These are just a few of the resources that we use to help us create some of the highest standards in the area for energy-efficient, durable, healthy and creatively designed homes. You have many choices when picking a builder and an architect. Why not talk to one that builds The Right House.

The Home Energy Advisor

Plug in the details of the home that you are building and receive and energy audit calculation regarding specific improvements to consider.

Efficient Windows

Includes a glossary of terms and a step-by-step guide to selecting energy-efficient windows for your state or region.

Energy Star

This site provides comprehensive information for builders and consumers about energy efficient building practices, products and systems, as well as lists of Energy Star Builders (including us) and product manufacturing partners.

ibacos

A member of the Building America Consortium and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, this group offers a variety of helpful reports, fact sheets, reviews and case studies about energy-efficient new homes.

The National Association of Homebuilders Research Center

The research arm of NAHB provides a variety of resources, including links to the association's green building guidelines and a list of local green building councils nationwide.

United States Green Building Council

USGBC is now in full rollout of its LEED for Homes (LEED-H) program. This group offers tips and opportunities for builders to create housing to the highest energy and environmental standards.

The Green Guide

As part of its ongoing mission to inspire people to care about the planet, National Geographic Society acquired the Green Guide in March 2007. Dubbed the “green living source for today’s conscious consumer”, The Green Guide is an invaluable resource for men and women, from young adults to grandparents, striving for a healthy and “greener” lifestyle.

Ecotecture

ECOTECTURE focuses on aspects of the ecological design field such as the re-design of cities for better ecological performance, sustainable agriculture, ecological housing, and alternative energy.

Renewable Energy Policy Project

REPP's goal is to accelerate the use of renewable energy by providing credible information, insightful policy analysis, and innovative strategies amid changing energy markets and mounting environmental needs by researching, publishing, and disseminating information, creating policy tools, and hosting highly active, on-line, renewable energy discussion groups.

Building Green

An independent company committed to providing accurate, unbiased, and timely information designed to help building-industry professionals and policy makers improve the environmental performance, and reduce the adverse impacts, of buildings. They offer both print and electronic resources to help you design and build construction projects from a whole-systems perspective and take an integrated design approach that minimizes ecological impact and maximizes economic performance.

EPA Green Buildings

EPA's Green Building Workgroup was formed in July 2003 to bring together the many programs across the Agency that work with the building and development sectors to improve their environmental performance. Workgroup members strive for a built environment that protects and enhances the health of ecosystems and the public.

Green Building Initiative

The mission of the Green Building Initiative is to accelerate the adoption of building practices that result in energy-efficient, healthier and environmentally sustainable buildings by promoting credible and practical green building approaches for residential and commercial construction.