Building in concert with the environment is not new to home builders. Early settlers who built their homes on uninhabited prairie strategically chose home sites to minimize wind exposure, maximize sun exposure or live near a water source. Today, a growing number of home builders are taking environmentally-friendly and cost-effective measures like these and combining them with modern technologies in the "green building" movement.
The home building industry coined the term "green building" in the late 1980s. Green Building refers to a wide variety of measures taken that can make a home or other building healthier, safer, more comfortable, more durable, energy efficient and environmentally responsible. Since 1990, more than 61,000 green homes have been built, and consumer demand for energy-efficient and cost-effective homes is rapidly increasing.
In response, Valley Home Builders Association (VHBA) created a Green Building Task Force to educate its members, the public and local officials about environmentally sustainable residential development, construction and remodeling.
The VHBA Members listed below are interested in helping you incorporate green features into your new or existing home. All of these members have completed a VHBA prescribed education course to obtain basic knowledge on what it means to be "green". (Complete contact for these companies can be found on the "Directory" page.)
A.W. Noffke Construction Inc. A-1 Vacuum Center Inc. A-A EXTERIORS.COM Inc. Advanced Window & Door Solutions Bastian Construction LLC Bay Therm Insulation Inc. BerHoff Homes LLC Biggar Development Ltd. Brown County Cabinets Chas Reuter Design Assoc. CR Structures Group Inc. Custom Family Homes LLC Cypress Homes Inc. Dan Romenesko Builders Inc. Dennis Thiel Builders Inc. Edwards Sales Corp/Dow Elements by Mark Winter Homes LLC Eternity Builders Inc. Giordana Home Builders Inc. Goodrich Builders Griffin Builders Inc. GTS Construction Inc. Hallman Lindsay Quality Paint Headliner Homes LLC Hennessey Homes Inc. HJ Martin & Son Inc. Hoffmann-Strobel Builders Home Building Technology Services Homes of Distinction I design Architectural Design LLC Integrity Heating & Air Conditioning J & B Home Improvement Corp. J & L Homes (a DBA of Schmidt Bros. Custom Homes Inc.) Jacob Construction & Development Inc. Jeff Hibbard Design Services John Andrew Builders Inc. Jon Huss Custom Homes Inc. Ken Mader Construction Kramer Peterson Heating & Cooling Inc. M.A. Lemke Construction Macco's Floor Covering Center Mark Winter Custom Homes LLC Meiers Builders Midwest Design Homes Inc. Mike Wilcox Construction Inc. Milwaukee Insulation Modern Painting Concepts Inc. O'Brien Builders Inc. Pinnow Sheet Metal Inc. Prestige Custom Cabinetry Inc. PRO-Build Progressive Homes Inc. Randerson Heating & Cooling LLC RCO Custom Services Inc. Robert Peters Construction Inc. Roshak Builders Inc. RUCON Construction Mgmt. Inc. S.K. Flooring Inc. SBS Plumbing Inc. Schmidt Bros. Custom Homes Inc. Sherwin Williams Paint Co. Sierra Construction LLC Silvercrest Homes Inc. Steel Homes By Design LLC Sterling Building Systems Suess Electronics Sun Comfort Sweetwood Builders Inc. Temmer Construction and Development Inc. The House Inspector LLC Truss Systems Inc. UP Builders LLC Valley Cabinet Inc. Vande Hey Raleigh Architectural Roof Tile Co. Vanney-MacSwain Home Planning Waterford Builders aka TCGroup Inc. Watters Plumbing Inc. Willow Bay Builders Window and Door Central Young Development & Construction ZigBuilders LLC
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