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The New Site Has Arrived!

Welcome to Earth Advantage Institute’s new website and blog, a new interactive portal that’s designed to be a source of information and data -- for our growing green building and climate solutions community, as well as for those individuals and organizations just beginning to learn more about sustainable construction and carbon mitigation in the built environment.

The focus of this blog is to help you keep on top of trends, technologies, and news. The organization’s staff, peers, and consultants, who will be contributing to the blog, are out in the field every day working with builders, designers, subcontractors, real estate professionals, appraisers, and lenders. Our executive management is working with multiple states and federal agencies on a variety of ground-breaking initiatives. This kind of hands-on involvement enables us to identify new issues, challenges, and solutions as they percolate up from the field, and offers insights into the policies that are being discussed and formulated.

In the coming weeks you can expect to see contributions from our sustainable finance group that will keep you abreast of how builders are addressing the appraisal disconnect that often prevents home buyers from securing a mortgage. Our research department will discuss new mechanisms for bringing about changes in energy behavior. Our education program managers will talk about new sustainability marketing techniques that can help you better target the right demographic with the right message.

We hope you will enjoy and profit from this new resource. We welcome your comments and encourage you to submit any pressing issues you would like us to explore. Our aim is to develop a community of homeowners and industry partners, who together can bridge the information gaps and create new solutions that can help people understand the value proposition of sustainable construction.

Best wishes for success and sustainability,
Sean Penrith

About the Author

Sean Penrith

Since 2005, Executive Director Sean Penrith and his team have successfully grown Earth Advantage, Inc. into a leading program provider and think tank that devises creative green building, market mechanism, and climate change solutions for the built environment. Penrith graduated as an electrical engineer and established a distribution business in Argentina. He then started the Green Glass Company in a garage outside of Johannesburg, which grew into an acclaimed, international sustainable glassware manufacturer with three high-speed plants worldwide. Penrith has been fortunate to work with international community leaders who are pressing to make global change in the social and environmental arenas.