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Searching for an apartment on-line is a truly great way to limit the time and energy normally invested in finding a rental. Although nothing beats actually viewing an apartment, new tools can help eliminate properties that could never meet your needs.
In an exclusive interview, Anson Snyder, Director of Multifamily Lending at Sun West Mortgage Company, Inc. of Cerritos, California, explains why his company has taken a leadership role to encourage green building within the multifamily industry.
Ben Walsh, a builder in Portland, Oregon, wanted to build homes with one luxury amenity: net-zero energy status. This article is a companion piece to our first, Portland’s Green Building Rockstar. In it, Walsh explains the rationale for some of his choices and innovations.
How did a residential gut-rehab reduce energy consumption by as much as 75%? We asked Paul Scardina of Paolo Design Group about his winning design for the official LEED for Homes Platinum Certification his project received last year and learned he also salvaged, reclaimed and re-used 99 percent of the generated construction waste. In a word? Wow!
Commercial buildings and tenants often lead the way in unconventional design. This leadership is evident in the leasing of green commercial and mixed use buildings. The largest and latest Midtown Manhattan lease may be another green indicator for multifamily.
According to a recent website survey by Apartments.com, 89 percent of their responding visitors indicated a preference for living in a green apartment community. Is your apartment building green enough to attract new residents and not lose current ones? The business case for sustainability is broad and compelling.
Although the building industry hopes to make the designation mandatory, the Certified Residential Green Appraiser course – sponsored by Earth Advantage Institute and Watkins & Associates -is the only national certification program currently available for appraisers.
Expect to have window farms, aquaponic systems and other farming techniques incorporated in and on your property by your tenants. Can you control the urban agriculture on your property or will it control you?
