About Beth Johnson, REALTOR^®

LEED AP, EcoBroker Certified™

Green Building Specialist

• I'm proud to be the
  • first REALTOR^® on the planet to earn both LEED AP and EcoBroker accreditation (see below).
  • first Texas REALTOR^® (and only the 13^th anywhere) to earn the LEED Accredited Professional credential associated with U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System™, the nationally accepted benchmark for high performance green buildings.
  • first Texas REALTOR^® to earn the nationally recognized EcoBroker Certification™ that provides additional training on energy and environmental issues relating to real estate transactions.
• My specialty is assisting "green"-leaning home buyers in obtaining the elements they need to buy a new green home (land, architect, builder) or in comparing the energy-efficiency and other "green" features of existing homes on the market. I'm the only North Texas REALTOR^® (not directly affiliated with a builder) specializing in this niche.
• A native North Texan raised in Garland, I’ve lived and worked in the Metroplex for all but 8 of my 54 years.
• I am a full-time real estate agent.
• I am one of 45 agents with Advocates Realty --
  • a Dallas-based full service real estate brokerage in its 8th year.
  • Our founder, Barbara Straughan, is a progressive owner-broker who strongly supports greenbuilding.
  • Our motto is "Redefining real estate one house sold at a time." We advocate on behalf of our clients.
  • Our written "action guarantee" for our seller and buyer clients is unique in the industry.
  • We are committed to the concept that when you hire one of our agents you're hiring the diligence and support of the entire firm.
• I have 29 years’ professional experience staffing Texas and national environmental advocacy organizations --
  • lobbying, media work, grassroots organizing and training
  • in Texas, Southern Plains region, and Washington, D.C.
• The first REALTOR^® to join U.S. Green Building Council's North TX Chapter, I serve on Ed./ Events Committee. Advocates is proud to be one of the few Texas real estate firms that are members of USGBC.
• The only Realtor^® serving as a Director of the Home Builders Association’s Green Built North Texas Council (Advocates is proud to be a Founding Member), I helped draft the Base Level Green Built North Texas™ Program.
• Courses I've completed include Energy and Environmental Building Association's "Houses That Work"; the first-ever "Green Building for Building Professionals" course by National Association of Home Builders; U.S. Green Building Council's "Technical Review: LEED for New Construction"; Energy Efficient Green Building Institute's "Residential Building Performance Technician" (3 credit courses), "Secrets of a Texas Net Zero Home" and "Healthy Home" by award-winning builder Jim Sargent, "Green Interiors"; Austin Energy's "Green by Design"; one-week home performance conferences/field trips/presentations by RESNET and Affordable Comfort Inc.; Realtors Land Institute's "Creative Land Planning", and dozens of other real estate courses; EcoBroker's 3 courses on energy efficiency and environmental issues; green building and marketing classes at Greater Dallas Home Builders Association.
• Advocates became the nation’s first real estate agency to show our commitment to energy efficiency by joining Residential Energy Services Network, the national organization that sets standards for quality of energy rating services and annually hosts the premier national forum on home energy performance and financing.
• I have completed the course to obtain Historic House Specialist designation from Preservation Dallas.
• For the past three years I've had first-hand experience evaluating potential "green" techniques for neighborhood and individual homesite development. Arthur Kuehne and I researched and purchased our own 2.3-acre lot in Hidden Meadow subdivision 12 miles E. of Rockwall and are evaluating architects and builders for our greenbuilt home. We plan to use our home as an educational catalyst illustrating "affordable" green building in a 2000 sq. ft. home.