Published in 2005, the NAHB Model Green Home Building Guidelines were written to serve as a voluntary "baseline" so that NAHB members could easily develop local green building programs. Focusing on new single-family homes, the Guidelines offer three levels of green building - Bronze, Silver, and Gold.
Green Home Building Rating Systems - A Sample
Comparison
Green
Home Building Rating Systems - A Sample Comparison (PDF) evaluates
the costs and technical requirements of bringing two sample code-compliant
production houses in different climate zones (Dallas & Washington,
DC) into compliance at one point in time (January 2008) with three different
green building rating systems: NAHB Model Green Home Building Guidelines,
the National Green Building Standard version 2, and LEED for Homes
