ECOHOME checks in with Philip Beere, three-time winner of the NAHB Green Remodel Advocate of the Year Award, for an update on his G Street development company, the power of energy labeling, and what’s on the horizon.
Several builders, remodelers and home building professionals were honored recently as winners of the NAHB’s National Green Building Awards.
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WinnDevelopment and Castle Square Tenant Organization receive LEED-Platinum certification for Castle Square Apartments after doing the largest deep-energy retrofit of an affordable housing community in the nation.
This remodeling project proves that an existing home can be modestly modernized to meet new design ideals and performance requirements.
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Energy-upgrade assistance program estimated to save low-income households $161 million per year.
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Pilot scoring tool ranks a house’s energy performance on a scale from 1 to 10, provides customized upgrade recommendations.
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Firm reaches out to veterans, contractors, remodelers, and building inspectors interested in becoming home energy-efficiency inspectors.
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Money-saving projects are keys to selling customers on green remodeling in a down economy.
Efforts will transform 34 abandoned properties into energy-efficient, healthy housing in 2010.
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NAHB Green Building Conference Coverage: A guide to greening existing housing stock.