Green Building Codes

Green Building Products

Question: 

I keep reading about “green” building materials. Is SBCA working on a program for fabricators to get green?

Getting the Garden off the Ground

“More often than  not, if it’s a flat roof, it has a green roof on it.”

 

The Beauty of Components: Windsor Building Systems Shines on Custom Home & LEED Project

How does a business go from stick building in the 1960s to a growing component manufacturing operation today? 

Parting Shots

Parting ShotsHigh school students from the North Orange County Regional Occupational Program (ROP) Building Industry Technology Academy (BITA) worked alongside construction professionals to build this green home in Southern California.

The Blooming of Green Homes: An Opportunity Ripe for the Picking

By 2016, one out of every three builders anticipate they will be dedicated to green building work on over 90 percent of residential projects, up from 17 percent in 2011.The increase in “green” home building provides an opportunity for component manufacturers to work with builders to arrive at a win-win scenario. 

Parting Shots

What kind of energy bill might an owner receive the first year in a LEED Platinum home? Try a $50 surplus!

Readers Respond

Dear SBC,

This recession has lasted so long, we may have forgotten how we used to build houses, and that may be a good thing. Experience could be our worst enemy.

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