Introducing GreenPoint Rated: Your Assurance of a Better Place to Live

These days, it seems like everyone's talking about green homes, and for good reason. Environmentally friendly homes not only save resources and money, they can last longer, be healthier and more comfortable, and hold their value better than similarly priced homes. But how can you tell if a home really is green?

Enter GreenPoint Rated. GreenPoint Rated removes the guesswork from evaluating a home's green features, allowing home buyers to compare newly built homes on a level playing field. And GreenPoint Rated rewards building professionals who create green homes by allowing them to brand their products with a recognizable, trustworthy seal of approval.

Think of GreenPoint Rated as a report card for new home construction. A GreenPoint Rated home is graded on five categories:GreenPoint Rated logo

If the home meets minimum point requirements in each category and scores at least 50 points as verified by a Certified GreenPoint Rater, it earns the right to bear the GreenPoint Rated label. It also provides a numerical score, which allows buyers to evaluate and compare the environmental performance of different homes. Because GreenPoint Rated homes are evaluated by independent, certified raters, building professionals and homeowners can feel confident that the rating has integrity and value.

Newly constructed single-family homes (custom and production) and multifamily homes in California are currently eligible for participation. GreenPoint Rated for remodeling and existing homes is under development and is expected to be rolled out in the third quarter of 2008.

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GreenPoint Rated is a program of Build It Green, a professional non-profit membership organization whose mission is to promote healthy, energy- and resource-efficient buildings in California.