Greener Pastures for America’s Homebuilders?
October 26th, 2008
A recent survey of the 13 largest publicly traded U.S. homebuilder entitled Greener Pastures for America’s Homebuilders? A Survey of Sustainable Practices by the Homebuilding Industy found that, while every major homebuilder has incorporated some environmental and efficiency programs and products into some of their new homes, none has fully embraced the emerging market of sustainable building design and construction. This study of the sustainable policies, programs, and performance of the nation’s largest homebuilders revealed that the industry has a long way to go before any of the companies can truly claim to be addressing the risks and opportunities inherent in the environmental and climate change dilemmas.
Local builders that ranked among the nation’s Greenest large-scale homebuilders include D.R. Horton and Centex.