Green Home Concierges in Demand

Environmental Specialists Help Busy People Go Ecological

Aug 9, 2009 Rosemary E. Bachelor

Some busy homeowners think about reducing their carbon footprint and going greener, but never find the time to start. Now there is a green home concierge to help.

This new small business model takes over the task of making homes more environmentally friendly. In some cases, these consultants also adopt practices that save money at the same time.

How to Become a Home Consultant in Ecology

It takes a fair amount of knowledge to start this type of business, but enough learning to get started can be done outside the classroom. As entrepreneurs feel their way, they can either develop their own areas of expertise, hire consultants, take in business partners who are environmental engineers, or turn to local educational institutions for help.

The complexity of the job depends upon customer needs, but the first round of helping busy people go green can be an entrance level revolving around such basics as switching to new light bulbs, having the utility that supplies electricity come to the home to do an energy survey, facilitating recycling, looking for and eliminating toxic materials and having the client fill out a questionnaire that inquires about their shopping habits, how they spend their leisure time, what they envision as requirements for the next car they buy, would they consider composting, and questions about a host of related items.

Professionals Rely on Environmental Home Consultants

More and more today’s professional workers rely on others to do things homeowners traditionally did themselves. Fewer of them do their own lawn care, at some stage in the growth of their family they rely on child care specialists, they take frequent mini vacations rather than relax at home and they need nutritionists to guide them in healthy eating habits, and handymen to make minor repairs and take care of basic maintenance. A green home concierge can interact with all these other people to come up with an environmentally friendly plan for the place they live, how they live and what their exercise and leisure activities accomplish.

Many families on the go consider green home concierges very trendy and don’t mind having them manage nearly every aspect of their lives, even handing over some fairly intimate chores, such as laundering expensive clothes.

Green Home Concierges Evaluate Home Efficiency

Green Homes Concierge, an English business firm, helps London homeowners save money. The first step is a comprehensive evaluation of the efficiency of their home. They then generate a report that identifies where improvements are needed.

Once the homeowner gives approval, the concierge makes arrangements to have contractors complete the work required to make the home more energy efficient. This saves the homeowner the time and effort of calling around for quotes and finding time to consult with them both before and while the job is being done. A concierge builds up valuable contacts with reputable, dependable contractors that can be relied upon.

At a time when people are becoming increasingly conscientious about environmental conservation and sustainable living, having a green home concierge is an attractive option for busy people, or even for retirees who want to learn what they can and cannot do for themselves.

Source: Hodgson, Beth, “Green Home Concierge: Helping Busy People Go Green!,” InventorSpot.com

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