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First Green Resource Center to Come to West Palm Beach
There is just one more reason to add to the long list of reasons why we love the city of West Palm Beach, Fla. Mayor Frankel recently announced that the city will be the first in the United States to partner with the National Green Energy Council on a Green Resource Center.
The resource center will [...]
Independence Station Uses Ice to Offset Energy Consumption
As Independence Station progresses they form more and more partnerships with green companies that aid them in their quest to become the world’s greenest building. Recently, the green developers announced that they chose CALMAC’s IceBank® Energy Storage System for eco-friendly cooling of Independence Station.
The ice storage technology from CALMAC was chosen to be a part [...]
Green Home Features Galore at Greenhaven
How Green is Green? Pace Homebuilders is proud to present Greenhaven, an eco-friendly Decorators’ Show House in Cobb County. Greenhaven is open to the public Saturday, July 18 – August 9, 2009 for FREE tours. Greenhaven showcases the latest in sustainable interior design, state-of-the-art technology and energy efficiency. Specific green features of the home include:
New [...]
Florida City Builds its First Green Structure
Residents of Winter Haven are a lucky bunch. Not only are they the benefactors to a brand new fire station, but the Winter Haven fire station is also LEED certified.
While firefighters are there protecting the people of Winter Haven, Winter Haven is protecting their environment. Preservationists will be especially happy to heard the new fire [...]
Green Built Model Home Featured at the Greens of Hidden Creek
Highland Homes’ Greens of Hidden Creek community features a Green Certified model home.
Development in Drains is Good for Environment and People
Over the years there has been a lot of talk about the dangers of drain cleaners. Not only harmful to humans, these tough cleaning products can seriously harm the natural environment. One way to eliminate harmful cleaners from the home is to buy natural drain cleaners. These products don’t always have the same cleaning power [...]
Go Green Expo This Weekend
The Atlanta Go Green Expo will be held this weekend.
Join the Worlds Greenest Building on Facebook
Independence Station has launched a Facebook group titled Fans of the World’s Greenest Building. Facebook is one of the most popular social networking sites on the Internet and The World’s Greenest Building’s Facebook group will be a great tool for future residents to connect with the builders and developers, as well as other potential [...]
Brock Built Green House Sold
Midtown lawyer, Kinshasa K. Williams, recently became the proud owner of Brock Built’s Green House. The EarthCraft home had been open to the public for tours since completion in August 2008. When Williams closed on her new eco-friendly home not only did she purchase a new home, but it also resulted in a $225,000 donation [...]
WicksteadWorks Receives EarthCraft’s Renovator of the Year Award
A huge congrats to Frank Wickstead and WicksteadWorks, the 2009 EarthCraft Renovator of the Year.
The award, given by Southface and The Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association, distinguishes an EarthCraft House renovator that has gone above and beyond to reduce energy use in an existing home. The annual awards program honors the leading builders, developers, renovators [...]
