognized 
third party inspection service which specializes in certifying energy 
efficient housing. So the page Green building Certification might then 
be one to look at and perhaps bookmark.
http://www.pathnet.org/sp.asp?id=20978

I want to get the next issue of Fine Homebuilding since it includes the 
article "A Sloping Floor for a Barrier-Free Bath." Since the odds are 
pretty good that we're going to get old someday, a barrier-free bath 
strikes me as a really good idea....and with something large enough, you

can haul the dog into the bathing room when they get a little
ripe....:-)
Preview here:
http://www.taunton.com/finehomebuilding/pages/fh_185_050.asp

Cheers,

Chris Green.








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