All Entries in the "Green Awards" Category
A New First In Green Building
The Jones Company has something to brag about. This builder already has a portfolio of single-family homes that have received certification under the National Green Building Standard. Their hard work and green karma paid off Monday when they were awarded a bronze medal certification for the Park Run Community at McKay’s Mill in Franklin, Tennesee.
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WicksteadWorks Named EarthCraft’s Renovator of the Year
The Renovator of the Year award recognizes an EarthCraft renovator who goes above and beyond established measures to decrease energy consumption in an existing home. Wickstead Works was awarded this prestigious honor for the second year by the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association (GAHBA) and EarthCraft at the annual Builders Breakfast Awards Ceremony earlier this [...]
Enter the National Green Building Awards Today!
Each year the National Association of Home Builders holds the National Green Building Awards to honor builders and developers who excel in green residential design, construction practices and outstanding green advocacy efforts through the National Green Building Awards.
If this sounds like you then make sure to get together all the necessary paperwork and forms and [...]
Building Green means Building Beautiful
Heron Bay Golf & Country Club in Henry County is a community well known for both their beautiful homes and breathtaking views, but one of the lessor known qualities of this beautiful master-planned community is their dedication preservation.
Developed by Minerva Properties, this Atlanta golf community was named the 2005 Community of the Year by the [...]
FREE Eco-friendly Home Tours of Greenhaven
Atlanta’s first Eco-Decorators’ Show House, Greenhaven is now open for FREE tours through August 9th. Located in Chelsea Landing – the first eco-friendly neighborhood community in East Cobb – the home was built by Pace Homebuilders.
Greenhaven will carry the US Green Building Council’s LEED for Homes (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), Earthcraft House, [...]
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 [...]
Post Properties Earns National Sustainability Recognition
Atlanta-based multifamily developer and operator Post Properties was recently awarded a Multi-Housing News Green Services award for its company-wide recycling efforts. Post’s recycling centers collect 840 tons of newspaper, glass and aluminum annually.
Recycling is just one program under the direction of Post’s newly established green team. EcoActive will support Post’s vision to educate [...]
Nominations Being Accepted for National Green Building Awards
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) will honor excellence in green residential design and construction practices and outstanding green advocacy efforts with the 2009 NAHB National Green Building Awards.
Awards will be given in the following categories: Advocate of the Year (Builder, Remodeler, Individual, Group); Project of the Year (Single Family, Remodel, Multifamily); Development of [...]
Haven Properties Receives ENERGY STAR Excellence Award
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named the Atlanta-based new home builder, Haven Properties, as a 2008 Excellence in ENERGY STAR Promotion Award winner for outstanding contributions to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. An ENERGY STAR Partner and award winner for three consecutive years, Haven Properties’ efforts include building all homes to meet or exceed [...]
Call for Entries
If you are a manufacturer or provider of an environmentally conscious product or service, or you represent one, then you should submit an entry for the First Annual Green Initiative Awards, presented by Multi-Housing News. Finally, companies are being recognized for their environmentally friendly efforts, and will be given awards in Atlanta on October 2 [...]
