According to the Housing Opportunity Index, compiled by the National Association of Homebuilders and Wells Fargo Bank, housing prices are at their most affordable level in two decades.
Energy
Home Energy Rating Systems scores are helping homeowners better understand just how energy efficient their homes are — or aren’t.
Las Vegas spotlighted plans to put solar panels on top of carports at city buildings Wednesday, an $11 million plan funded mostly by federal stimulus money that’s projected to cut the city’s electrical costs by $300,000 a year when fully in place.
Former Vice President Al Gore will join Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and billionaire Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens for the second National Clean Energy Summit next month at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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Those who have looked for a new home in Las Vegas over the past year have seen first-hand the changes in the real estate market. One local family-owned builder, Pacific Southwest Development, is adapting to the changing market with offers on a select number of homes at its Southern Highlands guard-gated collection.
Pardee Homes has received four Awards of Merit in the 2009 Gold Nugget Awards, for green and sustainable development and for architectural excellence. The competition draws entries from throughout 14 Western States and internationally and is the nation’s oldest and largest program of its kind.
The Sun City Mesquite community, located in Mesquite, will host a free Fourth of July celebration featuring activities today from 2:30 to 9:30 p.m.
NV Energy has embarked on a three-part strategy to meet Nevada’s growing energy needs. A member and platinum sponsor of Nevada Energy Star Partners, a statewide coalition of developers, utilities, manufacturers, retailers and consultants committed to promoting energy conservation, NV Energy is launching its initiative that includes expanding energy efficiency and conservation programs, expanding renewable energy resources and adding new, more-efficient generating power plants.
A day after the Interior Department announced plans to fast-track solar-power plants on public lands in Nevada, a clean-energy forum met to discuss how government agencies, legislators and private businesses have advanced green power.
NV Energy’s latest action plan for new power capacity will rely almost solely on ecofriendly measures, executives for the power utility said in a meeting Tuesday with Review-Journal editors and reporters.