Green Certification
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Green Label Gives Texas Homes a Boost
A study of thousands of single-family houses shows that green certification is worth an average of $25,000 in resale value
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USGBC’s Wood-Certification Kerfuffle
Environmental groups take out a full-page newspaper ad accusing the USGBC of greenwashing
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More Whining About Green Building Programs
Following up on my recent post about LEED and other green programs, it occurs to me that the people responsible for creating and managing most green home certification programs have…
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A City and a County Launch Green Building Incentive Programs
Rebates offered for plan checks, permit fees, and certifications for new green construction and retrofits in Las Vegas; a similar program expands to include residential construction in North Carolina’s Mecklenburg County
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LEED Can Change, Part Three: The Education Program
Here’s where I start to get a bit giddy (I know that’s geeky). When I was teaching high school environmental science, I had my students create and carry out green…