NAHB Green Homes Certification Program Shows Progress
NAHB’s most recent report on the program shows definite progress in having the conventional home building community adopt green practices, even in the face of a 60 percent decrease in new housing starts since 2006-2006, from 1.5 million units to about 600,000 new homes this year. About 100 people per month are passing the exam to become Certified Green Professionals, according to NAHB. Also, more than 200 local NAHB chapters are offering some form of green building program. However, NAHB’s National Green Building Standard is still not an ANSI certified standard, something that last February was promised to occur by May 2008. It’s hard to know from NAHB’s information whether the 2,500 “projects” represent just individual homes or entire developments. In either case, by contrast, the LEED for Homes standard currently registers about 14,000 homes, and more than 70,000 people have passed the LEED accredited professional exam.
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