Category: Real Estate

“Ask anyone if they want to live in a more comfortable home that costs less to operate, and the answer is always yes; 100 percent of the time.  What they’re really saying is they want to have the ‘green’ features that make a home more comfortable and more efficient,” says…

Expectations for supporting good health in rental housing has come a long way since HUD came up with their eight basic features of a healthy home. They are homes that are dry, clean, safe, well-ventilated, pest-free, contaminant free, well-maintained and thermally controlled. To be fair, those eight are certainly the…

LOHAS = Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability.  Hmm.  Is that really a thing? Well, yes.  And a significant thing, at that.  What the New York Times called “The biggest market you never heard of.” WHAT IS LOHAS? If you truly haven’t ever seen or heard of LOHAS, let’s get a…

Loneliness and Social Isolation Loneliness is all the rage these days. [caption id="attachment_233" align="alignright" width="300"] Social isolation and loneliness increase the risk for depression, disability and cognitive decline.[/caption] Not quite so much that President Trump will appoint a Minister of Loneliness, a la the United Kingdom.  But it does seem…

Negative Health Impacts of EMF. Asbestos.  Leaded paint.  Formaldehyde.  5G and EMF? Someday, folks in the building industry may look back at electric and magnetic fields (EMFs) as a hazard that we should have done more to prevent. Let's be clear.  The verdict is still out on how dangerous EMFs…

Phobias or Philias [caption id="attachment_186" align="alignright" width="278"] Quiz: How Connected to Nature Are You?[/caption] Everyone knows that a phobia is an aversion or fear associated with a particular thing or situation.  But who knew that the opposite of a phobia is a philia?  That’s an attraction or positive feelings towards…

In a word, EVERYONE should be your high-performance building partner! If you have been involved in any aspect of creating or remodeling buildings in a way that improves the health of building occupants, you know that there are a lot of entities involved. And every single one can push a…

Not everyone has just shy of 30 acres and nearly a half billion dollars to start a project.  But that doesn’t mean we can’t learn a lot from those who do - like real estate entrepreneur Peter Rummell and the project he's putting together in Jacksonville. The District Jacksonville will be…

There are many opportunities to show the world that you care about the impact your building has on the planet and the people who use it. LEED, WEL, Energy-Star, Passive House, Enterprise Communities, and on and on… But you may not have heard of the world’s leading certification system that…