Green Options » National Green Building Standard http://greenoptions.com/tag/national-green-building-standard Posts tagged 'National Green Building Standard' Thu, 08 May 2008 15:36:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Can Sprawl be Green? http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/05/08/can-sprawl-be-green/ http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/05/08/can-sprawl-be-green/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 15:36:45 +0000 Kristin Dispenza http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/05/08/can-sprawl-be-green/ The NAHB and ICC are Working on a New set of Green Building StandardsIn my post of May 6th, “Traditional Neighborhood Development and LEED Go Hand in Hand,” I made the point that smart growth and new urbanism are helping give a ‘boost’ to green building practices. While conducting research for that article, however, I did find several assertions to the contrary.  So, for the sake of playing devil’s advocate, I will here take a look at some of those assertions.

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