Green Building Standards

Avalon Enterprises & its Divisions support the Green Building Standards

We support using renewable resources and natural products in the construction & design of our homes.

We are a proponent of greening the built environment and also have goals to transform the way homes are designed, built and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life. Using these principals many ways are available to do that by building homes that will cost less to live in for years to come. .

Avalon follows state-of-the-art strategies in energy efficiency, resource selection, and indoor environmental quality. .

Listed below are links to several sites concerning green building standards. .

Green Building Organizations.
There are a number of organizations both government run and not, which are dedicated to the concepts of green living and energy conservation. Learn about green building and practices. .

Green Building Initiative: The Green Building Initiative envisions a future in which energy-efficient, healthier and environmentally conscious construction is the norm instead of the exception.

US Green Building Council: The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is the nation’s foremost coalition of leaders from every sector of the building industry working to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work.

Energy Star: ENERGY STAR is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy. Energy efficient choices can save families about a third on their energy bill with similar savings of greenhouse gas emissions, without sacrificing features, style or comfort. ENERGY STAR helps you make the energy efficient choice.