GREENING THE MLS (NEREN) Meg Willeke, Director of Marketing & - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

GREENING THE MLS (NEREN)

Meg Willeke, Director of Marketing & Communications Liz Tewksbury, Project Coordinator

GREENING THE MLS

GREENING THE MLS

• 2009 Evaluation of Market and fields

available in the MLS

• Green Task Force created at NEREN
• NAR “Green MLS Implementation Guide”
• U.S. Department of Energy “Greening

Your MLS”

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• 2009: Added 15 Building Certifications
• 2009: Added16 selections
• HERS Index Score field added in May,

2010

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• Jeff Gephart, Efficiency Vermont
• Re-Evaluated Building Certifications,

some no longer relevant

• 2010: Cleaned up Building Certifications
• Added HERS Index Score field to

nneren.com

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2011 - LEED Gold Certified Building

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• HERS Database spreadsheet (VT

Properties) added to MLS software for member search/info

• HERS Index Score field added to data

feeds

• 2015: Green Task Force met in July

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• Evaluated:
• Market Demand/Features
• Appraisal Institute Residential & Energy

Efficient Addendum

• Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships

Guidance for Real Estate Professionals on Home Energy Efficient Attributes

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• Evaluated:
• Request from Jeff Gephart
• RESO Guidelines
• Green MLS Implementation Guide

proposed Revisions

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• Recommendations:
• Add HERS Index Score Year
• Blower Door Test Score & Year
• Solar
• Energy Star Certification to be

Provided (Y/N)

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• Recommendations:
• 70 additional selections relating to

today’s green and Energy Efficient structures (Residential & Commercial)

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• Next Steps:
• New MLS Software vendor selected
• Fields will be added into new system;

hope to get a few in sooner.

• Continue to evaluate and add fields

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Thank You!

Chad Jacobson, Director of Operations Meg Willeke, Director of Marketing & Communications Liz Tewksbury, Project Coordinator