Top Green Predictions of 2008

Home, green home. I’d hate to be selling my house right now. But in a real-estate market where every little differentiation can make or break a contract, I think you’ll see sellers invest in improvements and renovations that are just as much focused on energy-efficiency as style. My energy bill this month alone was more than $500, and I use natural gas. I hate to think of where the price of home heating oil stands. The fact remains that there are more than 28,000 LEED projects under construction today, compared with about 300 just a couple of years ago. And that’s the NEW stuff. It doesn’t even take into account retrofits. Read full article