The Built Green Colorado Home of the Year Awards recognize excellence in the building of sustainable, high performance homes in four price categories. The homes selected excelled in energy efficiency, showcased superior green building practices and included innovative design features. Award winners include Thistle Community Housing, Aspen Homes, Stoner Homes and Cline Design Group.

The Built Green Hall of Fame was created to acknowledge and thank industry leaders who have made significant contributions to the Built Green Colorado program. Inductees include Scott DeShetler, Lee Barker with LR Barker Builders, and Charlie Stevens with Energy Logic.

• Built Green Colorado Builder of the Year goes to Harvard Communities. Harvard Communities is another builder leading the way to near zero energy homes. Building ultra-efficient Built Green homes, educating its trade partners and consumers, and advancing everyone down the road to the next generation of homes is a passion for the Harvard team.

• Built Green Colorado Custom Builder of the Year goes to Mantell-Hecathorn Builders, Inc. Mantell-Hecathorn Builders has two very clear motivations in building Built Green homes: To create change in the southwest Colorado building community and in public awareness of Built Green, and second, to develop and own the unique niche in that market for high performance Built Green and Energy Star luxury homes. Mantell-Hecathorn Builders is clearly succeeding on both counts.

• Built Green Colorado Sponsor of the Year.

This year’s Built Green Colorado Sponsor of the Year is Dow Chemical Company, through the vision and hard work of Karen Durfee. Dow Chemical Company has been a member of Built Green Colorado since 2004 and has consistently demonstrated a strong commitment to offer building solutions that contribute to sustainability and help protect against global warming while providing long-term insulation and weatherization performance.

Congratulations to our 2008 Built Green Award Winners:

2008 Built Green Builder of the Year - Harvard Communities

2008 Built Green Custom Builder of the Year - Mantell- Hecathorn Builders, LLC

2008 Built Green Sponsor of the Year - Dow Chemical

2008 Built Green Home of the Year 2008 $1,000,001 and Over
Cline Design Group
Bella Vista

2008 Built Green Home of the Year $500,001-$1,000,000
Stoner Construction
Buckskin Model Home

2008 Built Green Home of the Year $250,001 - $500,000
Aspen Homes
Juniper Show Home

2008 Built Green Home of the Year $250,000 and Under
Developer: Thistle Community Housing
Builder: Boulder Creek Builders
The Aspen Model

2008 Built Green Hall of Fame Inductees:
Charlie Stevens - Energy Logic
Lee Barker - LR Barker Builders
Scott DeShetler

Join Built Green® Colorado and EEBA in supporting this nationally acclaimed annual conference and expo. Sign-up now to become a conference sponsor and gain exposure to your target audience. If you register early, you will be able to lock in your lowest Expo registration fee and have first pick for a premium booth location.

Sponsorship Information - Kathleen Guidera, kathleen@eeba.org
Program and Session suggestions - Dianne Walsh Astry, dianne@eeba.org (submission deadline - January 15, 2009)
www.eeba.org/conference/ - for detailed information

If you have had changes in staff please email new contact information, including email addresses and any contact deletions, to enews@builtgreen.org.

We don’t really need to talk about how critical the water situation is in Colorado. We live in a high desert climate and are inexorably linked to a good ski season, with anticipation of melting snows filing our reservoirs.

As consumers, we also tend to have short attention spans, approaching giddiness if we don’t have water restrictions for watering lawns so we can mow the grass…and water some more… But that’s another topic: Consumers also have their preferences for such things as luxurious showers, and it could be argued that market pressures for water comforts bypass the intent of water-conserving fixtures.

Builders, of course are major players in this water issue and are face with dire consequences of limited water recourses. For a side trip to Worst Case Scenario-ville, spend a little time in Cambria, California, a unique community even for California, but one that has faced water shortages and established solutions that may be on the horizon for others. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to reduce the flow to our homes and businesses. National standards have trimmed the consumption of indoor water fixtures, but there are still those who make even more efficient use of this precious resource.

To read the entire article by Doug Seiter, click here, or see the November 2008 issue of Home Builder Magazine.

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Contest to reward designs that save resources, costs

(SAN FRANCISCO) - In the third year of the Lifecycle Building Challenge competition, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and partners are inviting the nation’s architects, product developers, educators, environmental leaders, and students to submit innovative designs that minimize waste, reuse materials, and cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Ideas generated by the contest help jumpstart the building industry toward diverting the more than 100 million tons of building-related construction and demolition debris sent each year to landfills in the United States. This free, Web-based competition supports an on-line library of competition entries and green building resources.

The “Lifecycle Building Challenge 3” - co-sponsored by the EPA, American Institute of Architects, West Coast Green, the Collaborative for High Performance Schools, StopWaste.Org, and WasteCap Wisconsin – invites professionals and students nationwide to submit designs and ideas by August 30 that support cost-effective disassembly and anticipate future reuse of building materials.

The challenge, open to built and un-built projects has two main categories:

• Building - an entire building from foundation to roof

• Product - building products or materials

Outstanding entries in each category will be recognized and publicized in national journals and at conferences nationwide. The competition’s partners will also recognize exceptional entries in two other Outstanding Achievement Awards: Best Greenhouse Gas Reduction Design and Best School Design.

“This competition recognizes innovators who are pushing the envelope to protect the environment through green building design,” said Jeff Scott, the EPA’s Waste Division director for the Pacific Southwest region. “Designing buildings using more sustainable materials and preventing waste helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protects our environment.”

Lifecycle building maximizes material recovery to reverse the trend of disposing large quantities of construction and demolition debris in landfills. In the United States, buildings use 60 percent of all materials (excluding food and fuel) and account for 33 percent of the solid waste stream. Building renovation and demolition accounts for 91 percent of the construction and demolition debris generated each year, while new construction accounts for only 9 percent. Between 2000 to 2030, it is expected that 27 percent of existing buildings will be replaced and 50 percent of the total building stock will be constructed.

Deconstruction addresses these issues by planning for a building or building component's eventual reuse. By creating building components that can be easily recovered, materials are kept at their highest value, resulting in reduced energy and resource consumption.

Reusing building components reduces the energy and greenhouse gases emissions associated with extracting, producing and transporting materials.

At the end of the competition, expert judges will determine the best entries in each category and the winners will be recognized in the fall.

For more information or to enter the competition, visit www.lifecyclebuilding.org

Sierra Pacific Windows has supplied environmentally friendly wood window and door products for The New American Home 2009 that will be open for tours next month to attendees at the International Builders' Show in Las Vegas.

The wood Sierra Pacific uses in its products comes from sources certified by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) certified sources. Full compliance with the SFI program demonstrates Sierra Pacific’s commitment to the environment and to the Green Building effort. Sierra Pacific products contributed points to the certification of the New American Home 2009 under the NAHB National Green Build Program.

Sierra Pacific extruded aluminum exteriors are coated with eco-friendly, no-VOC powder coatings that generate zero hazardous waste during the application process and eliminate the additional energy required to operate thermal oxidizers and scrubbers used to lower VOC emissions common to the wet paint process. Powder coating is an EPA-recommended finishing system, contributing to the Green Building Initiative of the U.S. government.

Headquartered in Redding, Calif., Sierra Pacific Windows is also an Energy Star Partner and applies the Energy Star label to all its qualified products.

Among the products featured in The New American Home 2009:

• The Aspen Collection Casement Window - Every venting window in the home is a Sierra Pacific Aspen Collection Casement Window featuring an extraordinary breakthrough in window technology. The locking hardware, normally visible on the side jamb of the window, is hidden. There are no visible lock latches to detract from the architecturally sculpted lines of the Aspen Collection Casement and the wood-veneered screen virtually disappears into the frame of the window.
• 90-Degree Corner Windows - These maximize the view without minimizing performance. The windows were glazed after the frames were installed plumb, level and square in the wall system. With companion Direct Glaze windows creating additional visual impact, the resulting wall of glass is breathtaking.
• Sierra Pacific Hinged French Doors - These provide an eloquent answer to access and ventilation. A multi-point locking system for optimum security and weather resistance is standard. Solid brass forged handles and escutcheon plates are available in a wide variety of styles and finishes to harmonize with any architectural design.
• Sierra Pacific Patio Sliding Doors - These doors create a graceful transition from the indoor to outdoor spaces in The New American Home 2009. The doors optimize the view, while providing the perfect solution for a space-saving opening. Secure and durable, yet beautiful, they feature a multi-point locking system for optimum security and weather-resistance.
• Sliding Pocket Doors Powered by Doors-In-Motion - These amazing doors feature panels manufactured by Sierra Pacific Windows and powered by Doors-In-Motion. Exciting design elements for any home, these doors have panels that slide out of sight into a pocket in the wall to create large openings that transform living space. Add the automation solution from Doors-In-Motion and home owners can enjoy unobstructed views at the touch of a button - the ultimate in remote control living. Visitors to The New American Home should be sure to see the 90 Degree Pocket Door powered by Doors-In-Motion in the Rejuvenation Room. When open, this door transforms the room from an indoor space to a space open to the soothing water features of the surrounding landscape.

For more information, click here, or call 800-824-7744

Builders:
Col Construction. - Vail, CO
Hendricks Fine Homes, LLC - Boulder, CO
Kogan Builders - Durango, CO
Larsen Development - Denver, CO
Middle Cog Building Company - Steamboat Springs, CO
Solomon’s Construction, LLC - Colorado Springs, CO
Westmark Homes, Inc - Ft. Collins, CO

Sponsors:
Emercor - Canada
Icynene - Morrison, CO
Loewen - Louisville, CO
Protecto Wrap Company - Denver, CO

The number of Built Green home registrations for 2008 is 995.

Remember: Built Green home registration submittals are no longer accepted on a quarterly basis. Builders must submit and pay for home registrations at the time they pull each permit or on a monthly basis. The fee per home is $40. Built Green yard signs and brochures are available at an additional cost. Builders - take every opportunity to promote your Built Green status! To order promotional materials, please email enews@builtgreen.org.

Click here to download the Built Green home registration template.

This month’s sales tip features item #165 from the 2008 Built Green Checklist

165. Built in recycling center with two or more bins. 3 pts.

Sales Tip: More than two-thirds of the US public consider themselves environmentalists. Recycling is one of the easiest ways to contribute to a greener community, and this very convenient feature helps homeowners organize recycling in order to be compliant with local recycling programs. This is a visible demonstration of the builder’s commitment to green building, making recycling more convenient.

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