Archive for October, 2008
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 [...]
