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June 2017

June 2017 Webinar

Webinar: Making Home Energy Measurements as Simple, Understandable as MPG

Understanding and measuring a home’s energy use, features, and cost-effectiveness can get complicated and confusing, especially for home buyers and sellers. 

But nearly everyone can relate to the concept of miles per gallon (MPG).

Solar

Light Up Your Business with Solar Know-how 

You can prepare for the increasing consumer demand for residential solar by taking Elevate Energy’s class, Selling the Sun: Establishing Value for Solar Homes.  

It developed a 3-hour training course in residential solar systems for the real estate and appraisal industries after receiving a $445,000 cooperative award from the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative.  

Nov 2017

This Month's Tips: Garden Designs that Dazzle

If you’re struggling to make your ho-hum garden dazzle, check out Garden Design magazine’s resources

May 2017

June 2017

EverGreen Award Nominations. Find Our Future Green

Some of the Green REsource Council’s past EverGreen winners have become stars of the sustainable housing industry. 

Think of Craig Foley and his expertise on everything from valuation and marketing of high-performance buildings and energy management, to green advocacy and education. 

August 2017

Cites with the Cleanest Air

The American Lung Association’s “State of the Air® 2017” examines and ranks cities’ air quality. 
Here are the six cities (listed alphabetically) with the cleanest air.