myEnergyLoan Sponsors MXPO 2009 Mortgage Virtual Tradeshow to Promote Green Residential Lending
September 17th, 2009
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Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:04:23 -0700 PDT
by Aria Munro
AVENTURA, Fla. — Green residential mortgage lending network myEnergyLoan founder and president Jeff Cole will present “Green Lending – Financing the Shift” as a sponsor of mXpo.net 2009 Virtual Mortgage Tradeshow (mXpo.net) on October 8, 2009. mXpo.net is the first mortgage industry-sponsored virtual tradeshow, conference and educational content event being conducted October 7 – 8, just days before the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) annual conference.
Launched in 2005, myEnergyLoan is a network of lenders and mortgage brokers that come together as a network of fair financial service providers to get green done, today. myEnergyLoan provides green real estate buyers and investors benefits including: [...]

Al Gore, You Got It Wrong (your solution, that is, according to one IGP member)
July 23rd, 2009
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This is a “reprint” article from the current issue of Esquire Magazine. The author, Bjørn Lomborg, is a member of the Institute for Green Professionals, which is run by our friend, Grant Austin. Read the article and pass it along using http://www.consilienceblog.org/ as your link.

Environmental Capital: WSJ Blogs
July 8th, 2009
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Wall Street Journal Blogs

Environmental Capital
Daily analysis of the business of the environment by The Wall Street Journal.

July 1, 2009, 8:15 AM ET

Green Buildings Get Boost in Cap-and-Trade Bill
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/07/01/green-buildings-get-boost-in-cap-and-trade-bill/
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July 2009: EcoBroker-of-the-Month / Carson Matthews
July 7th, 2009
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Carson is shown here with Carol Cahill, his teamate at Keller Williams.  They are both EcoBrokers and strong supporters of green building in and around Atlanta, Ga.
This month I chose Carson Matthews as the EcoBroker-of-the-Month.  Having known Carson now for two years, I know hard he works and also the impact he has made as an Atlanta EcoBroker.  Carson, who is an Associate Broker at Keller Williams Peachtree Battle in Buckhead, Atlanta, has attracted quite a bit of attention as a capable professional.  He has stimulated green building in Atlanta and his impact has been felt throughout the entire region.
We commend you, Carson, and we thank you for your above average work [...]

Green Loans, Green Lending and myEnergyLoan
July 1st, 2009
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Why are green loans so hard to find? They aren’t if you know where to look. Check out myEnergyLoan and their local providers. Experts in green lending.

LEED PLATINUM – NO RENEWABLE ENERGY?
June 17th, 2009
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New World Home, a myEnergyLoan Platinum Preferred Builder, has just announced that in Atlanta they have attained LEED PLATINUM and EarthCraft House Gold certification levels on two homes – WITHOUT USING ANY RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES -  which is very difficult accomplishment and one that deserves your full attention.   See the press release below and also at www.myenergyloan.com under press releases.
Our Energy Efficient Mortgage program is second to none and we could not be more enamoured by our affiliation with New World Home.  I have personally walked through their homes and they are beautiful systems built homes.  Using the myEnergyLoan program, in conjunction with Energy Efficient Mortgages or without them, New [...]

SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT
June 12th, 2009
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Last week myEnergyLoan signed up our 6th local myEnergyLoan provider, bringing our current number of states with local myEnergyLoan providers to 13 – and that’s just since January 2009.  “Based on some very strategic marketing partnerships which we have only recently signed, we expect to have 500 licensed lenders and brokers within the next twelve to eighteen months,” says myEnergyLoan management.
READ FULL PRESS RELEASE HERE:
http://www.prlog.org/10255439-better-energy-efficient-mortgage-myenergyloans-successful-local-market-launch.html 
The myEnergyLoan program continues to be the most economically viable Energy Efficient Mortgage program in the country; and it’s all about the local market! 
myEnergyLoan knits together the national green lending community via local market licensing & green loan certification of its unique green loan package. 

AHA Does it Again!
June 9th, 2009
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Interesting Information regarding energy efficiency presented here by the AHA

A Boy, A Ball and a Banker
June 7th, 2009
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oes this kind of thing actually happen?  I am told it is a true story told just a few days ago by an 8 year-old to a stranger.
“When I was a boy, all I wanted was a ball so I could throw it back and forth with my dad.  Then, one day, a package came in the mail and to my surprise there was a ball in it.  I was overjoyed as I threw it up in the air and caught it.  I bounced it on the ground and caught it.  I threw it against the side of our house and caught it.  It was great fun and I [...]

Top Ten Green Projects: AIA
March 29th, 2009
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Yale Sculpture Building and Gallery

 

Photo credit: © Peter Aaron, Esto

Overview

Location: New Haven, CT
Building type(s): Higher education, Interpretive Center
New construction
62,000 sq. feet (5,760 sq. meters)
Project scope: 3 4-story buildings
Urban setting
Completed September 2007
Rating: U.S. Green Building Council LEED-NC, v.2/v.2.1–Level: Platinum (52 points)