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Climate Change Influencing Consumers’ Home Preferences

Elyse
Climate Change Influencing Consumers’ Home Preferences

Increasingly, homeowners and buyers are focused on the effects of climate change when making homebuying decisions, according to a recent Green Builder Media survey.

For example, 55% of respondents said they’ve considered moving due to climate change, and just under 60% expressed concern about how climate change will affect the value of their homes and communities.

The survey of 1,200 consumers across the United States – the majority of whom were Millennials – also identified healthy, connected, resilient, net zero (energy, water, and carbon), all-electric, and solar as important characteristics for their homes. 

Specific features they’d invest in include heat pump HVAC systems, demand-side energy management systems, battery storage, heat pump water heaters, low-flow plumbing fixtures, water-efficient appliances, and hot water recirculation systems