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Property managers interested in upgrading mechanicals and air sealing as part of green management will find financial assistance and guidance are available through their local utilities. This post outlines some examples, like National Grid’s East coast customers’ options.
A generation of green renters is out there but they’re not well versed in what it takes to live in a green apartment. Ensuring a tenant education program is part of your overall sustainable operations and management will reduce expenses and increase NOI.
Leading a greener lifestyle takes practice and requires reminders. Just as the way a person drives a car affects gas mileage, so the manner in which residents use the building systems will affect operations and maintenance. There are many ways to engage your residents.
When Secretary of Energy, Stephen Chu, announced last year that the greatest threat to California’s agricultural industry was global warming, did you realize he was talking about wine? The media was busy ridiculing his brilliant suggestion that we all paint our roofs white, and evidently missed his dire warnings about California. If you want to help, here’s how: Paint your roof white.
Electric cars are being produced by several major manufacturers but the public is leery of the technology. Here we examine a few common myths and give you a true or false on the science applications.
For moderately temperate climates with a mild or shorter winter, heat pumps which operate on electricity can be an energy-efficient solution to electric resistance or gas heating. The technology can seem almost magical to people who grew up with an oil furnace or a woodstove – particularly the energy savings over these conventional systems.
In-unit washing machines may seem attractive at first glance, but a rockin’ laundry room can build community and bump up your balance sheet.
Taking control of the flow of water in your units puts you in control of your apartment building’s expenses and increases your net operating income. For homeowners associations the task is more difficult, but educating your board and resident members is the first step on the road to success in reducing association expenses.
Keep in mind that many local water utilities are willing to perform
Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy in December 2009 found housing prices in the greater Boston area may have bottomed out with some neighborhoods still declining slightly or experiencing minimal increases in value. However, the report further concluded that the regional residential rental market is not in decline, evidenced by the cumulative 12% hike in rents experienced from 2005 to 2008.
