ORLANDO, FL--The new National Green Building Standard will maintain the flexibility of green building practices while providing a common national benchmark for builders, remodelers and developers - another big step for the green building movement, said panelists at a news conference at the International Builder's Show.
The first and only true consensus-based standard for residential green building is in its final comment period and almost ready for prime time, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).
The National Green Building Standard is expected to be approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and published by NAHB and the International Code Council (ICC) early this spring, a panel of builders and those involved in the standards process told reporters. The ANSI process
ensures that the best technical reviews were used to create the standard.
On Thursday, February 14th, NAHB members celebrated Green Day at the Show, which attracted
more than 100,000 members of the home building industry in 2007. Green Day activities include the launch of NAHB's new green building initiatives, 200 green product exhibitors, and a full day's worth of green educational seminars, including a keynote address by noted architect and green building
champion William McDonough.
The National Green Building Standard is based on the three-year-old NAHB Model Green Home Building Guidelines, but enhanced to include residential remodeling, multifamily building, and lot and site development--also the first of their kinds in the country. It also reflects advancements in
requirements in the International Residential Code and other changes that serve as indications of the dynamic nature of green building.
Like the Guidelines that they are based on, the standard requires builders to include features in seven categories: energy, water and resource efficiency; lot and site development; indoor environmental quality and homeowner education. It also adds the higher Emerald Level to the Bronze,
Silver and Gold certification levels for the Guidelines.
National Association of Homebuilders
www.nahb.org
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