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Right now the general building industry is seeing a lot of red, not green. With the housing markets in free fall, homeowners finding out that their mortgage debt exceeds the value of their house and with the foreclosure crisis continuing to grow it doesn’t look good. But even with all this bad news there is one bright spot in the building world, green homes. A recent survey by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), new home buyers would spend almost an additional $9,000 on a home with effective energy efficient features. Another consumer study that indicated that 85% of recent home buyers would choose one home over another because of energy efficiency features. The study also reported that buyers are willing to pay an average of $19,000 more for a green home.

Recently the NAHB marked the 10th anniversary of its National Green Building Conference before a record crowd of more than 1,200 attendees. At the meeting some of the pioneering green builders reflected on how they have gone from being “the people no one wanted to sit next to” to being “the most popular guys in the room.”

Given these signs it looks like more builders will be focusing on building “greener” new homes which should help everyone.

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The National Association of Home Builders has a great publication available to the public for free. It is the Model Green Home Building Guidelines. While the primary audience is home builders it is also a valuable read for the average consumer. There is also a checklist available that is kind of the “Cliff Notes” version of the guidelines.

The Guidelines are a good way to get a quick overview of the key areas involved in green building practices. There are 6 main areas that the guidelines cover; Lot Preparation and Design, Resource Efficiency, Energy Efficiency, Water Efficiency / Conservation, Occupancy Comfort and Indoor Environmental Quality, Operation, Maintenance and Education.

In summary, the Guidelines can give you a jump start on understanding the key parts of green design and the associated construction processes. Best of all – it’s free.

NAHB Model Green Home Building Guidelines

A recent survey conducted for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) confirms that a desire for greater energy efficiency drives consumers to buy green.

The survey sample population was asked how important certain items would be in their green building decisions.

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The Partnership for Advancing Housing Technology (PATH) recently listed their top 10 technologies for improving homes and making them more energy efficient.

PATH Top 10

Among the items mentioned there were several that would be quick and easy for the average homeowner to implement . These include high efficiency toilets, compact fluorescent lighting and air sealing. In future posts we will delve deeper in these items and focus more on the time and effort required to implement these upgrades.

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