Green Programs

  • LEED for homes

    LEED for Homes is a rating system that promotes the design and construction of high-performance green homes. A green home uses less energy...

  • Energy Star

    Energy Star-qualified homes are at least 15% more energy efficient than homes built to the 2004 International Residential Code and include...

  • Green Globes

    Green Building Initiative’s online assessment and rating system uses a straightforward questionnaire format.

  • NAHB Model Green Home Building Guidelines

    NAHB’s Model Green Home Building Guidelines are designed to be a “tool kit” for mainstream builders to help systematize the green design...

  • National Association of Home Builders

    NAHB is a trade association that helps promote the policies that make housing a national priority. Since 1942, NAHB has been serving its...

  • National Green Building Standard

    The ANSI National Green Building Standard has not been released, but you can follow the progress and view a working draft on this NAHB...

 

Green Resources

  • USGBC

    The 14,600-member U.S. Green Building Council works to advance buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy...

  • Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH)

    The organization’s Guide to Green Building outlines five essential principles of green building practices—resource and waste management;...

  • Energy Star

    A joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Star educates and promotes energy...

  • Built it Green

    Build It Green is a non-profit membership organization whose mission is to promote healthy, energy- and resource-efficient building...

  • Building America

    Research teams, made up of members from all segments of the building industry, use a systems engineering approach to find energy-efficient...