The Payback on Green Improvements: Is it worth it?

With the explosion of green awareness and products, many people wonder if investing in a green remodeling project makes financial sense.  Personal preferences and project specific variables affect cost, but many people would still prefer to generally quantify the payback period of potential green improvements.

A tool is available to help assess the financial costs and benefits of several green projects.  GreenandSave.com provides an ROI (return on investment) table that lists the added costs, annual savings, projected savings over 10 or 20 years, and the ROI for a given improvement.  Improvements include Tune-Ups (small projects or changes that can be made to green up a home or building), Remodeling, and Advanced (larger projects or decisions for a new building).

Hopefully this gives you one more tool to help make an educated decision on whether to upgrade to that new high efficiency furnace when building your new addition, or any other green improvement you might be considering.

The Rains have Ended!!!

I am sure if you are anything like us, many of you in the Chicagoland Area spent much of the last weekend monitoring your basements and making sure your sump-pumps were working properly.  We at Callahan & Peters hope your basements stayed dry this weekend, and there was no damage.  If, however, you did have some damage, we would be happy to review the damage, design a solution that will eliminate future flooding, and make all necessary repairs.  If you are thinking about finishing a basement in the future, we can design and build a basement that is integrated seemlessly into your home, but will not have any of the common moisture related problems. Please call to discuss any questions you might have.