December | 2010

GreenPoint Rated Year in Review

2010 was a tough year for the construction industry, but the growing importance of green building and labeling practices are reason for hope. Here are a few highlights:

• GreenPoint Rated certification increased 35% from 2009
   
• Our GreenPoint Rated Checklist was incorporated into the required measures of the 2010 California Green Building Code (CALGreen)
   
• We debuted the GreenPoint Rated system for multifamily existing buildings with a successful training in November that drew 38 participants from all over the state.
  • This is the first rating system of its kind and aligns with Energy Upgrade California.

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Financing Opportunities

Builders participating in PG&E's California Advanced Homes rebate program for new homes (which requires 15% above T24) can get an extra 10% bonus for a GreenPoint Rated home.

Read more about this and other rebate programs on our website.

GreenPoint Rated's 2010
Award Winners

Last week, Build It Green honored some of this year’s best GreenPoint Rated projects:

• KB Home has completed 196 GreenPoint Rated single family homes and a whopping 1,233 homes in the pipeline.

• To date, BRIDGE has completed 193 GreenPoint Rated multifamily units and has 274 GPR units in the works in San Mateo, Alameda, San Francisco and Solano Counties.

• Custom Home Builder
Jetton completed both a new and an existing GreenPoint Rated project in 2010. With 283 points, the new home earned the highest GreenPoint Rated score in 2010.

• In California and Nevada, Energy Inspectors has rated 900 single and multifamily homes and has another 2,909 more units in the works, represented by 15 national and regional builders in 47 different projects.

Find out who else was honored at our Awards ceremony and read about the event that drew over 100 of green building’s finest to Berkeley’s Brower Center last Thursday. Read more

DeYoung Properties Wins City of Fresno’s Recycling Award

Congratulations to DeYoung Properties who received well-deserved recognition for significantly increasing the recycling rate of their construction waste. So far DeYoung Properties has rated 97 units in its Brentwood Ranch, Brentwood on the Green, and Brentwood Loma Vista subdivisions. Rosie Smith of Residential Energy Efficiency Concepts, a Build It Green member and GreenPoint Rater since 2008, is serving as the Rater for this phased development. Read the full story in the Business Journal.

GreenPoint Rated Totals