We REALE, really want you, your clients, and your communities to increase your home's value, health, and comfort.
“Decarbonization is the most important aspect of being a member of society today.”
Phil Guire
Real Estate Agents Leading on Electrification (REALE) is a community by and for agents, brokers, appraisers and mortgage lenders.
As a REALE member, you become part of a professional community united by a shared commitment to electrification. Members leverage their collective knowledge to educate peers and clients, empowering homeowners and renters to live in homes that are healthier, more comfortable, and of greater value.
REALE (pronounced “really”) is a project of Electrify DC, a nonprofit incorporated in the District of Columbia.
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Did you know?
Children in homes with gas stoves are 42% more likely to have asthma symptoms.
25% of the DC region's carbon emissions come from our homes.
Our mission
Our mission is to educate the real estate profession, clients, and communities about using their homes as tools to combat climate change while increasing value, health, and comfort, and ensuring sustainability for all communities and future generations.
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REALE is a community by and for agents, brokers, appraisers and mortgage lenders. If you are an architect, designer, electrician, general contractor, landscape architect, mechanical engineer, plumber or gas-fitter, property manager, or HVAC installer, you can join the Electrify DMV Network
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Leadership
REALE is led by a group of leading real estate agents from different brokerages who believe agents, as trusted advisors to homeowners and renters, with strong connections to their communities, can lead the effort to decarbonize our neighborhoods, one healthy home at a time.
Jim Connolly
Realtor with Long & Foster, former Executive Director and Board Member, Anacostia Watershed Society
Jane Crosby Bartnick
REALTOR®, LEED Green Associate, TRUE Advisor certified through U.S. Green Building Council and GBCI
Colin Johnson
Past President of DCAR, NAR GREEN designation for sustainable buildings, NAR MLS Committee Chairperson, NAR Smart Growth Committee Member, and 2019 DC Realtor of the Year
James T. Kim
Realtor with McEnearney, GCAAR Board of Directors, former Forms Committee Board Liaison
Harrison Beacher
Managing partner, Coalition Properties Group, Immediate Past President, GCAAR, Board of Directors, DCAR