Thanks to PR Newswire (in Cleveland!) for their recent press release regarding grant monies and a plan to make Ohio new construction affordable housing green. We are also talking apartments, and that to me is even more terrific because more people are renting! Here is a quote from the article:
“Since we started Ohio Green Communities five years ago, Enterprise and our partners have helped to finance and offer technical assistance on more than 2,000 healthy, efficient and environmentally responsive homes,” said Mark McDermott, Ohio impact market leader, Enterprise Community Partners. “Our goal is to help developers green 100 percent of new affordable rental housing in Ohio over the next few years. In Cleveland, Enterprise Green Communities Criteria is already required on city-funded housing. We look forward to bringing this standard all of Ohio. “
To read more about Enterprise, you can go to their website here. Peace Out – 3C
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1 Custom Home Builders // Aug 31, 2010 at 11:04 am
Nice, thanks for the link. I’ll have to look at how that grant money is given out. It seems that a lot of people are interested in “going green” until they see the added cost
If these grants can somehow lower that cost, it may make sense to try some additional measures. Most of what I’ve seen is people investing in geothermal, which can pay for itself in 3-5 years. But again, that’s a cost savings with a side benefit of being “green.” Cost is still king, usually.
I saw a special on CNN w/Brad Pitt talking about the homes they created down in New Orleans. Apparently he seems to think they did some amazing things and the homes will actually be making money because they generate an energy surplus. I’d really like to see the numbers of how they were able to achieve that, and if it’s at all applicable to NE Ohio considering how little sunshine we get. Still, it’s nice to see some progress beyond building the same way we have for 100+ years.
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2 Carole Cohen // Sep 27, 2010 at 10:40 pm
it may be reasonable to contact CNN and get the name of the builders involved; of course numbers generated will have to come from a proven amount of time. Wouldn’t it be cool if you could do that here. I agree, the aded costs do wind up giving buyers pause.
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