Northampton, MA

Green Practices

Pedal to Properties commitment to the environment Photo by Kerstin Martin, copyright 2010
Pedal to Properties was founded on the principle of encouraging home buyers and sellers to view homes as part of the fabric of the local community, including shops, schools, churches, parks, stores and local transit. By helping people to view a neighborhood of a cruiser bike before buying a property, and having our realtors show you the details of the neighborhood you could not capture well from a car, we believe we support sustainable, eco-friendly communities.

As part of our green practices that make Pedal to Properties unique, we:

Use Pedal to Properties cruiser bikes to view neighborhoods when possible.
Order office supplies through ECO Green Office, which provides eco-friendly products and services
Our realtors are must earn designations that are green-focused, such as:
- National Association of Realtors’ Green Designation: the only environmental real estate designation addressing multiple specialties. It is the only green designation for agents AND property managers recognized by the National Association of REALTORS®. Find out more information at www.greenresourcecouncil.org
- EcoBroker: the premiere green designation for real estate professionals. Find our more at www.ecobroker.com.
Each franchisee is a member of Bikes Belong, a national organization that is focused on bringing bicycle facilities and programs to communities nationwide.
We encourage our agents to use hybrid vehicles to transport our cruiser bikes to local neighborhoods.
Our office location uses a full recycling program.
We sponsor bike and trail groups in the region.
Offer our Pedal to Properties cruiser bikes to local partnerships, such as hotels, so guests can move about town by bike, reducing local traffic congestion.
Our staff members bike to work as often as we can.
As a closing gift for sales in their service area, we’ll give buyers a 6-month subscription to the Pedal People—a bike borne trash hauling company.