All Entries in the "People" Category
Green Builder Magazine Takes Two National Journalism Awards
Green building and sustainable development continue to be of concern for real estate professionals and consumers. As we consume, we also become aware of how we can sustain, and sorting it all out can be confusing. However, a leader continues to emerge to help us on this crazy “green” journey.
Green Builder magazine, Green Builder Media’s [...]
FloorPlanOnline Offers Unique “Virtual Tour” Tools
The search for the perfect home can be daunting. Potential homebuyers troll the MLS listings looking at properties in the perfect location. They browse the blurry and often poorly shot photos, squinting and tilting their heads at the screen to judge the true size of the living room. Then, after they note the addresses of [...]
Meg Thompson Receives NAR Green Designation
Navigating the world of green building can be intimidating: ENERGY STAR appliances, insulation ratings and materials, double or triple paned windows, low VOC materials… the list goes on and on.
To wind your way through these issues, you need the help of a Green Designated REALTOR®. If you’re in the Atlanta, Georgia area contact Meg Thompson [...]
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. [...]
NAHB National Green Building Program Expands
The state home builder associations of Connecticut, Delaware, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New York and Oklahoma have affiliated with the NAHB National Green Building Program, National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Chairman Sandy Dunn announced this morning.
The new affiliation makes it even easier for home buyers in those states to find green homes and provides [...]
Green Home Builder Speaks Out About Energy-Efficient Mandates
Recently, St. Louis green builder Matt Belcher cautioned Congress on the danger of one-size-fits-all proposals for home construction. Belcher’s argument is that policies that encourage rather than mandate energy savings are the most meaningful at stimulating greater demand for energy-efficient homes.
“The ability of aggressive building code mandates to achieve massive energy and greenhouse gas emissions [...]
WicksteadWorks is an Expert Green Remodeler
WicksteadWorks in an Atlanta remodeling company that was recently named on of the top 20 Atlanta remodelers by the Atlanta Business Chronicle. This particular company focuses heavily on green practices, and every single project done by WicksteadWorks is constructed to EarthCraft standards as a minimum. Frank Wickstead, President of WicksteadWorks, has thoroughly taken it upon [...]
Taking Green Building to New Level
Teresa Boardman brings up several good points about the “green” revolution in her article “Not buying into the ‘green’ movement.” Boardman believes that product manufacturers advertise their products to be better for the environment in order to prey on buyers’ wishes to follow pop culture and become part of this trendy movement. Although these reformed [...]
Chuck Delp Brings Experience to Hewett Custom Builders
Monte Hewett Homes has named Chuck Delp as project manager of Hewett Custom Builders. Delp is an experienced builder and real estate agent who has spent the last 17 years building new homes in metro Atlanta. Throughout those 17 years Delp has earned numerous OBIE awards from the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association. Delp is [...]
