Everything seems to be "going green" these days- from cars, to companies, to coffee. However, sometimes it can be hard to tell what that really means, especially when it comes to your current or future home.
Building green means incorporating environmental considerations and resource efficiency into every step of the home building and land development process to minimize environmental impact. During the design, construction, and operation of a home, energy and water efficiency, lot development, resource efficient building design and materials, indoor environmental quality and homeowner maintenance should all be considered. Although we cannot entirely avoid affecting the environment when a house is built, green building can work toward minimizing that environmental impact. The concept of green building isn't new—our great-grandparents built climate-appropriate homes using locally-available materials. Today's green homes incorporate not only climatic considerations, but are resource and energy efficient, safer for occupants, and often less expensive to maintain.
So have your next Green Building project administered by Cetified Green Professional. Offered by NAHB's University of Housing, the Certified Green Professional designation is another way building professionals can become educated in, and involved with green building. The designation requires 24 hours of NAHB-approved training, and additional continuing education every two years. Upon successful completion, that individual is awarded the CGP designation, recognizing a high degree of professional competence.
Joey Martin, cgp,cga,caps, carries that very designation. Not only using the program in my proffesional firm, but as a Green Building Program certified instructor, Joey Martin travels the country teaching the program to others. Who would you prefer working with on your next green project? A builder that claims to know green building, or a true Certified Green Professional?
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