Green Building Articles Archive
New Study Confirms Corporate America's Trend Toward Sustainability ...
Earthtimes.org - USA
"Today's corporate leaders are already very conscious of using green practices when considering new facilities, and they expect green building to have an ...
Developer banks on 'hybrid homes'
Michigan Business Review - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
Mentag Development Corp. says a "hybrid home" - a house built with Insulating Concrete Forms - can save an average homeowner more than $1000 a year in ...
Going green in ways big and small
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
That's not the only financial incentive green building enthusiasts see on the horizon. Already, green buildings are experiencing lower insurance premiums ...
Green Buildings On The Horizon
Builder Magazine - Washington,DC,USA
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED for short, isn'ta set of guidelines. It's a rigid set of requirements that architects, engineers and ...
Insurer offers green-building discount
Las Vegas Business Press - Las Vegas,NV,USA
LEED, which stands for Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design, is a seven-year-old rating system developed by the US Green Building Council. ...
Green builders targeted for tax breaks
In Business Las Vegas - Henderson,NV,USA
... of the United States Green Building Council - features that can include efficient wall and ... flood air distribution systems, energy recovery ventilators ...
Building for a green future
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
They resulted in about $7.73 billion of construction projects last year being built under "Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design," or LEED, ...
Being Green Building environmentally friendly houses has been ...
Winston-Salem Journal (subscription) - Winston-Salem,NC,USA
For example, the same builder may do energy-efficient building in one market and...
California is GREEN
By Gena Riede, E-Pro Assoc. Broker (Remax Gold)(Gena Riede, E-Pro Assoc. Broker (Remax Gold))
Currently, Lennar is building 650 solar-powered homes in Roseville, CA and working closely with Roseville Electric which offers rebates to homebuilders who offer energy efficiency and solar measures. Give me a call if you would like to ...
NAHB’s Voluntary Model Green Home Building Guidelines
By jose
The voluntary Model Green Home Building Guidelines are designed to move ... In addition, local builders and green building program developers may apply points to the ... Currently, NAHB staff from the Energy and Green Building Dept. are ...
