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GREEN BUILDING: MYTHS
It's Not Expensive Being Green Green builders dispel the myth that building better equals a bigger "green" price tag. The myth that green building is only for the super environmentally conscious is dead. Now the myth that green homes are too expensive to build is about to die as well. Read the article.
INNOVATIONS: GREEN MUSEUM	GREEN BUILDING: MYTHS
Museum Exhibit: All Things Green Under One Roof A special exhibit at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. represents a new archetype for “green” building, comprehensively illustrating how builders and home owners can go green without being perceived as peculiarly eccentric or avant-garde. Read the article.	The Case for Going Green Custom builders are learning that green-built means quality, high-performance construction that home buyers can't resist. Read the article.
MAINSTREAM GREEN
Solar Energy for Everyone Read the article.	A Zero Energy Home Read the article.
EMERGING ISSUES: GREEN BUILDING	PROFESSIONAL BUILDER SPECIAL REPORT
EPA Raises the Bar, Lowers Utility Bills Read the article.	Competing Green Read the article.

Steven Winter, FAIA, is the founder of Steven Winter Associates, a building systems consultancy that works closely with project architects, building owners, developers and other industry representatives to apply sustainable, "whole building" strategies in residential, commercial, educational and institutional buildings. Winters spoke at a workshop entitled, "Mainstreaming Green Homes for Healthy Families and Lives" at the "Greening the Heartland" conference in Chicago in June. The following are highlights from his presentation.

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David Hertz, AIA, LEED-AP, is founder and president of Syndesis Inc., a multi-disciplinary architecture, design and manufacturing firm that specializes in creating sustainable strategies and environmental products. Hertz discusses the architect's role in building green with HousingZone.com Editor Felicia Oliver.

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Ross Spiegel is senior specification writer with the Connecticut-based architectural/engineering firm Fletcher-Thompson Inc. Speigel is co-author of the book “Green Building Materials: A Guide to Product Selection and Specification.” He has served on the USGBC’s Board of Directors for four years, and on the LEED Steering Committee for one. Spiegel discusses the complex issues involved in the selection of green building products with HousingZone.

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Karla Martin is marketing director for McStain Neighborhoods, a builder that has asserted a commitment to the building and development of new homes in sustainable partnership with the natural environment since it was founded in 1966. Located in Boulder, Colo., where many residents are already very environmentally conscious and concerned, building green is an easier sell in some ways, but more difficult in others. Martin discusses the particular challenges of marketing and selling green building with HouzingZone.

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The Greening of Main Street
Production builders are making energy and resource efficiency, durability and healthy indoor air business as usual.

Also from PB: Green Building Goes Mainstream

2003 State of Green Building Report | 2001 Report | 2000 Report
Building Design & Construction Magazine's 2003 White Paper on Sustainability

The authors of Green Remodeling offer a room-by-room overview of the stages of the remodeling process and how to apply innovative ideas and technology to improve air quality and save energy and resources.

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The green building movement is moving at an even faster pace than in 2003. Building Design & Construction magazine follows up on the recommendations made in its 2003 White Paper.

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Kim Calomino, the director of Built Green Colorado, discusses the mission and operation of the voluntary, statewide green building program and how it can help home builders deliver more energy-efficient, durable homes while differentiating their products in the marketplace.

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The Southface Energy Institute, an Atlanta-based nonprofit, promotes sustainable building practices and helps manage EarthCraft House, a green building program with guidelines for new homes, renovations and multifamily housing. Mark Newey of Southface talks about EarthCraft House and how it applies to builders and remodelers.

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Karen Childress and Kyle Reinson of WCI talk about Geni G -- certified as Florida's greenest home -- and other green building initiatives at WCI.

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Tom Kelly, of Portland, Ore.,-based Neil Kelly Inc., speaks about his company's work in sustainable remodeling, how the company selects products and its work with The Natural Step.

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Tim Taylor of retailer Environmental Home Center in Seattle outlines his company's criteria for selecting products and explains why the term "green" may not be the best description of what they do.

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David Grubb, owner Berkeley, Calif.-based David Construction, discusses the first remodeler-specific certification program in the nation to teach about green building methods and materials.

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