Green Building in Houston TX
If you are thinking about buying or building a GREEN Home in Houston, Texas I recommend viewing the guidelines fron the Greater Houston Builders Association and Green Building Initiative (TM). These guildelines are very thorough and take you step by step for what is needed to have a home considered to be GREEN.
Below I will have a link for the Booklet of Guidelines. For now, here are some of the areas that are focused on:
- Site Development
- Materials
- Energy
- Health
- Water
- Operations and Homeowner Education
I will be posting on each of these subjects in detail along with a post on Local Vendors that can help answer questions. Each of the above bullets contain a list of Minimum Requirements to be considered GREEN. It is important to have a professional to help guide you through this process and make sure that you are getting:
- The benefits and end result that you desire
- The proper installation of materials
- Accurate description of all items going in to the home
Green Homes work as a system. Sort of like owning a car..if the Transmission goes out the system is broken. Make sure you do your research. If there are any questions that I can help you with, please feel free to call or email. I can also provide you with a list of Local Vendors/Builders that have experience for each aspect.
Green Building Initiative (TM) Guidelines <<-----Link for the Guidelines
There is so much to learn about building green - we are starting to see a little of this in our area. You are so far ahead of us, I will be watching this blog for information for myself and my clients.
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Great information about Green building in Houston!
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Stephanie - this is a great resource for planning to build green. Our National Association of Remodelers (NARI)of Tampa Bay is holding educational trainging on this in the coming months - everyone needs to get educated about this. Thanks again for being a real Green resource.
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Stephanie,
I'm so excited that you are doing this! Great idea!
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Stephanie, I am so glad you are doing this for not only the builders in Houston, TX, but for builders every where.
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Stephanie,
I enjoy learning about Green building from you - Houston seems to be ahead of my local market so it is great to learn for the future.
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The most important statement above that people need to pay attention to is :"Green Homes work as a system" People need to understand that green is not buying one or two items at the store.
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Stephanie
More and more buyers are asking for this info!!
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Hi Cyndee,
I think I hear another EcoBroker in the making.
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