The Greenprints Conference and Tradeshow is coming up on March 25 and 26th, 2009. This is where green building professionals, policy makers and industry experts come together to share trends, strategies and the latest environmental technologies. See how Atlanta measures up as a sustainable city and explore smarter ways to "green" your city. The event is hosted by the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority and Southface. It will be held at The Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, GA.
Southface promotes sustainable homes, workplaces and communities through education, research, advocacy and technical assistance. I attended a Southface course to learn about Green Building techniques and it was very cool. Building "green" is all about less waste and energy and water conservation. When you see a sign or a home advertised as an Eartcraft home that means that Green Building techniques were used to build it. There are lots of inspections along the way and an Earthcraft home gets points for different Greentechniques utilized in the process of building. When they earn enough points the home becomes Earthcraft certified. It can cost slightly more to build green initially, but the energy savings over the long run are well worth it. Tax credits are also available for building green.
If you are interested in living in a Green community, Glenwood Park is just one of them right here in Atlanta. It is a beautiful live, work, play community wiith condos, townhomes and single family homes. All of the homes are Earthcraft certified.
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