NAHB Model Green Home Building Guidelines: Online and Interactive

Builders will soon have access to a user-friendly environmental assessment and rating system for residential green building. In partnership with the NAHB, the GBI is developing an interactive, web-based version of the Model Green Home Building Guidelines—which is being launched at next week’s National Green Building Conference in St. Louis.

Similar to the GBI’s Green Globes system for commercial buildings, the new online portal guides home builders through a logical sequence of questions combined with recommendations for integrating important elements of sustainability. Responses trigger tip boxes as well as links to additional information, in order to ensure that users receive the guidance they need to achieve a desired level of sustainability. Once the questionnaire is complete, the system generates a point score as well as a report detailing the home’s level of achievement.