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Colorado Homes for Sale | Homes go Green in Colorado

In real estate; green is today’s new word of the day for everything from nontoxic construction materials zeroscape landscaping to energy-efficient heating systems. Some Realtors are beefing up their eco-friendly credentials through courses offered by Eco Broker International an online training organization founded five years ago by a former official of the U.S. Department of Energy. To date, 1,800 practitioners have become certified. EcoBroker, located in Evergreen, Colo., is also recruiting real estate companies to become affiliates, which (identifies them as enviro-conscious. Meanwhile, companies are springing up everywhere offering a course on green building basics for real estate practitioners, home inspectors, appraisers, and mortgage professionals.

On the construction front, the U. S. Green Building Council has created a groundbreaking but voluntary rating system based on nationally accepted standards. The National Association of Home Builders offers green building classes and will introduce a Certified Green Professional designation in February of this year.

With more than 120 million homes in the United States, 2 million new homes being built each year going green will make a significant change in our environment and change the way we look at real estate. From our experience in Colorado alone there have been huge increases in the demand for real estate that complies with the Green Building standards. We each have to do our effort to conserve all the resources we can for future generations.
According to the US Dept of Energy- the residential sector accounts for 22% of the total energy in the US and 74% of the water consumed. 21% of Carbon Dioxide emissions are by the residential markets the real estate industry represents.

We ask our clients would they care more about Energy Tax Credits or Energy Efficient Mortgages? A tax credit can provide significant savings. It reduces the amount of income tax you have to pay. Unlike a deduction, which reduces the amount of income subject to tax, a tax credit directly reduces the tax itself. The final rules and forms to clarify which products and services qualify for the tax credits will be developed by The Internal Revenue Service this year and we will keep everyone posted on what develops.

Tom Reed and Bill Brown are local authors and real estate experts of Legacy Real Estate Brokers Inc. in
Denver Colorado. You can visit there website at www.discovercoloradorealestate.com

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