sustainable: So Many Certifications to choose from?
- 02/25/08 04:00 PM
The news paper called me on Monday...in preparing an article about our Multi Listing Service adding 3 green certifications to our listing paper work. True story! A serious and eventful mile stone in our communities' history of going green. The certifications will be Energy Star, Earth Advantage and LEED-H and for commercial. It is a beginning and adds credibility to the effort to get the information out about the incentives for building green and sustainable homes. During the interview the writer asked about the certification programs and as I explained them he suggested they were to confusing and there were to many … (4 comments)
sustainable: Are energy efficient, green built homes going mainstream in your area?
- 01/29/08 12:21 PM
With the tremendous emerging "Green & "Sustainable" new home construction market I think it would be a big mistake to build a conventional "to code" house in todays alerted world. Our area has reached a tipping point in this lull of new home construction. I think it is an advantage for Builders to shift their thinking through updated building science techniques about .....now! The time is now. People wanting a new home have learned the newest words of green and sustainable housing, straw bale and insulated concrete forms. Some even know SIP's or structural insulated panels. "Energy efficient" has become a … (2 comments)
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The news paper called me on Monday...in preparing an article about our Multi Listing Service adding 3 green certifications to our listing paper work. True story! A serious and eventful mile stone in our communities' history of going green. The certifications will be Energy Star, Earth Advantage and LEED-H and for commercial. It is a beginning and adds credibility to the effort to get the information out about the incentives for building green and sustainable homes. 
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