If you have not seen the SMUD Energy Efficient House yet, check it out. This video is less than three minutes and it’ll walk you through all the basic features of the house. I have a much longer video up HERE (8 minutes), but the video in this post is condensed to make it a bit easier to digest. Enjoy.

Description from Previous Video:

I had the pleasure this morning of touring a SMUD Energy Efficient Remodel Demonstration Project at 3893 32nd Avenue in Sacramento (SMUD is our local utility company in Sacramento County). This house was purchased in September 2009 as a bank-owned heavy fixer and then rehabbed by Housing Group Fund into a pristine and very energy-efficient home. I saw this property when it was purchased and the difference is truly remarkable (not to mention all the energy efficient gadgets too).

I made a video to give you a tour. What do you think? Have you ever heard of Quad-Lock before?

This event was promoted at several Sacramento Association of Realtors meetings, and it seemed to be a draw among local real estate professionals. The event today was attended by real estate agents and local media mostly and was dubbed the “SMUD Energy Efficient Remodel Demonstration Project”. SMUD claims that the state-of-the-art technology in this house can save up to 60% off utility bills (up to $1,500 per year in utility bills for the home owner). I wouldn’t mind that savings on my home.

I’d never seen the Quad-Lock technology before. This house is apparently the first home in Sacramento to have this nifty insulation installed. I’d be very curious to hear from anyone who has installed this before. Does it work well?

For more information, see the following:

http://www.smud.org/
http://www.HousingGroupFund.com

You can catch up with me on my website at www.LundquistCompany.com or my appraisal blog at www.SacramentoAppraisalBlog.com. You can see the original post regarding this updated video at the following link: http://sacramentoappraisalblog.com/2010/05/06/an-energy-efficient-house-round-2-of-video/

Ryan Lundquist – Sacramento Real Estate Appraiser – 916.595.3735

Related posts:

1. Energy Efficient House Tour in Sacramento: SMUD / Housing Group Fund Project
2. Flip this House: Sacramento Remodeled House by Housing Group Fund
3. Energy Efficient Mortgages in Sacramento

I had the pleasure this morning of touring a SMUD Energy Efficient Remodel Demonstration Project at 3893 32nd Avenue in Sacramento (SMUD is our local utility company in Sacramento County). This house was purchased in September 2009 as a bank-owned heavy fixer and then rehabbed by Housing Group Fund into a pristine and very energy-efficient home. I saw this property when it was purchased and the difference is truly remarkable (not to mention all the energy efficient gadgets too).

I made a video to give you a tour. What do you think? Have you ever heard of Quad-Lock before?

The event today was attended by real estate agents and local media mostly. The event was dubbed the “SMUD Energy Efficient Remodel Demonstration Project”. SMUD claims that the state-of-the-art technology in this house can save up to 60% off utility bills (up to $1,500 per year in utility bills for the home owner). I wouldn’t mind that savings on my home.

I’d never seen the Quad-Lock technology before. This house is apparently the first home in Sacramento to have this nifty insulation installed. I’d be very curious to hear from anyone who has installed this before. Does it work well?

For more information, see the following:

www.smud.org
www.HousingGroupFund.com

You can see the following original post where this video was contained:
http://sacramentoappraisalblog.com/2010/04/20/what-does-an-energy-efficient-house-look-like-smud-housing-group-fund-sacramento/

You can catch up with me, Ryan Lundquist, on my website at www.LundquistCompany.com or my appraisal blog at www.SacramentoAppraisalBlog.com. 916-595-3735.

Related posts:

1. Energy Efficient House: Updated Video with Housing Group Fund / SMUD in Sacramento
2. Flip this House: Sacramento Remodeled House by Housing Group Fund
3. Energy Efficient Mortgages in Sacramento

Organic farming is becoming a big business in America, according to new U-S Department of Agriculture survey data. The USDAs Bob Ellison has more.

This is an interesting video and the Sacramento area certainly is home to some organic farming movements. Does anyone buy from any of these local joints? Or is anyone growing a a garden in your backyard? What a great way to save money and promote health.

If you were in the market for a home, would you pay more for a house that already had a garden set up? If you work in real estate, are you finding clients more apt to look for properties where growing a garden is a viable option?

Soil Born Farms: www.soilborn.org

The following links are taken from the Soil Born Farms website:

CSA/Veggie box delivery programs serving Sacramento
Eatwell Farm www.eatwell.com/
Full Belly Farm www.fullbellyfarm.com/
Good Humus CSA www.goodhumus.com/pages/csa.htm
Riverdog Farm www.riverdogfarm.com/
Terra Firma Farm www.terrafirmafarm.com/index.html

Farmers Markets
Sacramento Markets www.california-grown.com/location.html
Foothill Farmers Market Association www.foothillfarmersmarket.com

Farming Resources
California Farmlink www.californiafarmlink.org
Harmony Farm Supply www.harmonyfarm.com/
Peaceful Valley Farm Supply www.groworganic.com/default.html

Food Access/Social Justice
City Slicker Farms www.cityslickerfarms.org/
Organic Sacramento www.organicsacramento.org/
People’s Grocery www.peoplesgrocery.org/
Ecology Center www.ecologycenter.org/
Sacramento Hunger Commission www.targethunger.com/
Alchemist www.alchemistcdc.org/
Agricultural and Land Based Training Association (ALBA) www.albafarmers.org/
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center www.oaec.org/

Habitat Restoration
Hedgerow Farms www.hedgerowfarms.com
Restoration Resources www.restoration-resources.net/
Sacramento Valley California Native Plant Society www.sacvalleycnps.org
Wild Farm Alliance www.wildfarmalliance.org

Regional Farm Listings & Community Gardens
Capay Valley Vision www.capayvalleyvision.org/
Placer Grown www.placergrown.com/
Berkeley Community Garden Collaborative www.ecologycenter.org/bcgc/
The Sacramento Area Community Garden Coalition www.saccommunitygardens.org/

University Resources/Cooperative Extension Office
Sacramento Master Gardeners groups.ucanr.org/sactomg/
UC Cooperative Extension cesacramento.ucdavis.edu/
UC Small Farm Program sfc.ucdavis.edu
UCSC Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems casfs.ucsc.edu/

Youth Education
Alemany Farm www.alemanyfarm.org/
California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom www.cfaitc.org/
California School Garden Network www.csgn.org/
Farm-to-School California www.farmtoschool.org/ca/
Grant’s Environmental Organization www.eatfromthegarden.org/
Hidden Villa www.hiddenvilla.org/
UC Davis Children’s Garden childrensgarden.ucdavis.edu/

Sacramento Community Service Providers
Updated Community Resources Sacramento www.onefatherslove.com/

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