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Francie Rehwald, daughter to a family owning multiple Mercedes Benz dealerships across California, just started construction on her new house made completely out of fragments of a scrapped Boeing 747. For forty thousand dollars, Rehwald purchased the pieces from an airplane junk yard in the Mojave Desert and after waiting over a year to get 17 permits pushed through the bureaucracy, finally just started taking delivery of wing segments.

In such a tough real estate market, eco-friendly and sustainable metal roofing can help sell homes by differentiating them from a neighborhood full of cookie cutter look-a-likes.  Metal roofing is attractive as well as energy-efficient, and most systems have lifetime warranties that are transferrable to the next owner.

Real estate brokers in New York City may eventually describe its buildings as "pre-green" or "post-green". Rising awareness is reshaping the marketplace. Compiled by New York real estate agents, this is a list of the first wave of LEED certified apartment houses in Manhattan along with a simple poll that asks if readers feel property is worth more with green design features.

So making green choices when remodeling has, at the very least, the potential to save the homeowner money in energy and other costs. And going green doesn't have to mean making large wholesale changes.

In early February, Love Development of Alabama received the final approval for construction of the much anticipated project, Inspiration on Green Mountain.

Ecobrokers help the real estate market become more environmentally friendly by offering "green" options when looking for a new home

The first-in-the-nation rule would impose the commonsense energy-saving practice in a draconian way, with fines of $50 to $250 per offense, depending on the frequency of the problem.

Looking to live in a green city? Curious to know what cities are the best when it comes to living green? The city of Austin, Texas was recently cited in the top 10 of the greenest cities in the US.

It's clear that going green is becoming increasingly attractive to home buyers and sellers. But without having degrees in architecture, design and sustainability, how do consumers know the difference between inflated claims, over hyped language and the real deal in terms of energy efficiency, healthy indoor air quality and truly green materials? That's where new green labels come in.

Las Vegas means the meadows, but its hard to see with all of the high rises going up. There are some communities that are going green. The list and location may surprise you.

It's a tough housing market for sellers.But here's the good news: Real estate agents and homeowners alike are discovering that they can get a leg up on the competition by doing a little preemptive green remodeling.

A green builder in Europe is riding the "green" train, but are they?

A real estate blog piece on that speaks about consumer sentiment about green buildings, and has some good links with downloadable reports and some local information for New York City.

"I had a customer ask to see only green buildings for the first time this week, a sign to me that consumer sentiment may be transforming right now." --comitini.com

A condo development is Boston is giving away an unusual incentive. They are targeting the green crowd with a great freebie.

The Union park development in Las Vegas has been accepted into a LEED pilot program. It should be the biggest commercial green project in the state.