GPF was recently invited by Darryl Baskin of McGraw Realtors in Tulsa, OK to learn more about green homes, residential energy efficiency, and our thermal infrared inspection services.  Darryl hosts a great radio show every Saturday morning called "The Future of Real Estate."  Darryl is one of those real estate professionals who really "gets it."  As an property investor himself, he understands that, with all else being equal, homes and commercial properties with lower operating expenses are more valuable.  It's that simple. 

Check out GPF's home energy efficiency segment here.  We're on with Darryl from about 9:00 - 16:00 minutes, but listen to the first 10 .........

From what we're hearing lately, President Obama is planning to layout a new plan for US job growth in the next week or two.  There's a lot of speculation as to what Obama may propose, but one jobs strategy that keeps coming up may entail a plan to invest in energy-efficiency projects in America's schools. 

If executed correctly, retrofitting thousands of school buildings for energy and water efficiency would lock in valuable, long-term operational cost savings for school district facilities, allowing schools to hire more teachers and buy needed materials with the money saved.  According to ENERGY STAR, America's schools spend over $7.5 billion annually on energy - more than .........

We here at GPF are happy to announce a whole new way (at least to us) to communicate with all of our current and potential clients and investors.  With so much happening in our business, the markets, economic and environmental policy, and in green building technology, we've found that we need a better way of sharing breaking news, and our analysis of it, with you.  GPF has been building a loyal following on Twitter for some time now, but sometimes 140 characters just isn't enough. 

Of course, your comments will always be welcome, as long as you're not some type of weird spam bot. 

Stay tuned.  Much more good stuff to come.