New Documentary/Reality TV show
"BIOS HOME" TMGreen Building and Design
BIOS is the Greek word for "Life". This new series will focus on how the buildings we work and play in can affect our lives, emotionally,
psychologically, financially and even our physical health. Showcasing the Bios Building Technology Center and the Boulder Ridge housing development,
we will interview homebuyers, owner/builders, contractors, government and power company officials. Sponsors will be able to highlight their building
products, such as, solar photovoltaic, solar hot water, geothermal heating and cooling, fuel cells, Icynene insulation, home automation systems and more.
Homeward Bound will provide interior design, decorating and landscape tips. The show explores both advanced technology and the human factor,
proving it is possible to help people, save the environment and be profitable!
The series will show how a clean, safe home can help boost family moral. We will examine the emotions, and speak to psychologists about the short and
long term effect that pride of ownership has on the adults and children, how building a product that has strong demand can boost a local economy, how the
design of a home can affect the affordability, and how today's technology can keep that home affordable for years to come. Indeed, how a small group of
thoughtful, dedicated people can change the world simply by leading the way!
The show will star designer, Jeff Metilly of Homeward Bound and green building pro, Steve Schappert of Connecticut Real Estate and Construction.
Produced by Melissa Chamberlain for the CHARTER commercial leased access channel in western Connecticut, with contributing writer Miles Shapiro.
Once produced the series will be marketed via our websites, CD's, blogs, YouTube, Podcasts, television networks such as TLC,
DISCOVERY CHANNEL, HGTV, HGTVPRO, and local television stations around the U.S., U.K. and Canada.
Schappert also has plans to launch a quarterly magazine in 2008 called "Connecticut Real Estate and Construction"
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Connecticut Real Estate and Construction LLC (CRE&C) is a licensed real estate brokerage and new home/commercial construction contractor with three divisions-- Real Estate Sales, Building, and Development.
It’s the only company that combines these divisions with “smart green growth” to uniquely address the fundamental (and State mandated) needs of 146 municipalities in Connecticut. CRE&C seeks funding from green-thinking investors interested in making environmental and social progress profitable.
PROBLEM:
As of May 2007, the Department of Energy states there are over:
17,000 contractors in Connecticut, yet just
39 have earned designation by Energy Star*; only
3 have contacted the Department of Energy about energy-independent construction; and only
1 (that’s us, CRE&C) has broken ground on a solar powered, geo thermal commercial
building. * The labeling program of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of
Energy that identifies energy efficient companies .
SOLUTION:
Increase “smart green growth” across Connecticut by developing commercial projects and congregate residential housing through the State’s leading eco-developer: Connecticut Real Estate & Construction.
Connecticut’s only solar-powered, geo-thermal commercial building (mentioned above) is being built by CRE&C in New Milford, CT. It will have over 12,500 square feet of corporate office space and will highlight what we do for others: smart, economically beneficial, and environmentally friendly design.
This building has been chosen by Northeast Utilities as a showcase for Connecticut’s model of energy efficient design. Indeed, ABC and NBC news reported on the office ground breaking on May 14, 2007. (See www.connecticutrealestateandconstruction.com.) As a result of the building’s breakthrough energy-saving advantages, Northeast Utilities has become our partner in marketing the building and poising CRE&C as the leader in an under utilized yet exploding market—green construction.
This industry-leading position is further strengthened by CRE&C’s trademarked BIOS Technology TM product line of affordable, green construction options: BIOS Homes TM and BIOS Buildings TM.
BIOS Technology TM structures are precisely measured, then constructed from laser technology and manufactured in a factory, thus not distorted by human error or difficulties with weather and climate. Warping is virtually eliminated and the process of moving from pouring a foundation to a watertight structure is no longer a six-week process, but rather, reduced to one.
BIOS Technology’s TM pinpoint precision, cost-effective technology and reduced production time allows CRE&C to carve out a niche as Connecticut’s affordable green developer and builder. Never before has elderly housing, workforce housing and commercial building been so attractive to investors, zoning boards and local residents alike.
As a result, CRE&C is building valuable allies within both the private sector (investors, builders, engineers) and the public sector (planning and zoning boards, municipal governments, statewide utilities, and housing authorities.) These two sectors are helping us tap into three of the largest economic trends of the next 100 years: environmental consciousness, an aging population, and housing that is affordable by design.
“Do well by doing good.”
Developing smart, green growth is “doing good” for Connecticut communities. Applying a strategic business model to maximize profits ensures that investors will “do well”. And you can’t effectively do one without the other.
Today’s unfulfilled and dire demand for reduced energy costs and lessened environmental impact, combined with reduced (yet technologically superior) building costs, attests that CRE&C and its investors will indeed “Do well by doing good.”
Too often builders have abdicated their responsibility toward the community at large. For a nice long stretch, the easiest and most lucrative construction to erect was a development of “McMansions”: big, opulent houses that are fundamentally wasteful in terms of energy efficiency, resources, dollars, and living space. A family of four does not need 6,000 square feet in which to pinball around. Nor, do they need five different heating zones, or to spend half a million dollars per family member on housing. However, like any other market, the housing market functions via the shifts in supply and demand. And, large houses were in great demand for over a decade. That market is slowing down, precipitously. Builders continue to do what they know, and new mansions sprout up everyday. Many of those houses remain empty. Others houses have been sold at below cost. Still, these houses keep on getting built. We see a different future.
Connecticut has started to lose its work force. State economists agree. The average working person cannot afford to live in the state he helped build and run with his or her diligent efforts. Often, workers are forced to live in distant towns, far away from their work place, because the areas surrounding the centers of commerce have housing stock too dear for the average person to purchase. CRE&C wants to change this trend by providing housing for those who keep the state’s economy running.
CRE&C’s Real Estate division is integral to achieving this goal. While our building and development division will create housing inventory that’s both exciting and needed, our real estate agents will get listings that agents from other companies cannot touch. The commission structure in CRE&C’s real estate sales division will allow top-flight agents to earn 100% commissions. This will attract the top producers in the real estate sales industry. Top producers will promote our company to other agents (and consumers) by utilizing our website in all of their advertising. Agents will earn residual income from the agents they recruit into the company. Similarly, the company will earn a significant bulk of its profits by supplying leads to our agents with a 30% referral fee paid to the company. Thus, our agents will be rewarded, new agents will be recruited, and our company coffers will be filled.
Our small regional offices and trade names will provide us another crucial edge in the industry. There is little difference between one real estate agency and another to the average consumer. However, CRE&C’s unique “smart green growth” approach creates a distinct market advantage over the competition and thrusts us into the lead position throughout Connecticut. No other agency will have similar access to green listings like CRE&C’s agents will.
All told, we seek to raise 2.5 million dollars to launch the three segments of CRE&C: Real Estate Sales, Building and Development. Already we have attracted investments from the private sector for two of our projects, 72 Railroad St. and 533 Federal Rd. (again, see website). However, for us to fully engage all three arms of our business, we need sufficient capital to hire the appropriate managers, recruiters, and sales staff to launch a company that has already successfully targeted over 1 billion dollars worth of building and development.
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