LITCHFIELD COUNTY BOARD OF REALTORS, INC

GREEN COMMITTEE

Web Sites of Interest

All Green Magazine  AllGreen Magazine and AllGreen.com offers sources of “sustainable” news, information and feature stories and green tips.

Building Green provides product listings, articles, and case studies about green building at no charge to the public.

Building CT Green This site hopes to give visitors a sense of what’s possible when being and building green.

Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency  This site lists information regarding Connecticut incentives for renewables and efficiency, such as, property and sales tax exemptions, state grant program, etc.

ECOBROKER  Real estate agents and the public may use the website to conveniently find expert information, property listings, real estate agents, and other proven product and service providers.  This site also provides information regarding how a real estate agent may obtain an ECOBROKER designation.

Energy Star This site is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy that contains information regarding energy efficient products and practices.

The US Green Building Council sponsors the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™, a nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings.

National Association of Home Builders National Green Building Program  celebrates the launch of the NAHB National Green Building Program, the Certified Green Professional educational designation, a look at the 10th annual NAHB National Green Building Conference coming in May and a host of green products, services and other initiatives at this year’s International Builders' Show® in Orlando, Fla. 

National Association of Home Builders Green Homebuilding Guidelines are the result of research conducted with over 60 members of the building industry in an attempt “to move environmentally-friendly home building concepts further into the mainstream marketplace.”

World Green Building Council The WGBC is a union of national councils whose mission is to accelerate the transformation of the global property industry towards sustainability.

National Association of REALTORS® Washington DC Headquarters This site describes the planning and construction of the first new building in Washington DC to earn a LEED certification (see US Green Building Council link above). A link at the end of the article brings viewers to a detailed chronology of the building’s construction, complete with numerous photographs.

United States EPA Green Buildings Web Site Anything and everything one needs to know about green building. Loaded with links to other green sites.

10^th Annual Green Building Expo offered a cornucopia of green building concepts and practices to more than 10,000 interested professionals and the general public.

Green Homes & Green Mortgages  This webpage on the National Association of REALTORS features a field guide for Green Homes & Green Mortgages.

Energy Efficient Mortgage Home Owner Guide - This site contains information regarding Energy Efficient Mortgages.

HUD Information on Energy Efficient Mortgages - This site contains information regarding Energy Efficient Mortgages.

NEHERS Lender Information - This site contains contains a link to A Lender's Guide to Energy Efficient Mortgages and a link to Lending for Energy Star Qualified New Homes.

Spherical Designer Engineers Green Mortgages - This site contains information regarding green mortgages.

Residential Energy Services Network - This site contains information regarding green mortgages and various mortgage programs.

Sustainable Businesses - This website contains information regarding financing energy efficiency through green mortgages.

How to Cultivate a Green Mortgage - Read this article on MSNBC.com regarding how to cultivate a green mortgage.

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