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Green Builder Takes
Gold (Again!) Best
Best
Residential Residential
Trade Magazine Real Estate Trade
Magazine Story
National Association of Real Estate Editors
National Association of Real Estate Editors
Gold Award Gold Award
Hello, readers---
Green Builder Media has enjoyed many successes since its inception Reinforcing the power of our mission-driven content, our editor-
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in 2005. It hasn’t always been easy, but we’ve earned awards, in-chief, Matt Power, also received a gold award for his article, “The
produced extraordinary events and demonstration projects, and Promises and Pitfalls of Plastics in Construction,” in our November
amassed an amazingly committed audience of like-minded thought 2017 edition. NAREE judges called it “a comprehensive look at how
leaders and inuencers. That’s why it’s exciting and humbling when plastics, which are such a detriment to the environment, can be
our team is recognized for its tireless work. Green Builder magazine’s used in a constructive manner for building materials. It’s not a
“Best Residential Trade Magazine” award for cheerleading story for the plastics industry but
the sixth year in a row from the National instead a well-sourced, well-written story about
Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE) the topic. The photos, graphics and numbers
is no exception. help tell the story.”
The NAREE judges celebrated Green Builder Power says receiving the awards from fellow
as “a cleanly designed, straightforward and journalists at NAREE “is terric armation that
easy-to-read magazine about how houses can we’re doing work that resonates.”
be realistically green without breaking the He adds that he was especially pleased about
bank.” the plastics piece, as it’s important for the
Creating something out of nothing is building industry to get involved with solving
hard, and developing Green Builder Media’s the plastics crisis—and soon.
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portfolio of offerings has been a long and “What’s exciting about winning this award
somewhat arduous road. Our company has now is that we’re breaking all the rules,”
certainly evolved since the unveiling of Green Power continues. “We’re taking the magazine
Builder magazine in January 2006. in directions that no other BB magazine
When we launched, we carefully doled out has dared—not just reporting events, but
information about green building products, dishing out predictions about the future and
practices, programs and certications to a sometimes skeptical inuencing the market today with our editorial as well as our market
readership. But over time, the market transformed—awareness grew insights. The American Dream is about to ip completely upside
about the realities of climate change and diminishing resources; down as sustainability and resiliency become cost eective and
the recession altered the world’s perception of expensive and dirty necessary. We’re thrilled to be heralding the shift.”
energy; and extreme weather brought issues like resilience and risk What’s next for Green Builder Media? We’ll continue to put out
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mitigation to the forefront—oering us the ability to advance our innovative editorial covering a broad spectrum of sustainable living
message, increase our impact and expand our reach. topics, including Internet of Things, smart home technologies, energy
Almost thirteen years later, we’ve grown our boutique business eciency, intelligent water, indoor air quality, resiliency, renewables
into North America’s leading media company focused on green and clean mobility solutions.
building and sustainable living. We have worked assiduously to On behalf of the Green Builder Media editorial and production
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be the leading edge of innovation, oering advanced editorial and team, I oer you, our loyal readers, a heartfelt thanks for our continued
pioneering ideas to our readers so that we could methodically shape success year after year. I look forward to continuing this wild journey
a national dialogue about important sustainability topics and push to the frontiers of sustainability with you.
the boundaries of our collective imagination. We know that whatever
we can envision, our friends, colleagues and readers—pioneers in SARA GUTTERMAN
sustainability, themselves—will help us manifest. CEO, Green Builder Media
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