[MassHistPres] Stretch Energy Code

[Garrett Laws]

To add another possible finish to Sam's public hearing quote... and if you
are staying, "killing the property "value" will reduce your taxes!"

Cheers,
Garrett

The Copper & Slate Company
Fine Roofing and Exterior Finish Carpentry
238B Calvary Street, Waltham, MA 02453
(781) 893-1916


On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Sam Bird <greenbird-architect at comcast.net>wrote:

> The argument that revolves around property values always reminds me of
> something said at a public hearing but a guy I know who invariably "tells it
> like it is".  The hearing happened to be about wind turbines (not Cape Wind
> but similar) and the nay sayers were beating the "it'll kill property
> values" drum incessantly.  This guy stood up and said this - "If you're not
> selling your house why do you care about the property value? And if you are
> selling your house and moving away, why should we care what you think?"
>
> It seemed to sum it up nicely.
>
> Sam Bird
>
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 4, 2010, at 10:55 AM, <slater at alum.rpi.edu> wrote:
>
>  >http://www.jchs.harvard.edu/publications/remodeling/w09-1_park.pdf
>> >
>> >On window replacement, the study found that "high performance glazing"
>> (i.e.,
>> >double glazed replacement sash with low-E glazing) was second only to use
>> of
>> >compact fluorescent lighting in Green Product Usage. It also cited a 1999
>> study
>> >(so not very recent) on "More Evidence of Rational Market Values for Home
>> Energy
>> >Efficiency" by Nevin, Bender and Gazan in The Appraisal Journal that
>> >demonstrated that window replacement was fully recovered through an
>> increase in
>> >the home's market value. (It wouldn't make a house worth more to me, but
>> >apparently it does for others.)
>> >
>>
>> So is the argument being presented that the energy savings is immaterial
>> for window replacement because the increase in the sales price of the house
>> makes up for the purchase price?
>>
>> I suppose that isn't surprising, given the amount of marketing that has
>> accompanied window replacements. As others have noted, this is becoming one
>> of the things that people now desire to do upon moving into a house --
>> replace the windows, even if they are replacement windows to begin with.
>> Preservation of existing windows is getting thumped in this fight.
>>
>> However, I don't think I could accept resale value as an argument for
>> hardship for window replacement. Inability to maximize profit (or home
>> value) is not a hardship.
>>
>> Ralph Slate
>> Springfield, MA
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