Kansas City Star Seyz: Everybody Loves 'Green' Home Cost Spike

Today's reminder that local journalists are completely out of touch with most people in this community.

Check the newspaper gleefully advocating for higher home prices at the outset of a recession and worsening inflation . . . The punch line is that NONE OF THIS will have much impact on climate change . . .

When the matter finally came to a vote of the Kansas City Council in October, most of the city’s elected leaders managed to resist intense pressure from local home builders. The contractors said that more insulation and better air sealing would raise the cost of homes. No doubt it will. The precise amount is debatable, however. Home builders pegged it at $30,000 or more per home. Architects cited a U.S. Department of Energy estimate of about $3,000 . . .

Now that Kansas City has taken the leap, communities throughout the metropolitan area should consider making the switch as well. It would not only reduce emissions substantially, but would establish a consistent efficiency standard across the region — something even a home builder might come to love.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Kansas City shows energy efficient homes help everyone. Now the suburbs should follow

OPINION AND COMMENTARY Starting next summer, homes built in Kansas City will be required to meet a higher energy efficiency standard. A round of applause is due to the City Council, which last month adopted the 2021 version of the International Energy Conservation Code, part of a comprehensive set of building standards that are revised every three years by a committee of building professionals.