Unlocking the Value of High Performance Homes

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FREE Upcoming Classes in Port Orchard! 


Join us for this popular new series and learn about the latest trends to increase energy savings, comfort and health for families in new homes and remodels. Whether you are a real estate broker or appraiser, this course will provide you with local and timely information that will keep you on top of your game.

  • Gain insight into the trends and best construction practices that are currently influencing
    the building, buying, selling and appraising of new homes and remodels.
  • ​Learn what is meant by a high performance or green home and how to leverage this
    knowledge to unlock new sales and valuation information.  

Think high performance homes are beyond the reach of the average homebuyer? Attend these courses to help separate the facts from the myths and differentiate yourself as an informed professional.

Green Building - The Marketing Advantage

9:00 AM - 12:30 PM | 3.5 CEUs for WA real estate brokers and appraisers

This course strips the hype from 'green', demonstrating those that are not building high performance homes are missing the boat. What makes a home high performance is clearly identified by taking attendees on a visual journey through The Inspiration House in Olympia certified under the two major certification programs in WA. Attendees will learn in the course what demographics are buying ‘green’, why these will only grow and which high performance features buyers are most interested in when purchasing a home. Attendees will also be exposed to studies identifying direct links between real estate broker understanding and skill in marketing green homes and reduced DOM and premiums paid.

Energy Performance Scores - Valuing Energy Improvements

1:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 3.5 CEUs for WA real estate brokers and appraisers

What if we had a MPG sticker equivalent for homes?  An Energy Performance Score (HERS Index or EPS) has demonstrated it has the potential to both inform and change behavior, saving occupants on average 20-30% annually on their utility bills when recommended upgrades were taken.  The course will take attendees through an energy assessment, examine data and case studies for completed energy improvements and look at the growing importance of energy efficiency from the perspectives of homeowners, prospective homebuyers, lenders and appraisers.

Questions? Contact Heather Kendall at hkendall@earthadvantage.org or (503) 968-7160 x20

CEs & Cost
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FREE! (Regularly $149)

Made possible in part by the support of:

Audience
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Appraisers, Real Estate Professionals

Instructor(s)
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Fiona Douglas-Hamilton
Fiona Douglas-Hamilton: Fiona was trained as a real estate investment analyst, working for the European branch of Gill Savings, a Texas Savings & Loan institution. Her career in construction started in the mid 1980s as a project manager of a design, build, management company developing hospices and large commercial nursing homes in England. In 1995 Fiona moved to the Pacific Northwest, where she continued her career in residential construction. Until 2008 she was Sustainability Director for Apple Homes, a design build construction company building ENERGY STAR®, Built Green 5-Star custom homes in the South Puget Sound region.

In 2008 Fiona founded SEEC LLC, an education and consulting firm, bringing together a group of residential green building professionals and appraisers based in the Pacific Northwest concerned with the accurate recording of value for green and energy efficient homes. Fiona is an Approved Real Estate Instructor with the State of WA, as well as a current Certified Distance Education Instructor. Besides being one of SEEC’s primary instructors, Fiona speaks regularly at the national level on green building valuation.

Fiona served as president of the Northwest EcoBuilding Guild 2009-2012, a non-profit, volunteer-based organization with over 500 members, which since 1993 has been pioneering sustainable green building education to design and building professionals in the four States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.

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