ROI of Green Remodeling Projects

December 28, 2008 | By Kelley Koehler | Filed Under Repair Renovate Maintain

Hattip to Tucson architect Jake Boen of the In Place Architecture Blog.

Found a post in my reader this morning from local architect Jake about the return on investment of various green remodeling projects and upgrades, quoting GreenAndSave.com where they’ve got a master table of anticipated ROI.

It’s an interesting table. They’re quoting the highest ROI to be a programmable thermostat – if you adjust the temperature 5 degrees at night and 10 degrees during the day – with a $115 investment and an annual savings of $180, making the payback time 0.6 years, savings over 10 years to be $1800, and an ROI of 156.5%.

Obviously, they’re using some averages so I’m not sure everything on that table translates to the Tucson area, but they’re interesting estimates. The top 10 green ‘tune-up’ items are largely relatively low cost items. Worth a look.

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One Response to “ROI of Green Remodeling Projects”

Jake Boen on January 4th, 2009 10:13 am

Thanks for the link. Yes, the information is interesting to look at and it would be nice to have more local information on this kind of green ROI.

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