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National Green Building Conference Set for Raleigh in May
An expanded tour of green homes, advanced educational sessions and the National Green Building Awards Dinner will be highlights of the 12th annual NAHB National Green Building Conference in Raleigh, N.C., May 16-18.
Registration opened last month and so far is running slightly ahead of last year’s figures. There were about 1,200 attendees at the conference in Dallas last May.
The annual Tour of Homes, sponsored by Lutron, is being organized by the Green Home Builders of the Triangle, veterans of green home tours in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area.
The tour includes examples of affordable, production and high-end homes, both completed and under construction. Remodeling and multifamily projects are included as well.
The growing interest in green building and requests from long-time conference attendees and more experienced green builders convinced the conference working group, led by Maryland builder Mike Bell, to increase the selection of more advanced, in-depth educational sessions along with the introductory courses and seminars.
Among the new offerings:
- The Economics of Green Homes and Green Home Building. This session will examine real world case studies drawn from both single-family and multifamily new construction and weatherization projects to demonstrate the economics of green homes and identify opportunities to build a better, more salable product; reduce costs; deliver good investment returns and value to the customer; and differentiate green homes from the competition.
- The Latest in Appraising and Lending on Green Buildings. This program will provide an update on FHA, VA and conventional financing as well as the state of green appraising. Also covered will be the so-called “smart commute” and movement within the secondary market to create a true green mortgage.
- Green Renovation & Addition. A start-to-finish case study of an extensive renovation and addition project that turned a 15-year-old, 1,800-square-foot, inefficient home into an award-winning green project will review the decision-making process of the home owners as they worked with an experienced team of green builders.
Lowe’s Commercial Services, the Propane Education & Research Council, Wells Fargo and Whirlpool are serving as corporate sponsors for this year’s event.
The opening keynote is sponsored by GE ecomagination, and Broan-NuTone has signed on as an awards dinner co-sponsor.
NAHB members receive discounted conference registration. Visit the registration page for more details.
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