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NGBS Certification Vaults
Past 150,000-Home Mark
The National Green Building Standard GREEN CERTIFICATION GROWTH
(NGBS) Certification Program has
reached an important milestone
with the certification of the 150,000th
home to meet its requirements –
and there are an additional 120,000
projects in the pipeline.
The program is on track to issue more
certifications in 2018 than in any year since its
introduction in 2009.
“We are thrilled to see that more and more
builders are going through the NGBS certification
process for their single-family showed a 9.5% price premium for
homes and apartment buildings,” homes that were certified through
said Michelle Foster, Vice President third-party systems, with the NGBS
of Innovation Services at Home certification providing the most
Innovation Research Labs, which added value.
administers the NGBS.
NGBS certification requires
“This program was developed to incorporating sustainable strategies
recognize residential projects that excelled in high- in multiple areas of design and construction, such
performance design and construction. It filled as lot development, resource, energy and water
a market void for a green certification program efficiency; indoor environmental quality; and
that offered tremendous value for builders at an operation, maintenance and owner education.
affordable price.”
The NAHB website has several case studies of
NGBS-certified homes, including the first single-
Halfway through 2018, North Carolina, family home certified under the latest (2015)
Florida and Illinois lead the way with the version of the program.
most single-family home certifications Visit homeinnovation.com/green, for more
this year. Meanwhile, Texas, Florida and information on how to certify a project to the
North Carolina have had the highest NGBS.
number of multifamily properties For more details about NAHB’s sustainable
and green building programs, contact
certified to the NGBS in 2018.
Sustainability and Green Building Program
Manager Michelle Diller. To stay current on the
Builders are drawn to the NGBS certification high-performance residential building sector,
because it gives them an important marketing follow NAHB’s Sustainability and Green Building
advantage. The 2017 Inventory Report by the team on Twitter.
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