Real Estate Benefit of EarthCraft House 

The Effects of Green Building Certification

on Housing Prices in Metropolitan Atlanta

 

• Conducted in collaboration with the Southface Energy Institute.

 

 

 

Overarching Research Objective:

 

• Empirically examine the effects of green certification on home sales using real estate sales transactions data.

 

 

 

 

Making a Business Case for Sustainability

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Results of Statistical Analysis

 

• 8.3% sales premium for EarthCraft homes

• Higher sale price to list price ratio