NBN Online for the week of March 20, 2006

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In This Issue:

Front Page
Green Building Barrels Into the Mainstream Market
NAHB Resources Available After Disasters in West, Midwest
Employees Wanted: NAHB Launches Online Career Center
Reader Survey: Tell Us What's Important to You
Coast to Coast
Real Estate Rates Could Hit 7% by Summer
Politics & Government
NAHB Pushes in Senate for Association Health Plans
NAHB Fights for Property Owners in Flood Insurance Bill
NAHB Members to Carry Concerns to Lawmakers on May 10
Economics & Finance
Housing Production Cools in February
Builder Confidence in Market Inches Down in March
2005 Permits Look Good in Atlanta, Phoenix and Houston
NAFTA Panel Finds No Grounds for Lumber Tariffs
Tips
Builder's Tip: A Jig for Router-Made Moldings
Business Management
Production Builders: NAHB Has a Web Resource Page for You
Marketing Automation — Selling More Without Spending More
50Plus Housing
Baby Boomers Ready to Rejuvenate 50+ Housing Market
Learn How to Market and Sell to the 50+ Home Buyer
Multifamily
Attend Upcoming Multifamily Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Remodelers
Directories Provide Remodeler Listings for Consumers
Design
Enter the Best in American Living Awards Competition
Education
Designations Should Be the 'Norm' for Our Industry
Education Calendar
Green Building
Twelve NAHB Green Building Award Winners Announced
Environment
Roadside Ditch Regulation Sparks Builder Lawsuit
Katrina Recovery
Large Numbers in Gulf Coast Not Paying Mortgages
Codes and Standards
Builders Invited to Accessibility Workshops
Deadline Nears for Code Change Proposals
Workforce housing
Development in Irvine a Neighborhood With ‘HEART’
Labor
Florida Job Corps Students Earning College Credit
Building Products
Insulation Protects Unvented Attics From Hurricane Rains
Builder's Engineer
This Column Is in the Toilet
TV
NAHB-Produced Programs on HGTV & DIY This Week
Endowment
KB Home Spreads TLC Throughout San Antonio
Endowment to Fund ‘State of the Nation’s Housing’ Report
Association News
NAHB Spring Board Meeting May 9-13
Florida Middle Schoolers Building Homes of Their Own
Spokesperson Training Still Available for 2006 Spring Board
Associate Member BUILD-PAC Drive Launched
GM $500 Exclusive Offer for NAHB Members
Calendar of Events
NAHB Career Center

Twelve NAHB Green Building Award Winners Announced

Green building pioneer Ron Jones of Santa Fe, N.M. was named Builder Advocate of the Year at the 2006 National Green Building Awards Gala on Sunday, March 12 during NAHB’s 8th Annual National Green Building Conference in Albuquerque, N.M.

“Ron served as charter chairman of the NAHB Green Building Subcommittee and has worked tirelessly ever since to help bring green building into the mainstream,” said NAHB Green Building Subcommittee Chairman Ray Tonjes, a custom home builder in Austin, Texas.

Other awards announced last week included:


“As consumers show greater interest in homes that employ energy efficiency, resource conservation and sustainable building, these experts help expand green building from a niche market by giving prominence to housing affordability,” Tonjes said. “What our winners bring to traditional construction is a better knowledge of green building science so that all home builders and home buyers can benefit.”

For more information, e-mail Calli Schmidt at NAHB, or call her at 800-358-5242 x8132.


 

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