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Appraisers Learning How to Valuate Green Homes
In a move that will eventually help home builders demonstrate the true worth of energy-, water- and resource-efficient homes compared to traditionally built homes, a new course that will offered in December by the Appraisal Institute is geared to instructing appraisers how to recognize and valuate residential green building features.
NAHB’s Green Building Subcommittee and staff have been providing technical assistance to the institute in designing the content of the class, which includes information about the popular NAHB National Green Building Program and the National Green Building Certification administered by the NAHB Research Center.
NAHB has long worked for a coordinated effort among the real estate, mortgage and appraisal industries to more accurately and consistently valuate green homes, noted Green Building Subcommittee Chairman Ray Tonjes, a home builder in Austin, Texas.
“This is huge,” Tonjes said. “The appraisers were looking for accurate information about green building and we were able to provide it for them — as well as begin to demonstrate the efficacy of NAHBGreen certification as an authentic, cost-effective measure of sustainable construction.”
The course will discuss the growing market acceptance of green building, review green products and materials and help appraisers recognize how green building techniques can affect the applications of the cost, sales comparison and income capitalization approaches to the appraisal process.
Registration and class location information is available in the education section of the Appraisal Institute’s Web site.
For more information, e-mail Calli Schmidt at NAHB, or call her at 800-368-5242 x8132.
 The Future of Residential Construction Is Green
The Certified Green Professional (CGP) designation teaches builders, remodelers and other industry professionals techniques for incorporating green building principles into homes using cost-effective and affordable options.
Earning the CGP demonstrates to clients and peers your commitment to the best and latest in green building practices and techniques. More than 1,000 people have earned the CGPdesignation to date.
For more information, visit www.nahb.org/CGPinfo.
 Attend the National Green Building Conference in Dallas
Attend the 2009 National Green Building Conference in Dallas on May 10-13 to learn more about the critical paths to green building, and to participate in interactive sessions and be part of the driving force for the green building and remodeling markets.
For more information and to sign up to be notified when registration opens, visit www.nahb.org/GreenBuildingConference.
 Learn How to Maintain Positive Customer Relationships With ‘Beyond Warranty’
“Beyond Warranty: Building Your Referral Business” by Carol Smith, available at BuilderBooks.com, provides practical tips and tools for builders and their sales and warranty staffs to understand and plan for the customer service that follows the sale of a house, especially warranty service.
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