Green Projects

Perfect (Green) Match

Green builders, have we got a match for you. VerdeEnergy.com — a free online Web site — has been matching pre-screened green professionals called Verde Pros with customers who provide their project information through an online survey. Users

Management

High-Performance Education

With energy prices on the rise, buyers are increasingly attracted to the notion of high-performance homes. Find out what you need to know in order to connect to your customers' deep desire for energy efficiency.

Green Projects

Green Products

Here's a run-down of Green Products that are energy efficient or environmentally friendly.

Green Projects

Slow and Steady

NAHB survey indicates total green housing market share will rise to as much as 10 percent by 2010

Management

It's Not Expensive Being Green

Builders of moderately priced homes can give buyers environmentally sound features for about the same price.

Management

Modular and Green

How a North Carolina modular builder found his niche.

Management

Solar Energy for Everyone

Many builders assume they need a hot, sunny state to even consider installing a photovoltaic (PV) system. While there is a benefit to being in these areas, homes in colder climates may be equally good — or even better — candidates.

Management

Competing Green

Building environmentally sound, sustainable homes was once perceived as a quaint but impractical idea for builders in terms of time and money needed to implement on a large scale. Besides, most homebuyers weren't expressing interest in the concept, s

Financing

Fannie Mae/NAHB Launch Effort to Develop New Mortgage Financing Products

Fannie Mae and NAHB are demonstrating their continued support of green building through a new partnership that will test and develop a menu of mortgage financing products based on environmentally efficient criteria

Home Builders Institute's Schools to Skills Grant Application Open Through December

As Mortgage Rates Rise, Buyers Lose Purchasing Power

Renters Are Choosing Single-Family Homes for These Features