Pasadena residents by most accounts, are conscientious about making this city a better place to live. Regardless of your position on global warming or your political leanings, I think you would have to agree that conserving energy, and reducing waste are subjects we all can generally agree on. If you haven’t signed on to this you may be a member of the immediate gratification club.

Your reluctance stemming from what you perceive as no immediate benefit or change. It is analogous to taking a multi vitamin everyday; you know it’s good for you, however you just do not feel any different. Unlike the new shampoo that will make your hair shine or that pain reliever that will get rid of your throbbing headache.

If we are to embrace a new green lifestyle we must move away from the present short term thinking many of us have and begin to think about the long term benefit and reward. It is my understanding that our current air quality here in the LA area is much better today than it was 25 to 30 years ago. The changes that were implemented to clean up the atmosphere were surely met with resistance. People sometimes just don’t like change. As you can see however, there has been a tremendous benefit. Our job here is to expand on issues related to real estate, not get caught up in the hot potato issues of the day with regards to fossil fuels and offshore drilling. We will leave that to the political bloggers.

With many major retailers and manufacturers realizing there is green to be made with green, its significance in real estate will become more and more predominant. A market is beginning to develop in this area, but to date it’s nothing more than just the infancy stages of development. As we continue to bring you the latest technologies with the construction of the Pasadena Eco House, our goal is to also provide you with thoughts and ideas on how you can incorporate a green lifestyle into your own home.

Last week Deena Willis, a Pasadena Real Estate Broker attended the Green Real Estate Conference held in Denver, Colorado. This two day event focused on technologies and applications in real estate. Eco friendly solutions in real estate will create a burgeoning new industry, creating products that will be innovative and state of the art as well as vendors and manufacturers that will play on consumer’s desires with misrepresentation and deceit. Our purpose will be to provide the necessary information and research to help you make informed decisions.

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