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Indy Green Build uses a
version of the National Association of
Home Builders (NAHB) Model Green Home
Guidelines that are climate-specific to
Indiana.
These flexible
guidelines allow a builder to work
with his/her client to choose what green
aspects to incorporate into the home and
to decide what level of green the home
will be certified (bronze, silver,
or gold).
In a continuing effort
to advance the use of environmentally
responsible technologies in residential
construction, the National Association
of Home Builders (NAHB), the
International Code Council (ICC) and the
NAHB Research Center have initiated a
process for the development of an
ANSI-certified standard for green home
building construction practices. The
standard will encompass both
single-family and multi-family
construction and remodeling. It will be
finished
and released in
2008.
Once
released, the standard will be based on
the NAHB Model Green Home Guidelines,
which have been in use since 2005 and
have been integrated
or referenced in over 39 local home
builders associations “green” programs.
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The Green Building
Guidelines are a point system that
addresses seven main principles of green
building:
*Lot
Design, Preparation, & Development
*Resource
Efficiency
*Energy
Efficiency
*Water
Efficiency
*Indoor
Air Quality
*Operation,
Maintenance, & Homeowner
Education
*Global
Impact/ Innovation
Click here
for more the complete NAHB Green Home
Guidelines.
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