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LEED for Neighborhood Development program to launch this summer!

The U.S. Green Building Council just announced it is expanding the benefits of green building to include its surroundings. LEED for Neighborhood Development, one of the USGBC's newest rating systems, will be rolling out later this summer. Many practitioners and developers are waiting eagerly for this LEED rating system, which is the first to look beyond a single building and incorporate the context of a project.

This will be the first national program for green neighborhood design and construction, the rating system aims to transform the market for larger projects in terms of locations, design and performance.

Click HERE for more information on this new LEED designation.

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02 July 2009

Posted by Katie Throne

It's So Mod to Live In A Pod...Check Out This Green Trend!

Modular homes and GreenPods are becoming more and more popular as an affordable way to build green. A growing cadre of architects and builders who, with varying luck, have turned to factories to build green. The homes range from simple cottages, available for less than $100,000, to high-end showpieces at $1 million or more, according to an article in today's USA Today.

These are not mobile homes, known as "manufactured" housing, but rather "modular" homes built to local codes and set on permanent foundations. They often consist of several customized modules that are placed together at the property.

"It's the future," says David Johnston, Colorado-based author of Green From the Ground Up. In the past year, Johnston has held green-building workshops at factories in several states. Click HERE for more info!

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04 June 2009

Posted by Katie Throne

Neighborhood Map

Neighborhood Map: Athens Houses