What are NAHB’s Voluntary Green Building Guidelines?
The NAHB offers both a Green Building Guideline and a National Green Building Standard. NAHB’s voluntary Model Green Home Building Guidelines were designed to be a tool kit for the individual builder looking to engage in green building practices and home builder associations (HBAs) looking to launch their own local green building programs. Since their debut in 2005, the Guidelines have helped move environmentally friendly home building concepts further into the mainstream marketplace. By the end of 2007, there were approximately 60 locally grown green building programs across the country, many of which are run by the local home builders’ association (HBA). Many of the local programs are migrating towards the National Standard. The Guidelines apply to single family construction.
