Hooray for the little guys! Well, I guess they're not that little if they're on the American stock exchange. However, Green Builders is not somebody you hear about all that frequently, yet they just got recognized by the National Association of Home Builders for being the "2008 Single Family Affordable Home of the Year" at the National Green Building Awards. Nice to know that you don't have to pay an arm and a leg to have something environmentally friendly eh?
Congratulations to their President and CEO, Clark Wilson, and the whole Green Builders crew. To learn more about Green Builders or to visit their homes in Georgetown or the Greater Austin area, give me a call. We'll car pool and make it an earth friendly day as we shop for earth friendly homes. They're literally building 2 homes down from where I live in Georgetown Village!
Full article is below:
Green Builders, Inc. Honored at NAHB National Green Building Awards
Green Builders wins award for Single Family Affordable Home of the Year
Austin, TX—May 12, 2008--Who says it’s not easy being green? Just ask the folks at Green Builders, Inc. (AMEX:GBH), a leading large-scale community developer of sustainable homes in the Austin, Texas area, who have been selected as the 2008 Single Family Affordable Home of the Year at the National Green Building Awards held by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).
Now in its 10th year, the National Green Building Awards recognizes individuals, companies and organizations for excellence in residential green design, construction practices and for green building programs and advocacy efforts. Competition for this award was particularly intense, but Green Builders stood out amongst the nominees for their continued innovation and advancement in the field of environmentally sustainable home building, a hot topic throughout the housing market.
“We were thrilled to be nominated. We are even more thrilled that we won. I think that this award speaks to how important environmentally sustainable home building has become nationwide. We look at this as not just a win for our company, but a win for the green movement and those in our industry who truly care about the efficient use of natural resources when building homes, “stated Clark Wilson, President and CEO of Green Builders, Inc.
Green Builders, Inc. incorporates energy efficiency, water and resource conservation, the use of sustainable and/or recycled materials, and indoor air quality control – all of which are considered when evaluating a green home. In addition, Green Builders’ homes are built to the stringent Green Building Standards set by NAHB.
Green Builders’ energy efficient and green, sustainable homes are priced from the $180,000s to $600,000s and available throughout the Austin area.
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About Green Builders, Inc.
Green Builders, Inc. (AMEX: GBH) combines the equal necessities of progress and preservation by building homes that tread lightly on the earth. Our success is measured by continued sales in a growing number of sustainable communities, which we believe to be vital to a sustainable planet. With respect for the world’s resources and for the needs of our clients, we create healthy, beautiful, long-lasting homes that people, and the earth, can afford. To learn more visit, www.greenbuildersinc.com.
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Edward, A very good post with a lot of interesting information. Green building in the Georgetown & Austin area seems to really be growing in demand. Where have you been?
Don Eichler-Kerrville