Sustainable Industries’ Top 10 Green Building Products of 2009
November 30, 2009 on 12:06 am | In Experts Say, Fascinating Information, For Your Purchasing Pleasure, Market Trends, Money Saving Opportunities, New Developments, Problem Solving, Recycling, Trends, Uncategorized, all, green | 2 CommentsSustainable Industries’ Top 10 Green Building Products of 2009
Edited by Jodi Summers
Not to be outdone by other trends, Sustainable Industries magazine has made their choices for the 2009 Top 10 Green Building Products. These industry-leading green building products winners were selected by a panel of expert judges and the Sustainable Industries editorial team based on their environmental performance, scalability/market impact, innovation,design aesthetic, value and compatibility with the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system.
The 2009 Top 10 Green Building Product winners are:
Acadia Combined Heating and Cooling System
Made by Hallowell International
The Acadia is not just another heating and cooling system. It maintains 200 percent efficiency even when outdoor temperatures drop well below zero..should global climate change ever affect us that severely. Acadia users can save up to 70 percent of their home heating energy costs.
ec-H20
Made by Tennant Co.
Requiring no chemicals, ec-H2O uses tap water to clean most any surface of most any substance. Each machine reduces water usage by 70 to 80 percent, and the potential of 245 million gallons of water each year if it were installed in all new floor-cleaning machines.
InSpire Wall
Made by ATAS International
(www.atas.com)
This simple technology uses the power of the sun to heat outdoor air before sending it indoors, thereby slashing energy use while boosting indoor air quality. Depending on what kind of heating fuel is being replaced, this product can reduce heating costs by up to $5 for each square foot of InSpire Wall installed.
kama EEBS Structural Systems
Made by kama Energy Efficient Building Systems Inc.
(www.kama-eebs.com)
kama EEBS Structural Systems integrate light gauge metal stud framing system with expanded polystyrene insulation in a proprietary design that eliminates thermal bridging and helps to create a tight, energy-efficient building envelope.
PlybooPure Bamboo Plywood
Made by Smith & Fong Co.
(www.plyboo.com)
Because it’s technically a grass, bamboo had not previously been eligible for FSC certification. But in January 2008, after two years of lobbying, Smith & Fong achieved this first that propelled it to recognition on this year’s Top 10 list.
RainTube
Made by GLI Systems Inc.
(www.raintube.com)
This product received more Top 10 nominations than any other product this year. RainTube is a rain gutter filter made of 100 percent post-consumer high-density polyethylene – old milk jugs, in other words. This product is also Cradle to Cradle-certified, meaning that GLI Systems Inc had to develop a Post-Use Recovery Plan that goes out with every product.
Separett Villa
Made by Separett
(www.ecovita.net/villa)
This urine-diverting composting toilet – which is 100 percent PVC fee –uses no water and keeps solids separate from liquids, reducing odor and making it possible to reuse waste and urine for composting and fertilizing. The Separett Villa can be deployed where no plumbing exists, allowing for a greater reach of the technology.
Serious Windows
Made by Serious Materials
(www.seriouswindows.com)
Serious Windows are so efficient they have the potential to allow for the elimination of a building’s heating system, allowing waste heat from building appliances to serve as the main heat source in some applications. The windows have a full-frame R value of at least five and up to 11, which can cut a building’s energy bills by up to 50 percent per month.
Solatube Daylighting Systems
Made by Solatube International
(www.solatube.com)
This patented technology catches direct sunlight and redirects it down an adjustable-length tube, bringing daylight to parts of buildings that would not otherwise have access to natural light. The Vista, Calif.-based company recently launched a product specifically designed for commercial applications, making it ideal for large-roofed warehouses and manufacturing facilities, as well as retail stores and schools – allplaces that have been shown to benefit from increased daylight, as daylight is linked to higher worker productivity, decreased absenteeism and better retail sales.
Your Old Light Fixture
Made by Eleek
(www.eleekinc.com)
Eleek is the only business to make the Top 10 Green Building Products list all four years. Though not a product, Eleek’s lighting restoration service speaks to the important concept of the re-use of existing goods. When Eleek restores a light fixture, every piece of a fixture is taken apart, repaired and restored to its original splendor. Its wiring is updated to comply with modern codes and standards and a new lamp base is installed so it works with energy-efficient lamps such as CFLs and LEDs.
Original article @ http://www.sustainableindustries.com/greenbuilding/49012336.html
BRAVO! LEED v3.0 LOOKS AT THE BIG PICTURE IN GREEN BUILDINGS + LETS YOU LOOK TOO
November 23, 2009 on 12:15 am | In Market Trends, Problem Solving, Trends, Uncategorized, all, green | 2 CommentsBRAVO! LEED v3.0 LOOKS AT THE BIG PICTURE IN GREEN BUILDINGS + LETS YOU LOOK TOO
By Jodi Summers
LEED v3.0 – the U.S. Green Building Council’s latest green buildings rating system, has a brave new focus – saving energy on the long term.
“This version reflects the rapid advancements in building science and technology and provides incentives for strategies that have greater positive impacts on energy efficiency and CO2 emissions reductions, among other priorities,” notes treehugger.com.
Known around town as LEED 2009, what’s piquing the interest of the saving-money-thru-green-minded is a new requirement that focuses on facility maintenance during the life span of the building. The new rules mandate that energy and water usage for buildings seeking LEED certification now has to be reported for at least five years.
“One of the major differences with the new rating system is that sharing and reporting this energy use data is now required, as it was optional in the previous rating system,” observed property manager Michael Martz.
USGBC will allow projects to comply with the requirement in any of three ways:
1. To renew LEED certification every two years using LEED for Existing Buildings: Operation and Maintenance.
2. Provide energy and water usage data for the building on an ongoing basis annually.
3. The owner of the property authorizes USGBC to access the building’s energy and water usage data directly from the building’s utility provider.
With LEED v3.0, the USGBC offers a more savvy point rating system. The LEED rating system is increasing from a total of 69 points to 100 points – with an emphasis on what matters most from an environmental standpoint – energy efficiency and CO2 reductions. It the early days, a building could earn the same number of points for installing a commuter bike rack as optimizing energy by 10% or reducing water usage by 20%. Now credits are weighed based on how the course of action improves environmental and sapient health.
The LEED v3.0 vision also does a superior job of calculating the value of refurbishing the value of existing buildings. LEED v3.0 looks at the BIG picture.
Part of USGBC’s goal is to help owners and operators optimize building performance over the building’s lifetime. LEED v3.0 goes with the theory that collecting data is the best way to identify and help correct the common gap between energy modeling during the design phase and the building’s actual energy usage.
For those already constructing or managing LEED-certified buildings, the new requirements won’t be much of a change. Add-ons to current building systems will increase front-end costs a bit, but the big upside is that owners can now micromonitor energy usage. This investment will offer a significant savings in energy usage over the life of the building.
“They can see when the energy use has peaked, when it’s at the low, when it’s at the mean, and then they can adjust their programs or their overall systems,” explains Martz.
With LEED v3.Going forward, small businesses will be able to monitor their energy usage with the sophistication of institutions that consume a lot of energy, such as universities, skyscrapers and industrial manufacturers.
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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A TENANT ABANDONS A UNIT?
November 14, 2009 on 12:42 am | In Curious, Problem, Problem Solving, Rents, Uncategorized, all, recession | 3 CommentsWHAT HAPPENS WHEN A TENANT ABANDONS A UNIT?
Edited by Jodi Summers
Hey landlords, have you ever had this happen to you –
You decide to visit a tenant whose rent is past due, and while passing by the front window of the unit, you notice that the apartment appears to be vacant.
Do you know what to do? Can you, as the owner, just assume that the tenant abandoned the property, change the locks, and lease out the apartment to the next person?
Yeah right, if only it should be so simple. Being a landlord is just not that easy.
According to the California Association of Realtors legal department:
California law provides a procedure that the owner or the property manager of the rental real property must follow before assuming that the rented property has been vacated. The focus of this legal article is on this procedure for regaining possession of abandoned real property. A copy of the notice that the owner must send to the tenant is included. However, this article does not address the issue of recovery of damages by the owner.
FAQ
Q 1: If a landlord believes the rental property has been abandoned, what is the notice that the landlord must provide to the tenant?
A: The Notice of Belief of Abandonment (“Notice”) goes as follows:
Notice of Belief of Abandonment
To:
______________________________________________________________________
(Name of lessee/tenant)
______________________________________________________________________
(Address of lessee/tenant)
This notice is given pursuant to Section 1951.3 of the Civil Code concerning the real property leased by you at ____________________ (state location of the property by address or other sufficient description). The rent on this property has been due and unpaid for 14 consecutive days and the lessor/landlord believes that you have abandoned the property.
The real property will be deemed abandoned within the meaning of Section 1951.2 of the Civil Code and your lease will terminate on ____________________ (here insert a date not less than 15 days after this notice is served personally or, if mailed, not less than 18 days after this notice is deposited in the mail) unless before such date the undersigned receives at the address indicated below a written notice from you stating
Both of the following:
(1) Your intent not to abandon the real property.
(2) An address at which you may be served by certified mail in any action for unlawful detainer of the real property.
You are required to pay the rent due and unpaid on this real property as required by the lease, and your failure to do so can lead to a court proceeding against you.
Dated: __________________________________________________________
(Signature of lessor/landlord)
___________________________________________________
(Type or print name of lessor/landlord)
___________________________________________________
(Address to which lessee/tenant is to send notice)
(Cal. Civ. Code § 1951.3(d).)
Q 2: Under what circumstances may a landlord give the tenant the Notice in Question 1?
A: The landlord may give the Notice only if two conditions have been met: (1) the rent on the property has been due and unpaid for at least 14 consecutive days and (2) the landlord reasonably believes that the tenant has abandoned the property (Cal. Civ. Code § 1951.3(b)).
Q 3: What if the landlord doesn’t want to wait the 14-day requirement mentioned in Question 2?
A: If a landlord wishes faster action, the landlord may use the unlawful detainer remedy. See California Code of Civil Procedure Sections 1161-1179a. See also, the C.A.R. legal article, Unlawful Detainer: The Eviction Process in California < http://www.car.org/index.php?id=MTg4Ng >
Q 4: What if the landlord believes the property to have been abandoned and there’s been a breach of another covenant under the lease but the rent has been paid?
A: The landlord must use the unlawful detainer remedy if the landlord wants to get the tenant out of the property. See California Code of Civil Procedure Sections 1161- 1179a. See also, the C.A.R. legal article, Unlawful Detainer: The Eviction Process in California.
Q 5: What is a “reasonable” belief of abandonment?
A: Many residential as well as commercial tenants vacate the premises when behind in the rent without ever notifying the landlord. What some courts look for is whether or not the keys have been turned over to the owner. If turning over the keys establishes for the landlord a clear showing of abandonment, then the landlord may be able to take possession of the premises without providing the Notice as required by section 1951.3. Following the procedure of section 1951.3 provides greater certainty to the owner and provides protection against a tenant who later sues the landlord for legal possession of the rental property.
However, if the tenant has not made it clear—has not given over the keys—then the landlord is left guessing about the tenant’s abandonment. One way to get some idea of the tenant’s intention is to view the premises by looking through a window to see if there is anything left behind. For example, if the utilities have been discontinued, there is no refrigerator and no furnishings, abandonment seem clear.
What if some personal possessions have been left behind?
“Since many lessees who abandon real property leave personal property on the premises, the mere fact that the lessor knows that the lessee has done so should not, by itself, be held to establish that the lessor’s belief as to abandonment was unreasonable. Where the personal property left by the lessee appears to be of little value, it would be reasonable for the lessor to conclude in the absence of other evidence that the personal property, as well as the real property, had been abandoned. On the other hand, where the personal property is of substantial value and it appears that the lessee is the owner, these facts would be significant evidence that the lessee had not abandoned the real property.” (11 Cal.L.Rev.Comm. Reports 951 (1973); 12 Cal.L.Rev.Comm. Reports 571 (1974); (Cal. Civ. Code § 1951.3(e)(2).)
Note: if personal property has been abandoned too, there is another procedure to be followed. See the C.A.R. legal article, Abandoned Personal Property: Disposition of Items Left Behind After Termination of a Tenancy.
Q 6: What If the property is under a lease that doesn’t terminate for several months, what should be written on the Notice regarding the date of lease termination?
A: Assuming the landlord wishes to terminate the lease and rent it to another tenant, the date of termination of the lease specified in the Notice should be at least 15 days after the Notice is served personally or, if mailed, at least 18 days after the Notice is deposited in the mail (Cal. Civ. Code § 1951.3(b)).
Q 7: How should a landlord or property manager give this Notice to a tenant if the tenant has disappeared?
A: The landlord’s Notice can be personally delivered to the tenant (if possible) or, in the alternative, it can be sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the tenant at his or her last known address (which may be the rental property address). If there is a reason to believe that the Notice sent to that address will not be received by the tenant (or will not be forwarded to a subsequent address), the landlord may also send he Notice to another address, if any, known to the landlord where the tenant may reasonably be expected to receive the Notice (e.g., a place of employment). (Cal. Civ. Code § 1951.3(c).)
Q 8: Can a landlord still assume that the tenant has abandoned the property if the landlord accepts all or partial payment of the rent due before or after giving the Notice?
A: No. If during the period of time beginning 14 days before the time the Notice was given and ending on the date the lease would have terminated in the Notice, the tenant pays all or a portion of the rent due on the real property, then the landlord cannot assume the property has been abandoned. (Cal. Civ. Code § 1951.3(e)(4).)
Q 9: What must a tenant do to prove that he or she has not abandoned the property?
A: Assuming the tenant doesn’t receive the Notice and wants to regain possession of the property, the tenant must establish that he or she hasn’t abandoned the property by proving (1) that rent was not due and unpaid for 14 consecutive days when Notice was given, (2) that it was not reasonable for the landlord to believe that he or she had abandoned the property, (3) that, within the permitted time, he or she gave written notice of his or her intent not to abandon the property, or (4) that, during the period specified in section 1951.3 (e) (4), the tenant paid all or any portion of the rent that was due. (Cal. Civ. Code § 1951.3.)
The burden of proof on these matters is placed on the tenant so that the landlord will be able to proceed to relet the property with reasonable assurance that the abandonment and termination will not later be set aside by a court. (11 Cal.L.Rev.Comm. Reports 951 (1973); 12 Cal.L.Rev.Comm. Reports 571 (1974).)
If the tenant receives the Notice, the tenant must respond in writing prior to the termination date in the Notice that the tenant has not abandoned the property and must provide a current address for the landlord. In addition, the tenant must pay current all rent that is owed. (Cal. Civ. Code § 1951.3(d).)
Q 10: Does the law discussed in this legal article pertain to all real property, commercial and residential?
A: Yes. The law applies to all real property (Cal. Civ. Code § 1951.3(a)).
Q 11: Does the law discussed in this legal article apply to mobilehomes?
A: No. For abandonment of mobilehomes, see the Mobilehome Residency Law; in particular, see California Civil Code Section 798.61.
Q 12: Where can I obtain additional information?
A: This legal article is just one of the many legal publications and services offered by C.A.R. to its members. For a complete listing of C.A.R.’s legal products and services, please visit C.A.R. at www.car.org Online.
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Reprinted with permission of the California Association of Realtors. Credit for this piece is to be given to the C.A.R. Legal Department.
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THE GREENEST CITIES IN THE WORLD
November 9, 2009 on 12:41 am | In Curious, Experts Say, Problem Solving, Uncategorized, all, green, world | 6 CommentsTHE GREENEST CITIES IN THE WORLD Edited by Jodi Summers We like lists, it means a lot of research has been done. Today’s dynamic list is from Reader’s Digest; they have come up with a list of world's greenest, most livable cities. To compile this list, they have an alyzed data from two top sources covering 141 nations. We’ll give you the top 26 greenest cities (as 26 happens to be San Francisco), the rest you can find @ http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/best-places-to-live-green/article45734.html
1. Stockholm, Sweden
2. Oslo, Norway
3. Munich, Germany
4. Paris, France
5. Frankfurt, Germany
6. Stuttgart, Germany
7. Lyon, France
8. Dusseldorf, Germany
9. Nantes, France
10. Copenhagen, Denmark
11. Geneva, Switzerland
12. Zurich, Switzerland
13. Glasgow, United Kingdom
14. Barcelona, Spain
15. New York, United States
16. Brussels, Belgium
17. Hamburg, Germany
18. Hong Kong, PR China
19. Newcastle, United Kingdom
20. Tokyo, Japan
21. Helsinki, Finland
22. Washington, D.C., United States
23. Chicago, United States
24. Vancouver, Canada
25. Dortmund, Germany
26. San Francisco, United States
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LOS ANGELES MULTIUNIT PROPERTY SNAPSHOT – NOVEMBER 2009
November 2, 2009 on 10:07 pm | In For Your Purchasing Pleasure, Investment Opportunities, Statistics, Trends, Uncategorized, all | 6 CommentsLOS ANGELES MULTIUNIT PROPERTY SNAPSHOT – NOVEMBER 2009
By Jodi Summers
“By mid-2010, I’d want to be in the apartments as the supply/demand imbalance… is favorable to the landlords,” observes Alexander Goldfarb of investment advisors Sandler O’Neill.
Someplace like Santa Monica totally reflects the downturn in the market. According to Clarus Market Metrics, since October 2007, the number of apartment buildings for sale is down by 15%, the number of properties sold is down by 20% - and the median sale price is down by 36%. Obviously, if you’re thinking of buying there are no values like the present. In its third quarter property analysis the UCLA Anderson Forecast, came to the conclusion that, “The worst recession in seven decades likely ended in the current quarter.”
The goal of any multiunit real estate investment is to have 100% occupancy. Try for a low-crime area that is conveniently located near bus stops and other urban conveniences. Tenants with children will be looking for properties that are near schools with good reputations.
The nation’s default rate on apartment buildings is still relatively low, but is on the rise. Fannie Mae, for example, said its delinquency rate was 0.30 percent at the end of last year, double what it was at the end of September, and almost four times the rate at the end of 2007.
Buy happy.
Looking for some specific details? Would you like to be our client – we’ll take good care of you. Contact the SoCal Investment Group through Jodi Summers, Jodi@jodisummers.com.
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