Gail completed the comprehensive EcoBroker® course in May, 2008, receiving 16 hours of Arizona Department of Real Estate approved continuing education credit. a REALTOR® with this education helps clients market properties with green features, save money and live comfortably, through energy efficency and environmentally sensitive choices. EcoBroker® is also an international network of real estate professionals that means Buyers to the Phoenix area.
NAR stands for the National Association of Realtors. NAR offered the brand new GREEN® designation program. Gail attended the core class in Orlando, Nov., 2008. The EcoBroker® certification provided Gail with all she needed to complete this designation December 17, 2008, making her the First Arizona REALTOR® to be GREEN®. This education arms Gail with the resources needed to assist Investors, and other Buyers, and homeowners with their energy and utility concerns.
US GreenBrokers is the premier source of third-party green-certified professionals and services for home Buyers and Sellers in an easy, searchable (by state) database. Both co-founder and Arizona’s choice for GreenBrokers, Gail is committed to energy-efficiency, sustainability and green building principals in order to provide guidance to those interested in buying new or retrofitting homes.
Gail is a member and sponsor of the U.S. Green Building Council Arizona Chapter (USGBCAZ), attending monthly Council meetings and monthly green lunches. Education for sustainability and energy conservations is on-going. She is a volunteer for the Residential Green Build Committee and heads the REALTOR sub-committee.
Gail was approved by Green America. Specifically, to be qualified to be listed in the National Green Pages™, companies must demonstrate that they:
Focus on using business as a tool for positive social change.
Are “values-driven,” as well as profit-driven.
Are socially and environmentally responsible in the way they source, manufacture, and market their products and run their offices and factories.
Are committed to and employ extraordinary and innovative practices that benefit: 1) workers, 2) communities, 3) customers, and 4) the environment.
Green Home Properties/39021 N 21st Ave/Phoenix, AZ 85086/Ph 602-524-3836 Toll Free Fax 888-880-2819 Gail@GailJohnson.net
Congratulations Gail on a wonderful first year! Thank you for your commitment to our world and your clients! Your site/blog is amazing with so much great information! Thanks for showing us how we can go green protecting our homes and our planet. You truly are the “face of Green!” I look forward to reading your comments each time you post. Happy New Year and may all you do be given back to you in many different ways.