Build Green & Save: Protecting the Earth and Your Bottom Line

by Matt Belcher

Overview

This insider's guide to residential green building leads you through the actual residential construction process adn details how you can apply green building techniques that will benefit your business, your relationships with your customers, your reputation, and your bottom line. Matt Belcher shares his 30+ years of experience as a successful green builder to help you on your way to:
Identify and selecting green building materials
Implementing green construction techniques
Explaining the benefits of green housing to your customers
Offering affordable green building solutions to your customers
Creating healthier homes
Marketing your environmntally sound practices

Product Details

BN ID:	2940011854477
Publisher:	BuilderBooks
Publication date:	05/07/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Matt Belcher is a builder, developer and nationally-recognized green building consultant. He has been actively involved in the St. Louis area construction industry for 30 years, 6 of which he spent as a top building codes official in the St. Louis region.
In 1993, he founded Belcher Homes, an award-winning company that specializes in constructing sustainable green homes and light commercial construction using low-impact, ecological development. Belcher Homes is committed to the “whole building” design approach, a philosophy that every decision in the context of its immediate or eventual impact will have on the ecosystem. Belcher Homes is a partner with the University of Missouri’s Institute of Environmental and Energy Technologies (ENTECH), which promotes training and business stimulation and research in green building, development and energy efficient practices.