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About Us

FIVE POINT STRATEGY
Rethink and Retrain, Plus
reduce, reuse, and recyle

Red, White, and Green:

GREENandSAVE has a 20 year legacy in the ‘Green’ energy saving market. The whole organization is dedicated to helping Americans grow stronger, maintain our coveted high standard of living, and serve as better stewards of the environment. The company drives initiatives that range from saving money for home and business owners to re-training individuals for new careers in the green economy. The three classic Rs of going green (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) are now lifted to a new level by adding Rethink and Retrain. This five point GREENandSAVE Strategy is at the heart of the business. The company’s website, GREENandSAVE.com, is one of America’s leading free ‘Green’ home remodeling resources for anyone who wants to save money and the environment, as well as create a healthier home and overall lifestyle. The company is the first to offer comprehensive Return on Investment (ROI) rankings and Take Action recommendations on multiple ways to ‘Go Green'. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) uses the GREENandSAVE data for their education curriculum, and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) also links in to GREENandSAVE.com to educate their members. Mainstream and online media embrace GREENandSAVE as an industry leader. Publications ranging from the well established Washington Post to online insiders like the Huffington Post, have cited the top three resources on energy savings as: The Department of Energy, ENERGY STAR, and GREENandSAVE. In addition to the free online resources, GREENandSAVE provides next level services with an integrated approach to elevate consumers, businesses and institutions.

For Consumers: GREENandSAVE provides Home Efficiency Consulting to individuals who want to save money on their utility bills. For individuals who want to embrace new careers in the exploding green marketplace, the GREENandSAVE Eco Academy provides professional training opportunities. The consumer services are supported by a network backbone of over five thousand home remodeling service providers across the country and by the products available through the GREENandSAVE online store.

For Businesses: GREENandSAVE educates real estate agents via ‘green guides’ and promotes them to like-minded buyers and sellers via the company’s state-by-state directory. In addition to the Realtor Resources, the company’s Inspector Network promotes qualified Property Inspectors and Energy Auditors.

For Institutions: The GREENandSAVE Eco Education curriculum for Grade School, Middle School, and High School students focuses on teaching science and math through ‘Green’ in-class and take home projects. Beyond the support for The National Association of Realtors (NAR) and the American Institute of Architects (AIA), GREENandSAVE works with regional and local organizations. At the township and association level, the 2009 release of the Master GREEN Office Return on Investment (ROI) rankings has been developed specifically to support local Chambers of Commerce across the U.S.

The ROI DATA SOURCE:

The GREENandSAVE Return on Investment (ROI) calculations are intended to serve as a guide to help you see the hierarchy of performance and payback. Given variations in energy consumption, house or office size, results will naturally vary. The calculations are based on comprehensive local and national research and a combination of reports from the U.S. Department of Energy, the EPA, ENERGY STAR® for Homes Program, US Green Building Council’s LEED for Homes Program, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), International Energy Conservation Code, PLUS information directly from University Studies, Architects, Manufacturer Specifications, Distributors, seasoned Builders and Installers, and Home and Business owners with actual Performance Feedback.

Background: GREENandSAVE’s founder Charlie Szoradi wrote his Architecture Masters thesis on ‘Eco Humanism’ in the early 1990s at the University of Pennsylvania, and his work and experience in the ‘Green’ market has served as the foundation for the company. GREENandSAVE’s analysts, researchers and writing team members continue to review products and performance data from a broad range of public and private sector reports as well as manufacturer specifications and actual user feedback. The Szoradi ‘eco-renovation’ of their own family residence has created one of the most energy efficient homes in America, and the outcome served as the catalyst to development the free homeowner website for GREENandSAVE. The residence proves out over 50 sustainable design elements, most of which are featured on the web site content for homeowners.  

“Like most Americans, we did not have the luxury to build a house from scratch. We wanted to demonstrate that you could cost-effectively transform and expand an inefficient 1950s home into a high performance energy saving residence while still maintaining great style and functionality. The result is a ground breaking eco-prototype four bedroom home that has utility bills that are under $60 per month vs. homes of similar size that cost over $600 per month to operate. The innovative strategies have earned the respect of organizations across the country as well as the cover profile on Inventors Digest Magazine. The web and ‘experts’ offer so much information that the choices are often overwhelming. So, we aggregated the best practices from Government Agencies, Non-Profits, fellow Architects, Builders, and Manufacturers to give you actionable intelligence on what to do and where to get it. The multiple years of research and learning were too valuable to keep to ourselves, so the web was the natural place to share the information. In addition to leading the industry with GREEN ROI rankings, the online resource includes calculator tools, tax credits, and directories to help you. People often assume that eco = expensive, and that the ‘payback’ is a decade away. We found that most of the paybacks come in just the first few years.” – Charlie Szoradi  

 

Charlie and Cynthia Szoradi live outside of Philadelphia with their son. Cynthia is a residential Philadelphia real estate agent with over four generations of family experience in real estate sales and development. She brings profound marketplace insight into homeowner demand and overall trends, and she worked tirelessly to make the home stylistically appealing with solutions that are also cost-effective and environmentally friendly.