Green Builders

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Green Goods: Home Rules

The National Association of Home Builders' new National Green Building Standard... More

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Custom Conversation

While consolidation among the nation's largest home-building firms may grab the... More

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Don't Love Green? Sell It Anyway

Last month's NAHB National Green Building Conference served as a powerful reminder... More

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USGBC Discusses Possible Changes to LEED

The U.S. Green Building Council, the organization that creates and manages the LEED system for green construction, is developing LEED 2009/LEED v3, the next version of LEED. According to a May 21 Webinar led by Scott Horst, chair for the LEED Steering Committee, there are three main changes up for consideration: More

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Going for the Green

Competing standards and certifications could raise awareness about eco-friendly home building and the products that go into it. More

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Returns: The Votes Are In

Visitors to www.prosalesonline.com have looked at more than 4,000 articles more than 58,000 times this year, but just 10 articles accounted for more than one-fifth of the total page views. More

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Old, New, and in Review

A recent trio of meetings, all unrelated and occurring by chance, gave me three different perspectives on how the green building movement will affect the products we sell. More

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Help!

The days of cash-and-carry lumberyard success are long past. Today, it's knowing what to build--and, often, installing it yourself--that wins customers. Our two new publications can lend a hand. More

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Running Green: Education

Green standards are burgeoning, your customers are calling, and you're feeling... More

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Role Call

Ask LBM dealers about the green movement, and many will talk about it like they would distant thunder--something that might affect them eventually but doesn't now. When it comes to selling products, that analogy works for most of the country. Demand today for environmentally friendly building materials lies mostly on the coasts and in big cities. More

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