Affordable Green Housing

In 2008, Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago took the NeighborHomes program green.  As a non-profit affordable home builder, NHSRC can not put expensive green items like solar water heaters or geothermal systems in every house so after a sound review of the many green standards [LEED, Green Communities, Chicago Green Home] they created a Practical Green standard for their homes.

While the housing market continues to experience a crisis, "green" building and remodeling can see large growth by influencing homeowners and builders to use more green alternatives, and as a result, make the value of their homes greater.  

Mixson is proud to announce that it is the first and largest group of residences in South Carolina to pursue LEED for Homes Silver certification. LEED – the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating system – is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings. Each Mixson home will also achieve the Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star accreditation.

We’ve spent a lot of time on this blog touring different types of sustainable developments. From containers homes to LEED Platinum offices and even fabulous prefab, we have definitely seen some of the best in modern sustainable design. We also realized we have failed to show anything that is truly affordable. Yesterday’s post on prefabricated modern homes showed several amazing designs, but some of them are quite expensive...