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South Florida Sun-Sentinel Real Estate Notes Column.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, August, 2001
By Robyn A. Friedman, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Aug. 28--BUILDERS START THINKING `GREEN' ALL OVER: South Florida houses will be a whole lot greener in the future.
New advances in building construction are allowing developers to "build green" -- to create buildings that are energy efficient, create healthy environments and conserve resources.
"Using green-building techniques and technologies has become more popular during the last few years," said Richard Dooley, an environmental analyst for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Research Center in Upper Marlboro, Md. "A growing number of builders recognize that looking at the house as a whole helps design resource-efficient homes that will lower...
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