Built Green Colorado ENews

June, 2007
Vol. 2 Issue 6

Built Green® Marketing Materials:

Don’t forget to gear up for the summer sales season: buy your Built Green brochures and yard signs now. Click here to view a sample of the tri-fold brochure. Built Green yard signs are sturdy real estate-size signs that include the Built Green/Built Better logo and our website address. Builders can place the yard signs in the front yard of their Built Green homes or near the entrance of their Built Green Development.

Built Green brochures - $60 per 100
Built Green yard signs - $68.75 (plus $33.00 for shipping, if needed)

To order brochures or yard signs click here.

Change a Light, Change the World – Doug Seiter

Fact: The energy used in the average home can be responsible for more than twice the greenhouse gas emissions of the average car. (Source U.S. EPA)

In October 2006, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) kicked off the “Change a Light, Change the World” campaign to heighten public awareness of the significance of such a simple act as changing a light bulb. One bulb changed in every U.S. household would translate to a savings of 5.6 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity (or $526 million a year)…

To read the full article, please click here. This article can also be found in the May 2007 issue of Home Builder Magazine.

Get Your Tickets for the 2007 Denver HBA Parade of Homes – All Homes are Built Green®

Parade of Homes Tickets On Sale
Tickets for the 2007 Denver Parade of Homes are now on sale. You won't want to miss this year's event which will be held at Southshore, a John Laing/Village Homes community in Aurora. The 2007 Denver Parade of Homes features five extraordinary homes inspired by Southshore's waterside location. The event opens to the public on July 28 and runs through September 3.

Half Price Tickets
Half price tickets are being sold to HBA members in blocks of 25. The deadline for purchasing half price tickets in July 27. Weekday tickets are $5 per ticket/$125 for a block of 25. Weekend tickets are $6 per ticket/$150 for a block of 25.

Industry Night Tickets
Industry Night will be held on Friday, July 20. Don't miss the Denver HBA's best party of the year. Purchase your tickets today! Tickets purchased June 4 - July 6 are $50. Tickets purchased July 7 - July 13 are $60.

Visit www.hbadenver.com/parade to purchase tickets online or call (303) 778-1400.

Official Parade of Homes Website

Welcome to our Newest Built Green Members:

Built Green Builders joining in June were:

Apex Mountain Homes – Frisco, Colorado
Brannen Design and Construction – Ft. Collins, Colorado
Dream Builders Investments – Montrose, Colorado
LM Kersting Contruction Company – Buena Vista, Colorado
Maves Construction, Inc. – Fruita, Colorado
McPherson Constrcution – Mack, Colorado
UBuildit Parker – Parker, Colorado
San Juan Custom Homes – Grand Junction, Colorado
Wow Homes – Colorado Springs, Colorado

Built Green Sponsors joining in June were:

Thermal Advantage – Thorton, Colorado

Built Green currently has 204 builder members and 54 sponsor members.

Homes by the Numbers:

The total number of home registrations for 2007 is 1385.

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.

Recent evidence points to green building as a bright spot in a down market…

Click here to read the article

Western Governor’s Association Energy Efficient Buildings Workshop, July 17-18th in Denver:

All Built Green members are encouraged to take part in the Western Governor’s Association Energy Efficient Buildings Workshop to engage in discussions that can help shape policy, regulation and legislation going forward. The home building industry needs to proactively engage in this dialogue now.

For more information or to register for this event, please click here.

Jump to the Top with June’s Sales Tip:

This month’s sales tip features # 105 from the Built Green Checklist

At least a minimum portion of the hard-wired fixtures are supplied with ENERGY STAR – qualified self-ballasted compact fluorescent screw-based bulbs (CFLs).

Choose only one

10% of all installed fixtures are supplied with bulbs that meet the requirement, 1pt; or
20% of all installed fixtures are supplied with bulbs that meet that requirement, 3 pts Percentage to be based on fixture count; track lights should be counted based on the number of “heads”.

Sales Tip: ENERGY STAR Qualified Compact Fluorescent Bulbs:

Last up to 10 times longer than standard incandescent bulbs
Use 1/3 the energy of ordinary bulbs
Save an average of $30 each or more in energy costs over their lifetime
Provide the same amount of light (lumens) as standard incandescent bulbs, but use fewer watts of energy
Backed by a minimum 2-year manufacturer warranty
Prevent more than 450 pounds of greenhouse has emissions each over their life

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