Issue Contents

September 2008

Column

Are Your Newly Hired Sales Agents Really Ready to Sell Your Homes?

Prepare your new sales agents to sell your homebuilding company’s homes well.

Green design and construction lead the way to customer delight

Home builders that have embraced green construction will be in the best position to reap the most sales in the new market.

Green Science

The science of green building is building science. Reluctance to learn green techniques is tantamount to reluctance to learn how to build.

Homebuilders, It's Time to Turn Your Business Around

Take a look at how you're managing, and it will help you move your company in the right direction.

Feature

5 Great Green Building Examples

These homes, chosen by Professional Builder magazine editors, showcase simple ways you can build green.

Analysis of results from Professional Builder's 2008 Green Building Survey

We take a look at the results of this year’s survey and examine trends and changes from last year’s survey.

Great Green: Green Builders Lives Up to Its Name

The Alder model proves that green can be affordable.

Great Green: ICFs Seal this Home for Energy Efficiency

This Wisconsin home's construction methods make it a solid example of green.

Great Green: Prefab-ulous Green

Haven Custom Homes takes modular green building a step further.

Great Green: Project Proves Net-Zero is Attainable

This Georgia model is a prides itself on using alternative, green power sources.

Great Green: The Hot Seller in Silicon Valley

High electricity rates make solar the way to go in California.

Number Crunch: September 2008

What can you get for $1? Read on to find out.

Small Sells: Homes on Micro-lots Prove that Size Doesn't Matter

The Cottage Series at Forest Creek features spacious single-family homes on micro-lots - at prices that turn heads.

The High-Performance Home Pitch

Find out how homebuilder sales teams can make the energy-efficient pitch more appealing to potential buyers.

The Sun Shines on Solar

With widespread adoption imminent (according to the experts), now is the time to look towards solar companies to implement a system to get those panels on your roofs.

News

ProBuilder Product Report: Green Products

These new green products from SierraPine, East Teak and more are earth and builder friendly.

ProBuilder Product Report: HVAC

Go ahead and vent with these new HVAC products from Honeywell, Johnson Controls and more.

ProBuilder Product Report: New Products

Brand spankin' new products from Crossvile, DryJoist and more.

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