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About the Program

The NAHB Green Building Program is your guarantee of an authentically green home that's built the way you want.

 

Residential green building is no longer a trend — it is the future of building.

NAHBGreen offers builders, remodelers, developers, and other home building professionals a variety of services to learn, incorporate, and market green building.

Specific program components include:

  • ICC-700-2008 National Green Building Standard
    This ANSI approved standard defines green building for single and multifamily homes, residential remodeling projects, and site development projects. It allows flexibility for regionally-appropriate best green practices.
  • National Green Building Conference
    This annual conference features exhibits, education sessions, networking opportunities, tours, and the National Green Building Awards. It is the only national conference targeted to green building for the mainstream residential building industry.
  • National Green Building Certification
    The NAHB Research Center accredits third-party verifiers and is the sole certifying body for the National Green Building Program.
  • Certified Green Professional (CGP) Designation
    Classwork leading to the designation provides a solid background in green building methods, as well as the tools to reach consumers, from the organization leading the charge to provide market-driven green building solutions to the home building industry.
  • Green Approved Products
    Find products that the NAHB Research Center has approved as being eligible to contribute points toward certification under the National Green Building Standard™. Such products, when appropriately used, enable builders to earn points toward certification of the building.
  • Green Scoring Tool
    Allows designers to score new homes, renovations, and land developments to the National Green Building Standard or the NAHB Model Green Home Building Guidelines. It is the tool to use for National Green Building Certification

View an introduction to the NAHB's National Green Building Program

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