All Entries in the "LEED" Category
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Move Over Canada, the United States is Taking Back the LEED
Dockside Green is the current world record leader in the LEED sustainability rating. The master-planned development is in Victoria, British Colombia and received an unprecedented rating of 63 points out of a possible 70. While this is a tremendous feat, Aldeia, LLC decided it was time an American structure took the world record from this [...]
Atlanta Takes the Lead in LEED Development
Did you know that on the national map, Atlanta is regarded as one of the most “organically-green” regions?
That means that “green” is driven by market demand and not government mandates. We dive deeply into this issue in our new book due out later this month: “Green Matters: The Residential Builders, Visionaries, Communities & Lifestyles Shaping [...]
A Look at EcoManor, the First LEED-Certified Home in the Southeast
We are lucky enough to have the opportunity to share with you a brief excerpt from the book “Green Matters: The Residential Builders, Visionaries, Communities & Lifestyles Shaping Atlanta’s Landscape.” In this particular column, Michael Eastman and Jill Westfall interviewed Laura Turner Seydel (who is pictured in the top left photo on the book cover), [...]
New Condos and Apartments are Going Green
More of the nation’s apartments and condos are going green as multifamily builders and developers respond to growing consumer interest in sustainable building practices, according to a recent survey by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). While a majority of the survey respondents – 74 percent – said that buyers and renters are willing [...]
Record Sales for LEED Certified Development
Snowmass Village, Colorado may be covered in snow much of the year but is experiencing hot sales at two environment-friendly communities. The Little Nell Residences and The Viceroy Resorts and Residences are currently 65 and 50 percent occupied, respectively, and all of this happened in only a few months time as sales began in mid-December. [...]
Going Green in Panama City
The Green Building Trend has swept the nation and now Panama City, Fl., known very well for hosting outrageous spring break parties, has unveiled its first zero-energy, LEED Platinum certified home. Receiving a Platinum score from the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED for Homes rating system is no easy feat, and this single-family home is [...]
