The Green Building Council
Keep up-to-date on Green Building
and the Green Building Council

Quick links to the Green Building Council pages
Events has information on the Green Building Summit & Expo
Green Building Council Events

Committee News has information on the Green Building Council Information lunches
Green Building Council Lunches

New City of Santa Fe Green Codes Effective July 1, 2009
The Santa Fe Area Home Builders Association members: Dalinda Bangert, Eco Terra Enterprises, Faren Dancer, Sundancer Creations, Kim Shanahan, Executive Officer and others spent hundreds of hours working with Katherine Mortimer, City of Santa Fe to draft the new Residential Green Building codes which are effective July 1.  To view the codes City of Santa Fe Green Building Codes

Habitat for Humanity, the City of Santa Fe and Home Builder Association members partnered to build a home on Gomez in the Historic District to demonstrate the new City ‘green’ codes.  To see the dedication and hear Kim Shanahan, Executive Officer explain the features of the Gomez Green Home visit
Dedication of Green Gomez Habitat Home

Bob Kreger and Danny Buck of the Green Building Council sat down with Sue Marbury after her presentation, to discuss the issue of tax credits and green building in depth.

Below is the podcast of Sue Marbury’s talk from January 27, 2009. 

Clean Energy Tax Incentives

For National Home Builders Association Green Building:

NAHB Green Building

2030 Challege Update

2030 Challenge: http://www.architecture2030.org/2030_challenge/index.html

For information on the 2030 Stimulus as presented by Kristina Kershner 2030 Stimulus to OBAMA

For those of you not familiar with this, take a look at it. There is a new urgency mobilizing architecture, engineering, and construction in response to Climate Change. 

To the best of my knowledge this is the most comprehensive proactive effort in the world:

“The road to energy independence, economic recovery
and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions runs
through the Building Sector.”
-Edward Mazria

This goes way beyond home building.

This lays the foundation for our future monthly luncheons’ topics leading up to the Green Building Summit Oct. 23 – 25, 2009.