New Home Construction in the rapidly developed communities around Phoenix, such as Glendale, Peoria and Desert Ridge Marketplace in North Phoenix as slowed considerably as a result of little interest in new home construction.

Buyers are buying spec homes in builder inventory as they are priced at steep discount as new home builders are trying to dump inventory to reduce overhead of unoccupied homes.

However, there is a type of new construction home that is selling …

Green Homes that are built with an effort to make them as eco-friendly as possible.

Dave Macklin reported that 9 out of 10 Realtors said home buyers are looking for energy efficient features in homes for reducing their carbon footprint and cost savings.

Interestingly, Mr. Macklin cited a a survey of 250 home builders reported that buyers are willing to pay more for green-built homes.

Mindy Allen mentioned that Green Home building is on the rise in New England.

Pam Dent in Charlottesville mentioned the many features of Green home building.

And the eco-friendly movement to build Green Homes is not limited to the United States.

According to Andrew Perkins, British Columbia, Canada is proposing legislation that will require buildings to be carbon neutral as early as 2016 - and every new building to have no carbon footprint by 2020

What makes a home eco-friendly and “Green” ?

• Environmental friendly homes incorporate many of the following:
• Built from existing homes to conserve materials
• New homes with recycled woods and recycled construction waste
• Non-toxic materials like paints and finishes
• Energy star HVAC systems
• Window, screen and awnings to produce shading
• Dual Glaze e-efficient windows
• Development in urban cores to save gas of residents

Shea Homes offers a green Certified home in their Shea Homes Trilogy series at Trilogy at Vistancia in Peoria, AZ orEncanterra at Trilogy Country Club in Queen Creek, AZ.

If you buy certain Shea Homes far from a urban center you will receive a Hybrid Car.

• Solar Power
• LED lights
• Better ventilation
• Soy and wool-based insulation and flooring
• Dual Flush Toilets
• Programmable Thermostats
• Wood from sustainable forests

U.S. Green Building Council certifies home LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environment Design Gold Certification )

Make sure you look for the LEED Gold Certification if you are buying a new construction home.

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