As we continue looking into how the concepts of a green economy will influence our future, there are numerous opportunities for those in real estate presented.
There is an excitement created when there are new topics for education for mortgage and real estate professionals. Core law and fair housing are crucial issues but now getting education with programs such as USBGC’s LEED and Green Real Estate Education certification programs, these sectors will better understand their place and how they can thrive and make money in the green revolution. This sector needs to learn and be offered specific information on green building, energy tax incentives, energy ratings and climate issues.
It doesn’t make sense to offer ‘green” educational programs that agents, inspectors or mortgage professionals can not afford to register for. This economy has hurt everyone’s pocketbook.
Forming alliances with “green” companies who want to expose their products and systems to those in the mortgage and real estate professionals can only create a win win situation. They in turn, can understand what is available for the clients they serve, the property owners. With the economic meltdown in the United States, the real estate industry is showing interest for new ways to reach their clients. Consumers want to know how to implement “green concepts” in their homes and into their lifestyles.
All professionals in the workforce need green education as much as their real estate agents and home inspectors.
Consumers today face astronomical utility bills, and global climate issues that were never a concern in the past. As a result, our quest for ways to ease our own “carbon footprint” which is how our lifestyles and the way we live greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere, and how this is more important than ever.
Green real estate evolves as well, fitting into these real estate fields as they continue to change with our lifestyles. The real estate professional is in an enviable position for promoting and facilitating change faster than any other profession. As a regular part of their profession, real estate professionals are called upon to recommend upgrades to properties that impact a future sale or value. This now must include recommending upgrades for energy efficiency, for improving indoor air quality, and for improving the health, safety and longevity of a building.
When the first industrial revolution took hold, people discovered that they could not only be witnesses to the leaps and bounds of progress, but could also carve their niche into the new day and age. Industries were created and innovative designs were implemented; lifestyles changed. On the up-side of these changes, new opportunities were created as new products were manufactured and processed. As the “Jet Age” became the “Space Age,” structures and building materials evolved as stronger and more dependable building materials were created — everything from sturdy plastics to velcro, to personal computers. No one could predict changes to come. Now these same concepts in advancement for new building techniques and concern for the environment are taking on a new level of awareness into the new age of green lifestyles.
Ms. Kerry Mitchell established Green Real Estate Education in early 2006, with over 14 years in real estate, in the past as a Maryland Real Estate Professional Broker, and a Licensed Real Estate Broker in the state of Florida. Green Real Estate Education offers the fastest growing “green certification” program in the United States for the real estate industry. Close to 5,000 in the US already have our certifications. For under $100, the students get a LOGO TO USE, a manual ,certification and currently in many states and their national affiliations, continuing education credits.
In addition to training the real estate industry on the basics of implementing
green principles in everyday practice, Green Real Estate Education trains on outreach, and is most proud of writing the only green building course series in the United States with its primary series focus being the major professions in the real estate arena. The series is the Real Estate Environmental and Energy Education Certification Series exclusively for the real estate industry. The Green Leadership ( GL ) Certification is the level one, and is an introduction to energy efficiency, sustainability and green building relating to all real estate professions including Real Estate Professionals, Appraisers, Inspectors and Mortgage Professionals, handymen, plumbers, electricians and all who work on the built structure. All courses offer certifications and educate in a way that teaches industry professionals networking resources, defines the ?green? certification processes, offers valuable marketing essentials and how NOT to misrepresent this industry.
