Affirmative Wealth Management offers planning and fiduciary investment management, specializing in environmental sustainability, stewardship, and impact investing for clients who want to align their investmentswith their values and help make a difference. To help showcase energy efficiency, greenhouse gas emission reductions, and cost effectiveness, Affirmative Wealth Management bought a commercial building and did a complete renovation of the property. They installed energy-efficient windows, upgraded the electrical system, made use of natural lighting, added attic insulation, put window film on west-facing windows to reduce heat, caulked for insulation, installed rooftop solar, and bought an EVcharger for their Nissan Leaf. They also refinished the natural wood floors, re-sourced wool oriental carpets and furniture for the office, replaced lights with energy-efficient compact fluorescent lamps (CFL), switched gas hot water heat to on-demand electric heat, purchased an ENERGY STAR computer and printer, and used low VOC paint in the interior. Their cost savings have been so great that their last PG&E bill was 83 cents and they received $300 in credits from their local utility provider, Marin Clean Energy. Affirmative Wealth Management is proud to be a certified Bay Area Green Business and knows their actions will continue to reduce their carbon footprint and costs into the future.
