NAHB Is Launching a Green Building Program

[hausdok]

Washington, Oct. 23

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) announced that it will launch the much-anticipated NAHB National Green Building Program Feb. 14 at the 2008 NAHB International Builders’ Show in Orlando. The program launch will be the highlight of a day of green-themed activities at the convention, which last year attracted more than 100,000 building industry professionals.

The national initiative will link dozens of successful state and local green building programs with a universal online certification tool, national registry of green homes and green builders, and a wealth of educational tools and resources for home builders and home buyers. To date, about 100,000 green homes have been built through programs run or supported by local building associations around the country.

“We are bringing green building into the mainstream,â€

[kurt]

I applaud the effort, but I imagine it will turn into everything that is not green, i.e., huge square footage, and lots of gadgetry.

[hausdok]

Hi Kurt,

Well, I'm not interested in going to such a large convention and trying to fight all of those crowds. The underlining is mine; I'm kind of interested in this "green certification" program. Seems to me, if they're going to be certifying folks as knowledgeable about green buildings that the ideal people to have trained and certified about the concept should be home inspectors. I'm looking into it.

OT - OF!!!

M.