Interested in living in an area attempting to reduce greenhouse emissions? If so you might want to consider purchasing
Montgomery County, MD real estate. Buy 2050 Montgomery County would like to become one of the Siera Club's Cool counties they will do this by reducing the greenhouse emissions within the county by 80%. On April 22, 2008 legislation was approved by the County council that new
Montgomery County homes must meet federal energy efficiency standards. If the new
Montgomery County real estate dos end up being built to the green efficiency standards it is predicted to lower energy consumption between 15 and 30 percent. One of the ways that they are going to entice people to switch there
Montgomery County Maryland, real estate over to energy efficient resources is by offering a tax credit to people who do make the switch. In order for residents to receive this tax credit they would have to show there utility costs when they sell there house. Something to note is that throughout the Washington, DC metro area developers have already been building new homes that have many of the energy efficient products in them.
If this ends up becoming a law in Montgomery County, it will become the first county in the United States to require that all new single family homes and townhomes must meet the Energy Star standards. These standards are set by the Environmental Protection Agency. For a new home to meet the Enviromental Protection Agency Standards that would classify it as a Green house, it must use fifteen to thirty percent less energy then the homes that are being built under today’s laws. In order to make sure that these houses meet these standards they must be certified by independent reviewers An interesting fact is that there have been some opinions by members of the EPA who do not agree with making these standards laws. They rather come up with way that promotes the use of Green products. Other Counties in Maryland are also taking a step in the right direction in becoming more environmentally friendly. In Arlington County diesel fuel vehicles are being filled up with biodiesel. In Fairfax County almost 10 percent of employees in the area are participating in the telecommuting program that is taking place in this county’s borders. Finally in Howard County they are providing a tax credit to homeowners who have taken the initiative and installed solar panels on there houses, or if they are using geothermal heating units. Another step that many of these counties are taking to try to reduce there environmental footprint, is they will want to determine which employees do not need to use SUVs and will replace these employees cars with a more fuel efficient car.
