All Entries in the "Green Certifications" 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 [...]
Atlanta Welcomes First LEED Certified Restaurant Pizza Fusion
Astoria at the Aramore, a luxury mid-rise condo located in the Historic Peachtree Battle area, is the lucky neighbor of Pizza Fusion. Located on the first floor of the Aramore, this is the first LEED certified restaurant in the Atlanta area. Not your typical pizza restaurant, Pizza Fusion is dedicated to being socially, economically and [...]
Independence Station: The World’s Greenest Building
Independence Station is a $15 million mixed-used development under construction in Independence, Oregon. Due to recent changes in LEED certification, the building had to be re-evaluated to see where it would fall on the new rating system (LEED v3.0). Under the previous version of the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED rating system, Independence Station was [...]
Sterling’s Certified Green Professionals
Building an eco-friendly green home can sometimes feel a bit daunting. With the number of green building products, technologies and practices out there today it is easy to get bogged down in the clutter. However potential home builders in Austin no longer need to worry: you have Sterling Custom Homes.
With three Certified Green Professionals [...]
Final Weekend For FREE Tours
Greenhaven is open for FREE tours until August 9th. Don’t miss this opportunity to tour Cobb County’s greenest green house. This custom-built green home was built by Pace Homebuilders and it is open for tours Thursdays – Sundays.
Lots of people have visited the home to find ways to live greener lives. Last weekend was packed. [...]
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:
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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, [...]
