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It’s not easy being green — if you’re a house for sale. Sure, everyone loves energy efficient upgrades — in theory. But when it comes time to fork over green paper with pictures of dead presidents,...
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This is of note. The sentiment here is quite contrary to 1) my experience and 2) much of the analyses of "green" home imporvements such as solar photovolatics, etc. Rigorous analyses (i.e. NOT realtor columnists desperate for free advertising in newspaper outlets trying to show you how snarky and hip they are) I have read shows that such improvements really to have a good ROI. Be wary of conclusions based on anecdotal evidence...especially from San Francisco.
Too many issues here to list. I'll just note for the non-SFers that this house that hasn't sold isn't necessarily in the most desireable neighborhood, the asking price is WAY, WAY over a comperable property, and (perhaps most significantly) there is never a discussion of what this "green" renovation entailed other than using salvaged materials.
On the clear upside, for all the nay-sayers about LEED and the USGBC, LEED has clearly been a major force for pushing the design and construction industry towards (more) sustainable building practices and approaches.