Last week, Rich and Steve were in studio with Leslie Kellogg, an Energy Smart Real Estate Specialist, and Chris Aguir from RISE Engineering. RISE has been helping Rhode Islanders reduce energy usage for three decades and Leslie and Chris gave some really good tips for people to save money on their energy bills, add value to their house, and to use these improvements to distinguish those properties when they are on the market. National Grid offers a program where they will send out a Rise engineer to give an energy audit. Homeowners are often reluctant to receive an energy audit because they think it will be some long, expensive process. This is not true, an energy audit involves a whole house approach in assessing the performance of a building with regard to energy consumption and efficiency For info and to schedule appointments for an in home assessment call: 888-633-7947, or visit Thinksmartthinkgreen.com. There are also tax credits for making energy efficient improvements to your home, and once you have made these improvements, the EPA and DOE provide a variety of marketing materials to help educate homeowners about Home Performance with ENERGY STAR. This Week's Real Estate Insight: This is a great time to improve the energy efficiency of your home and not only save on utility bills but also increase the value of your home. According to The National Association of Home Builders, 64% of respondents prefer a "green built home." And according to NAR's most recent homebuyers survey 65% of those responding indicated that an energy-efficient home was "very important". An Energy Smart Real Estate Specialist can Save you Money
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Last week, Rich and Steve were in studio with Leslie Kellogg, an Energy Smart Real Estate Specialist, and Chris Aguir from RISE Engineering. RISE has been helping Rhode Islanders reduce energy usage for three decades and Leslie and Chris gave some really good tips for people to save money on their energy bills, add value to their house, and to use these improvements to distinguish those properties when they are on the market. National Grid offers a program where they will send out a Rise engineer to give an energy audit. Homeowners are often reluctant to receive an energy audit because they think it will be some long, expensive process. This is not true, an energy audit involves a whole house approach in assessing the performance of a building with regard to energy consumption and efficiency For info and to schedule appointments for an in home assessment call: 888-633-7947, or visit Thinksmartthinkgreen.com. There are also tax credits for making energy efficient improvements to your home, and once you have made these improvements, the EPA and DOE provide a variety of marketing materials to help educate homeowners about Home Performance with ENERGY STAR. This Week's Real Estate Insight: This is a great time to improve the energy efficiency of your home and not only save on utility bills but also increase the value of your home. According to The National Association of Home Builders, 64% of respondents prefer a "green built home." And according to NAR's most recent homebuyers survey 65% of those responding indicated that an energy-efficient home was "very important". 
