Nov 10 2021 68 mins
Welcome to our first ever eco-friendly HOMEOWNER guest speaker, Lisa Geason-Bauer! Lisa and her husband, Mike, own their own home in Nashotah, Wisconsin--just out side of Milwaukee--and they have decided to go all out eco-friendly!
Connect with Lisa on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisageasonbauer/).
Their current home has undergone a full green retrofit (new systems) and green remodeling, particularly in the kitchen, living room, and dining room. Their house was built in 1972 and they bought it from the builder.
After the retrofits and updates that Lisa and Mike performed, their Wisconsin ranch-style home (single floor house) has reached a Home Energy Score of 10 out of 10! With the average home in the United States scoring a 5 out of 10, their home is twice as eco-friendly as most!
Get your Home Energy Score (https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/articles/home-energy-score).
They changed almost everything in their house and the green features now include: All new Energy Star appliances, new ceramic tile flooring, solar on the roof, electric car charging, no and low-VOC paint throughout, quartz countertops made from reclaimed quartz cuttings, heat pump and AC unit, convection oven, vegan diet, composting, edible garden with a veggie patch, buys locally grown food, wild animals living in their yard (a very regenerative element as they are living in community with nature), heated ceramic floors, updated windows, natural stone fireplace, LED lights throughout, Energy Star rated water softener, furnace, water heater, and washer-dryer, and Malarkey white roof shingles (which absorb and transform smog, resulting in as much carbon reduction as planting 2 trees)!!
Energy Star (Energy Star (https://www.energystar.gov/).
Malarkey Shingles (https://www.malarkeyroofing.com/features/smog-reducing-granules/).
Energy Audit (https://www.greenhomeownersunited.com/).
During their green remodels, Lisa and Mike used a Green Refinance to help cover part of the cost of renovating and retrofitting. They went through Green Penny Bank based in Iowa, which operate as the first carbon neutral bank in the mid-west. If you're interested in learning about Green Refinances or Green Loans you can contact Green Penny Bank too! You can also ask your local and trusted mortgage broker if they have knowledge of Green Refinances, as this is a Federally accessible program.
Green Penny Bank (https://www.decorahbank.com/greenpenny/).
Lastly, Lisa is the president of her own sustainability focused marketing agency, Evolution Marketing, which is a Certified B Corporation and is carbon neutral. Her clients have included other sustainable Realtors and the U.S. Green Building Council!
Evolution Marketing (https://www.evolutionmarketing.com/).
Thank you Lisa for being such a fantastic guest and for being the first eco-friendly homeowner on Eco-Friendly Homes!
Contact me to help you sell and buy your eco-friendly home in Denver, Colorado!
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Madison Hopkins
Certified Green Realtor®