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  • Pulte: Time to Toot Our Horn?

    Pulte says it's pleased to be recognized as tops in green home performance by the recent Calvert report, but wonders whether it needs to be more vocal about its green building efforts.

     
  • Weyerhaeuser Paring Down to Core Business

    Listening to its new CEO Daniel S. Fulton during an earnings call last week: “We see our tree land as core.” So it should be no surprise that the company is talking about going back to its roots.

     
  • KB Home Tops in Green Building

    Investment management group evaluates 13 public builders on sustainability efforts.

     
  • Beazer Launches New Building Program

    Under the new eSmart program, every Beazer new-home start will include a handful of environmentally conscious home products as standard items.

     
  • More Than 70 Organizations Honored by Energy Star

    Housing industry companies praised for reducing greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency.

     
  • Nevada's First Solar Community Launched

    Concordia Homes hopes to leverage sunshine in an otherwise cloudy Las Vegas real estate market.

     
  • Green By Design, Not Gadgets

    A conservation-first approach to home building is just plain common sense, says one green guru

     
  • The Problem With Waste Reduction

    Founder of cradle-to-cradle movement challenges some widely held green beliefs and forecasts a post-industrial revolution

     
  • Web Tools Support Green Project Planning

    Green Building Initiative puts helpful planning resources at builders' fingertips

     
  • NAHB Lays Out Details for Green Building Program

    Association is seeking ANSI approval for standards and begins process of training 'verifiers'

     
  • Life in the Mainstream GreenHome

    The owner of the country's first house to be built under the NAHB's model green building guidelines loves the energy savings -- and instant hot water for baths.

     
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    Call for Entries

    The Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction in Switzerland is soliciting entries through Feb. 29, 2008, for the annual Holcim Awards, a global program with a $2 million purse.

     
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    Green Day

    In recognition of the phenomenal growth of green building, the NAHB will celebrate Green Day on Thursday, Feb. 14, at the International Builders' Show in Orlando, Fla. On Green Day, the association will officially launch the NAHB National Green Building Program and will unveil the new Certified Gree...

     
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    Accentuate the Positive

    Sandy Dunn of West Virginia brings a legacy of political involvement and a “can do” mindset to the NAHB’s presidency.

     
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    Gateway to Green

    One knock on sustainable housing is thatit’s pricey. Green is good, some say, but only for those who can afford it. Not at EcoUrban Homes, a St. Louis start-up that’s bringing green to the masses with LEED Platinum–rated prefabricated homes for urban infill sites throughout the city—and maybe other ...

     
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    A New Mold Standard

    A risk management expert works with PATH to employ new protocols for preventing and mitigating mold in new homes.

     
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    Air Apparent

    The GreenT line of hardwood plywood panels from Springfield, Ore.-based Timber Products Co. (www.greentproducts.com) is now available with resins containing no added urea formaldehyde, thus reducing emissions that can degrade indoor air quality. The proprietary process also helps the panel line meet...

     
  • Green Notes

    Now here's a new use for grayfields: The Dutch engineering firm Ooms Avenhorn BV has developed a thermal loop system that siphons solar energy from asphalt and uses it to heat homes and office buildings. The company's patented Road Energy System consists of an underground framework of flexible pipes...

     
  • Harness the Sun

    News Flash: The sun is hot. there's renewed and widespread attention being paid to it as a legitimate home energy source—and this time that interest might stick. A perfect storm of factors has come together to keep solar solutions on the front burner, including record crude oil prices, federal tax a...