AGBeat » Green http://agbeat.com News, insights, tools, and inspiration for business owners and professionals Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:21:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Who should be using the New Green Appraisal Addendum http://agbeat.com/style-and-living/who-should-be-using-the-new-green-appraisal-addendum/ http://agbeat.com/style-and-living/who-should-be-using-the-new-green-appraisal-addendum/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:36:40 +0000 Anna Altic http://agbeat.com/?p=55389 In the fall, I gleefully reported that the Appraisal Institute had created a green addendum to accompany the standard appraisal forms so that appraisers had an official way to evaluate and compare green features in homes.   I am not going to spend time in this article discussing what is included in the addendum but here is my original article for [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/style-and-living/who-should-be-using-the-new-green-appraisal-addendum/feed/ 24 Is today’s green design as sustainable as ancient buildings? Maybe not http://agbeat.com/video/is-todays-green-design-as-sustainable-as-ancient-buildings-maybe-not/ http://agbeat.com/video/is-todays-green-design-as-sustainable-as-ancient-buildings-maybe-not/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:47:32 +0000 Tara Steele http://agbeat.com/?p=53552 Modern sustainable design We use the word “green design” a lot in the real estate and design worlds, but architectural historian and designer, Rachel Preston Prinz who heads the Archinia architectural cooperative that combines the industry’s top archaeology, design and landscape minds under Prinz’s leadership. In a very recent TEDx talk, Prinz talks about her work which ranges from ancient [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/video/is-todays-green-design-as-sustainable-as-ancient-buildings-maybe-not/feed/ 13 The barn door concept is hot right now – interior design trend spotting http://agbeat.com/design/the-barn-door-concept-is-hot-right-now-interior-design-trend-spotting/ http://agbeat.com/design/the-barn-door-concept-is-hot-right-now-interior-design-trend-spotting/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:15:43 +0000 Lani Rosales http://agbeat.com/?p=52759 Hot interior design trend We’ve seen the barn door concept as illustrated above popping up in remodeled homes and newly built modern homes more and more and people are in love with the concept. It is not only functional as you can block off an entire room with one door then open it up easily, but the footprint is smaller [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/design/the-barn-door-concept-is-hot-right-now-interior-design-trend-spotting/feed/ 19 12 fabulous fences and great gates – exterior design trends http://agbeat.com/style-and-living/interior-design-style-and-living/12-fabulous-fences-and-great-gates-exterior-design-trends/ http://agbeat.com/style-and-living/interior-design-style-and-living/12-fabulous-fences-and-great-gates-exterior-design-trends/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:07:50 +0000 Lani Rosales http://agbeat.com/?p=52762 The often neglected exterior Often, when we move into a new home, our focus is on the interior- the walls, the furniture, the accessories, and many of us never make it to the exterior because hey, we’re never there and it already looks okay. “Fences and gates don’t have to be merely functional,” says Rebekah Zaveloff, owner and principal designer [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/style-and-living/interior-design-style-and-living/12-fabulous-fences-and-great-gates-exterior-design-trends/feed/ 13 Home improvement – when the one green aisle isn’t enough, TreeHouse is the answer http://agbeat.com/style-and-living/home-improvement-when-the-one-green-aisle-isnt-enough-treehouse-is-the-answer/ http://agbeat.com/style-and-living/home-improvement-when-the-one-green-aisle-isnt-enough-treehouse-is-the-answer/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:10:07 +0000 Lani Rosales http://agbeat.com/?p=52603 TreeHouse offers 26,000 sf of green products As environmental awareness becomes mainstream and less of a trend belonging to the elitists on the coasts, consumers are struggling to find home products that are considered green. Go into any big box home improvement store and find the green section, it’s typically an afterthought and placed awkwardly. Not at TreeHouse in Austin [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/style-and-living/home-improvement-when-the-one-green-aisle-isnt-enough-treehouse-is-the-answer/feed/ 10 Green real estate trend spotting – homes built with straw? http://agbeat.com/style-and-living/homes-built-with-straw/ http://agbeat.com/style-and-living/homes-built-with-straw/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:43:06 +0000 Anna Altic http://agbeat.com/?p=52303 Maybe the First Little Pig wasn’t so dumb after all This fall I have had the privilege of working with some of Nashville’s most exciting visionaries in planning and hosting Nashville’s first annual Green Homes Tour. While I am happy to discuss with anyone the process of creating this event, what rocked my world was seeing some awesome alternative building materials [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/style-and-living/homes-built-with-straw/feed/ 32 The rise of solar power in homes – a deeper look http://agbeat.com/style-and-living/the-rise-of-solar-power-in-homes-a-deeper-look/ http://agbeat.com/style-and-living/the-rise-of-solar-power-in-homes-a-deeper-look/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:06:41 +0000 AGBeat http://agbeat.com/?p=52212 There is a growing American obsession with finding ways to save energy and to join the green movement, but there is a lot of misinformation floating around. Commercial and Residential Energy Consultant, Michael Chance with Solar Energy USA is a wealth of information and is enthusiastic to enlighten AGBeat readers on the topic. Q: Why is solar the best option [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/style-and-living/the-rise-of-solar-power-in-homes-a-deeper-look/feed/ 25 Ryland faces $625,000 in fines for hundreds of EPA violations http://agbeat.com/real-estate-news-events/ryland-faces-625000-in-fines-for-hundreds-of-epa-violations/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-news-events/ryland-faces-625000-in-fines-for-hundreds-of-epa-violations/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 05:25:16 +0000 AGBeat http://agbeat.com/?p=51315 Cleaning up their act The Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency today announced that they are charging Ryland Group of violating the Clean Water Act at 278 sites in 14 states. The federal departments say that one of the largest home builders in America leaked pollutants into stormwater and botched procedures for pollution prevention, inspections as well as permits. [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-news-events/ryland-faces-625000-in-fines-for-hundreds-of-epa-violations/feed/ 17 Appraisal institute to officially recognize green features http://agbeat.com/style-and-living/hallelujah-appraisal-institute-to-officially-recognize-green-features/ http://agbeat.com/style-and-living/hallelujah-appraisal-institute-to-officially-recognize-green-features/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:22:43 +0000 Anna Altic http://agentgenius.com/?p=50409 Can I get an Amen? I’ll even settle for a WOOT from all you agnostics. Recently, the Appraisal Institute released this statement about the creation of an optional green features evaluation addendum to Fannie Mae Form 1004 which is the appraisal form used by appraisers for Fannie, Freddie, and FHA. As noted in the release, the contributory value of green [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/style-and-living/hallelujah-appraisal-institute-to-officially-recognize-green-features/feed/ 26 Cardboard furniture that holds up to 1,000 pounds – real estate staging http://agbeat.com/style-and-living/interior-design-style-and-living/cardboard-furniture-that-holds-up-to-1000-pounds-real-estate-staging-tool/ http://agbeat.com/style-and-living/interior-design-style-and-living/cardboard-furniture-that-holds-up-to-1000-pounds-real-estate-staging-tool/#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:26:52 +0000 Tara Steele http://agentgenius.com/?p=50144 Cost effective method to stage vacant listings In a down economy, small business owners are looking for ways to save money. Some local Realtors spend big money on renting furniture for staging vacant listings, but an environmentally friendly and more cost effective staging tool is available in the form of cardboard-constructed reusable furniture. It’s sturdy, can be sat on, and [...]
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