Picking up speed; Green goes mainstream at the 2006 Green Building Conference.(ProWatch) From: Prosales | Date: May 1, 2006| Author: Tomasulo, Katy | COPYRIGHT 2006 Hanley-Wood, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

If you still think green building isn't something you need to be thinking about, consider this: in St. Louis, Belcher Homes is selling lots for some of its green-designed houses before due diligence is even completed; in New Mexico, the governor recently made an executive order that new public buildings in excess of 15,000 square feet achieve a minimum silver-level LEED rating; and in the year since NAHB introduced its Model Green Home Building Guidelines, at least four green buildi...

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