{"id":1932,"date":"2017-03-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/the-green-products-most-used-by-builders\/"},"modified":"2017-03-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T00:00:00","slug":"the-green-products-most-used-by-builders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/the-green-products-most-used-by-builders\/","title":{"rendered":"The Green Products Most Used by Builders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"44.702265372168\">\n<!--\n\n<pre>-->  <\/p>\n<div property=\"dc:description\" readability=\"38.585113268608\"><!--paging_filter--><\/p>\n<p>Single-family builders are beefing up their use of green products and services. On average, single-family builders report using 10.2 green products or practices per new house they construct.<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"1.5277777777778\">\n<p><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <span class=\"l\">Watch Your Green Language<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What\u2019s more, 22 percent of builders say they always or almost always have their homes certified to a green standard, according to a new survey of 337 single-family builders conducted by the National Association of Home Builders. Every builder who responded to the survey reported using at least one green product or practice.<\/p>\n<p>The most commonly used green product used by builders is energy-efficient windows, which 95 percent of the surveyed builders reported using. Ninety-two percent of builders reported using high efficiency HVAC systems, and 88 percent said they incorporate programmable thermostats.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/realtormag.realtor.org\/sites\/realtormag.realtor.org\/files\/rmo_files\/images\/2017_mar\/Green-Prods.jpg\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 681px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The survey also found that builders who always or almost always report having their homes certified to a green standard\u2014such as <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/the-benefits-of-solar-roofing-for-your-home\/\">Energy<\/a> Star, LEED, or programs run by state or local jurisdictions\u2014use, on average, 11.9 green products or practices. Builders who never or rarely have their homes certified still report using 9.1 green products in a new-home build.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis suggests that the homes of many more builders might be able to qualify for a green certification,\u201d the National Association of Home Builders notes on its Eye on <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/property-center-nigeria\/\">Housing<\/a> blog.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: \u201cThe Average Builder Uses 10 Different Green Products and Practices,\u201d National Association of Home Builders\u2019 Eye on Housing blog (March 13, 2017)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/DailyRealEstateNews\/~3\/BxhTjm3nobM\/green-products-most-used-builders\"> link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Single-family builders are beefing up their use of green products and services. On average, single-family builders &hellip; <a title=\"The Green Products Most Used by Builders\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/the-green-products-most-used-by-builders\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Green Products Most Used by Builders<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1933,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[12908,543,127,617,41,818],"class_list":["post-1932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opportunities-in-new-markets","tag-home","tag-home-buying-guide","tag-homes","tag-house","tag-property","tag-real"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Green-Prods.jpg?fit=818%2C928&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}