We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking
if mankind is to survive
.  ~Albert Einstein
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7.20.08 - Now neighborhoods are going all green
  Chicago Tribune - United States
  Builder Robert Thornton is putting up
350 homes in Ocean View, Del., following standards set by the National Association of Home Builder's Green Building ...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-re-green-cohousing-0720jul20,0,3672552.

7.20.08 LEED Seeks to Lead The Way 
Upstate House - NY,USA
  With regard to purchasers of existing homes, there are a
few local green home labeling programs, but not many. So yes, little guidance is available to ...
http://www.upstatehouse.com/article.php?issue=62&dept=101&id=1033        

7.19.08 - A new ‘green’ home coming to Sanibel 
Island Reporter - Sanibel, FL, USA  
“So that’s what they mean by a
green home.” Good said that the client for this home that they are building is very energy-conscious and wanted to ..
http://www.island-reporter.com/breaking_news/articles.asp?articleID=4788

7.19.08 - Greener Than You Think
 | Find a Property - USA
  As for what they wanted from these green homes, 64 per cent
would be wooed by solar panels, 32 per cent were after a timber frame, and an encouraging 42 per .
http://www.findaproperty.com/displaystory.aspx?edid=00&salerent=0&storyid=22295

7.18.08 - Aquentium’s Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) Reduce Energy Use ...
World Stock Wire (press release) - Palm
Springs,
CA, USA
...  today that the company’s structural insulated panels (SIPs) reduce energy use of new structures by at
least 15 percent more than existing standards. ...  
http://www.worldstockwire.com/viewpressrelease/prID/529/

7.18.08 - Green houses in new development
  Houston Chronicle - United States
  Most of the builders operating at
Discovery — among them Imperial Homes, Plantation Homes and Mercedes Homes — offer the same plans that they build ...
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/arts/gray/5893942.html

7.18.08 - State adopts nation's first 'green' building codes
 Bizjournals.com - Charlotte, NC, USA
  Robert Rivinius,
California Building Industry Association president and CEO, said the new statewide standards will help home builders move
green building
...  http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2008/07/14/daily75.html        

7.18.08 - Home Builders Association of Northern California Takes a Leading ... 
Business Wire (press release) - San
Francisco
,CA, USA  
“Building green is good for our environment, good for home builders, good for home buyers and good for
our economy.” The legislation could have far-reaching ...
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080717005798&newsLang=en

7.18.08 - Bad Housing Market? Not for Green Buildings (or Donald Trump)
 Daily Green - USA
  More promising is the fact
that the EPA reports that that green homes are showing resistance to the housing slump. The agency points to a recent
McGraw-Hill ...  
http://www.thedailygreen.com/green-homes/eco-friendly/green-housing-donald-trump-460708

7.17.08 - Eco Friendly "Green" Homes In 9th Ward
 KLFY - Lafayette, LA, USA
  New Orleans lower 9th ward is going green.
Global green USA and the Home Depot have completed the first green home whose solar panels generate enough ...
http://www.klfy.com/Global/story.asp?S=8686761        

7.17.08 - Detroit development to build 20 green, affordable homes  Metromode Media - metro detroit, MI, USA
  The good
news is that twenty 'green' homes are being constructed on Detroit's Near East Side. The better news is that they're affordable.
...
 http://www.metromodemedia.com/devnews/DetroitGreenHomes0076.aspx        

7.17.08 - Green home on the range 
Dallas Morning News - Dallas, TX, US  A
It's a plan that includes land management and
green building techniques to ensure that the owners' home and others planned for the community have a minimal ...
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/greenliving/stories/DN-nhg_woodson_0810liv.ART0.State.Edition1.517638a.
html        

7.17.08 - Green Day Open House at Silverwoods Community, Ocean View Delaware ...
Mass Media Distribution LLC
(press release) - Naples,
FL, USA
  This NAHB program enables builders across the country to construct new homes using
nationally prepared green building guidelines and then obtain third party ...
http://www.mmdnewswire.com/green-day-open-house-at-silverwoods-community-ocean-view-delaware-july-18-2008-3600.html

7.16.08 - Chris Carty Awarded Certified Green Professional (CGP) Designation Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,
WA, USA
...  including strategies for incorporating green-building principles into homes using cost-effective methods of
construction, and how green homes provide ...
 http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2008/7/prweb1106094.htm        

7.16.08 - Building 'green' houses
  Arizona Republic - Phoenix, AZ, USA
  That compares to Austin, a leader in green building,
where about 20 percent of the new homes are green, said Ed Clark, spokesman for Austin Energy, ...
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/2008/07/16/20080716biz-sr-greenbuilding0716.html

7.16.08 - Real Estate Market Expected to Improve with New President
  MarketWatch - USA
  Home buyers are more
willing to sacrifice cultural and recreational amenities (18%) than green features (16%) like solar heating and energy-saving ...
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/real-estate-market-expected-improve/story.aspx?guid=%7BACBE4A26-D712-481B-
B618-9C816F296155%7D&dist=hpp
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7.16.08 - Huntsville's First Green Development Reveals Concerns of Green ...
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale, WA,
USA
(PRWEB)  -- Demand for green homes is slowly growing and becoming mainstream nationally. Based on current research,
there seems to be three ...
 http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/7/prweb1107124.htm
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