May, 2007
Vol. 2    Issue 5
 
 
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Revised Built Green® Checklist Removes Rescheck™
 
The use of REScheck™ as a means to demonstrate the energy requirement of 15% above IECC 2006was removed from the Built Green® Checklist in February because of its limitations as a performance-based tool. Builders will now show compliance with the Built Green energy requirement entirely through from plans ratings coupled with the 5 percent verification requirement. Points will be given for performing more than the required 5 percent ratings, encouraging builders to performance-test more of their homes. To stay on top of the latest practices in building performance. Refer to the Guide to the Built Green® Checklist, the Built Green Rating Protocol and the U.S. Department of Energy Building America “Best Practices” manual for valuable assistance in getting to your efficiency goals.

This article can also be found in the April 2007 issue of Home Builder Magazine. To read the full article regarding Rescheck, please click the link below.

Code Compliance with Rescheck
 
Built Green 2007 Marketing Campaign Launched!
 
Built Green® and the Built Green Industry Leaders are pleased to announce the launch of the 2007 marketing campaign. The 2007 marketing campaign will feature a TV flight which will run the award winning Built Green commercials on KCNC Denver channel 4, (to view the commercials, click here), the soon to be launched Built Green Sales and Marketing Training, sponsorship of many statewide Parades of Homes and retaining the PR firm Cohn Marketing. This marketing campaign has been provided to all Built Green members courtesy of the Built Green Industry Leaders, whose logos you see every month down the right hand side of this newsletter. If you do business with one of the Industry Leaders, be sure to thank them for their support. If you don’t currently do business with an Industry Leader, please consider doing so. Without their support in funding and in corporate leadership, Built Green awareness among homebuyers would not stand at 46% and growing.
 
Welcome to our newest Built Green members
 
Built Green members joining in May were:
  • Baker Street Properties – Park City, UT
  • Brookstone Builders – Metro Denver
  • Eagle Family Homes – Buena Vista
  • Fenton Construction – Carbondale
  • Greg Hess Construction – Dillon
  • Mariposa Custom Design – Pueblo
  • Pinnacle Mountain Homes – Breckenridge

Built Green currently has 195 builder members and 54 sponsor members.
 
Homes by the numbers
 
The total number of home registrations so far in 2007 is 1268.

Builders: Remember that home registrations are due at time of permit. Submitting home registrations at the same time you submit permits will keep your paperwork on track. If you are permitting in volume you may register homes in bulk each month, but quarterly submittals are no longer allowed.
 
Relax and Enjoy the Summer Outside, Install a Recycled Composite Deck
 
The average consumer is thinking and acting greener these days, and many homeowners have already discovered the benefit and satisfaction of having an outdoor room made with recycled content decking material. Composite decking and railing, pioneered in the early 90s, has found success with outdoor lovers who don’t want to worry about their deck rotting or warping. Trex decking for example, actually uses those recycled plastic grocery bags shoppers return to the supermarket bin as well as reclaimed wood; it’s a durable, environmentally conscious mix is approximately a 50/50 ratio (50% recycled grocery bags and 50% reclaimed woods). The goal is to bring out the best qualities of both materials. With the many different design capabilities, colors and special wood grain textures, these products are now found in many of today’s finest homes.

Trex is a 2007 Built Green Industry Leader. To find out more information about recycled composite decking, and the various options available, please visit: www.trex.com.
 
CRES – Colorado Renewable Energy Society Conference June 8th-10th
 
Colorado Renewable Energy Society (A chapter of the American Solar Energy Society) hosts the 10th Annual Colorado Renewable Energy Conference: Leading by Example. Steamboat Springs, Colorado Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel June 8th-10th, 2007 Click the link below for more information or to register for this event:

www.cres-energy.org/events/about_crec.html
 
Hose your competition this summer with May’s sales tip
 
This month’s sales tip features # 175 from the Built Green Checklist

Efficient irrigation system, must include ALL of the following:

  1. Installed irrigation system is designed for the efficient distribution of water, based on hydrozones
  2. Turf and bedding areas are zoned separately
  3. Shrubs such as drip irrigation with non-spray irrigation systems such as drip irrigation and subsurface irrigation

Sales Tip: A properly designed drip irrigation system is a water efficient method for watering trees, shrubs and perennials. Since Trees and shrubs have different water needs than turf, it makes sense that an irrigation system be tailored to these individual needs for the prolonged health of a landscape and the most efficient use of water.
 
Are you a builder who incorporates energy value into every facet of the homes you build?
 
We encourage you to apply for the 2008 Energy Value Housing Award, the nation's premier recognition for energy efficiency in home building. Help show Colorado’s leadership along with your own. Download the 2008 application at: www.nahbrc.org/evha.
 
Read the latest Newsweek article: “Save the Planet or Else”
 
Click the link below to read the article:

www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17988870/site/newsweek
 
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