Building in concert with the environment is not new to home builders. Early settlers who built their homes on uninhabited prairie strategically chose home sites to minimize wind exposure, maximize sun exposure or live near a water source. Today, a growing number of home builders are taking environmentally-friendly and cost-effective measures like these and combining them with modern technologies in the "green building" movement.
The home building industry coined the term "green building" in the late 1980s. Green Building refers to a wide variety of measures taken that can make a home or other building healthier, safer, more comfortable, more durable, energy efficient and environmentally responsible. Since 1990, more than 61,000 green homes have been built, and consumer demand for energy-efficient and cost-effective homes is rapidly increasing.
In response, Valley Home Builders Association (VHBA) created a Green Building Task Force to educate its members, the public and local officials about environmentally sustainable residential development, construction and remodeling.
Check out special "green links" in our Helpful Links section of this site.
The VHBA Members listed below are interested in helping you incorporate green features into your new or existing home. All of these members have completed a VHBA prescribed education course to obtain basic knowledge on what it means to be "green".
2009 VHBA Green Members
A.W. Noffke Construction
A-1 Vacuum Center
A-A EXTERIORS.COM
Advanced Window & Door Solutions
Bastian Construction
Bay Therm Insulation
BerHoff Homes
Biggar Development
Brown County Cabinets
Chas Reuter Design Assoc.
CR Structures Group
Custom Family Homes
Cypress Homes
Dan Romenesko Builders
Dennis Thiel Builders
Edwards Sales Corp/Dow
Elements by Mark Winter Homes
Eternity Builders
Giordana Home Builders
Goodrich Builders
Griffin Builders
GTS Construction
Headliner Homes
Hennessey Homes
HJ Martin & Son
Hoffmann-Strobel Builders
Home Building Technology Services
Homes of Distinction
Horicon Bank
Integrity Heating & Air Conditioning
J&L Homes
Jacob Construction & Development
John Andrew Builders
Jon Huss Custom Homes
Kramer Peterson Heating & Cooling
M.A. Lemke Construction
Macco's Floor Covering Center
Mark Winter Custom Homes
Meiers Builders
Midwest Design Homes
Mike Wilcox Construction
Milwaukee Insulation
Modern Painting Concepts
O'Brien Builders
Pinnow Sheet Metal
Prestige Custom Cabinetry
PRO-Build
Progressive Homes
Randerson Heating & Cooling
RCO Custom Services
Robert Peters Construction
RUCON Construction Mgmt.
S.K. Flooring
SBS Plumbing
Schmidt Bros. Custom Homes
Sherwin Williams Paint
Sierra Construction
Silvercrest Homes
Steel Homes By Design
Sterling Building Systems
Suess Electronics
Sun Comfort
Sweetwood Builders
Temmer Construction & Dev.
The House Inspector
UP Builders
Vande Hey's Roofing Tile
Vanney/MacSwain Home Planning
Waterford Builders
Watters Plumbing
Willow Bay Builders
Window & Door Central
Young Development & Construction
Download information sheets on Green Building topics:
10 Green Projects For Under $100