Michael Anschel is owner and principal of Otogawa-Anschel Design Build,
serves on the board of Minnesota Greenstar, and is CEO of Verified
Green. Energy efficiency, sustainability, owner issues, design
Selling sustainability is usually best done up front and not presented in terms of ROI but in terms of home comfort and safety, and indoor air quality.
The National Association of Home Builders, among others, has come out in opposition to a key House bill on energy conservation that it and other critics say unnecessarily and unreasonably toughens local building codes.