Sustainable Home Building

Sustainable design is the buzzword today along withissued.Homeowners can expect sustainable homes to
green building. There is a difference between thebe at the minimum more energy efficient and offer
two. While green building means resource efficientoccupants better air quality. Home building product
and environmentally conscious, sustainable design ismanufactures are making many more low impact, but
based on three areas; energy conservation, indoor airhigh performance products. To learn more about
quality, and resource conservation. Viewed assustainable home building contact National Association
new-age in construction circles, sustainable designof Home Builders and the Sustainable Buildings
looks at homes holistically, and not just a bunch ofIndustry Council.Mark Nash is the author of
unrelated systems thrown together. Natural forms of"Fundamentals of Marketing for the Real Estate
energy, such as wind, solar, and geo-thermal ifProfessional", "Starting & Succeeding in Real Estate",
available on-site are maximized.A new rating system"Reaching Out: The Financial Power of Niche
for sustainable building has been rolled out. LEED orMarketing", and "1001 Tips for Buying and Selling a
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design forHome". Mark is a contributing writer for: Realtor (R)
Homes was begun in mid-2005 by the U.S. GreenMagazine Online, Broker Agent News, Real Estate
Building Council on a trial basis in 12 locations acrossExecutive Magazine, Principal Broker, and Realty
the country. It is a rating system like Energy StarTimes. His tried and true real estate tips has been
Homes program sponsored by the U.S. Departmentfeatured on Business Week, CBS The Early Show,
of Energy. When the pilot program is completed inCNN, HGTVpro.com, The New York Times, and USA
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