Archive for April, 2008
NAHB Encourages Congress to Promote Energy Efficient Building
The National Association of Home Builders is trying to help increase the amount of green building in the nation by taking it to our lawmakers. They recently approached Congress with an idea on how to promote residential energy efficiency and sustainability technology by extending tax incentives for new energy-efficient homes. Currently builders who construct a [...]
Design Your Dream Home with Hewett Custom Builders
Now you can have your dream home, built to the standards of EarthCraft and ENERGY Star, in the location of your choice. Monte Hewett has formed a new organization, Hewett Custom Builders, in order to reach out to customers who want a Monte Hewett Home, but don’t want to move from their location or maybe [...]
It’s Earth Day!!
Happy Earth Day! I’d like to take a moment and share with you a few tips that will greatly benefit the environment, but also benefit you in terms of your utility bills. These are three steps that don’t require a lot of time or energy on your part.
For starters, change your light bulbs. They make [...]
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. [...]
Kroger Goes Green
Most native Atlantans are familiar with the “Disco Kroger” in Midtown, which received its nickname back in the 70’s due to its prime location next to one of the hottest discotheques in town. While it has proudly carried this name for decades, even though the happening club that dubbed it the “Disco Kroger” has long been [...]
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 [...]
Earth Day Celebration at eon at Lindbergh
Mark Your Calendars! eon at Lindbergh, located in South Buckhead, is hosting an Earth Day Celebration at the Sales Gallery located at 520 Main Street in the new Lindbergh City Center off Piedmont Road. The event, which will be held Tuesday, April 22, will be a fun-filled day complete with food, prizes, and lots of [...]
New American Home Celebrates 25 Years
This year at the International Builder’s Show the New American Home – a “real world” laboratory demonstrating new concepts, materials, designs and construction techniques – was all Green in honor of its 25th anniversary. Attendees of this year’s IBS were treated to a tour of the new home located in the prestigious 11-lot golf and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
