Builders

Green Home Co-Branding

If you live or build in the state of Wisconsin you may be aware of Wisconsin’s regional green building program, Wisconsin Green Built Home™ (GBH). You may not, however, be aware that there is now a national green building standard that ‘trumps’ Wisconsin’s regional program. The National Association of Homebuilders' National Green Building Standard is approved by both the International Code Council™ (ICC) and the American National Standards Institute™ (ANSI). By building to the National Standard, both certification logos can be displayed on your home's certificate since the criteria for both programs have been met.

Builders wanting to pursue a co-branded certificate must do the following:

• Use the NAHB Green Scoring Tool to calculate the point value (and corresponding 'level'; silver, bronze, etc…) of the project.
• Contract with an NAHB Research Center-approved verifier such as TECO.
• All paperwork and related program fees should be sent directly to the NAHB.

At the completion of this process you will receive a certificate from the NAHB that verifies the home's compliance with the National Standard and displays both the NAHB and Wisconsin Green-Built Home logos.

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