NGBS Green Single-Family Home Certification
The National Green Building Standard (NGBS) provides practices for the design, construction, and certification of new green single-family homes, including:
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single-family homes
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townhouses
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duplexes
Builders seeking NGBS Green certification for their homes have two options. Homes can earn Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Emerald certification, depending on the number of green practices successfully incorporated into its design and construction. This option applies for all versions of the NGBS. Alternatively, homes can earn the Certified level by following the streamlined single-family certification path in the 2020 NGBS. In order to be eligible for the Certified path, homes must successfully incorporate all applicable practices in Chapter 12 of the 2020 NGBS.
Existing single-family homes can also attain one of the four certification levels (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Emerald) when remodeling in compliance with the NGBS.
Want to learn if your building can earn NGBS Green certification? Contact us.
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Wellness Within Your Walls is the solution to affordable, accountable, and achievable healthier interior environments. We serve as the bridge between consumers and the building and design communities with a primary goal of providing education on building and designing healthier interior environments.
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To create a legacy of health, harmony and sustainability in living environments.
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Our educational programs cover each phase of the design and build process. WWYW believes education is the key to reducing toxins in the interior environment. WWYW offers a large range of educational opportunities focusing on learning how to make responsible decisions before, during, and after the design and build process.
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We offer certification for people, places, products, and programs. WWYW’s certification processes encourage a more holistic approach to lowering toxins in living environments. We serve as the bridge connecting consumers with manufacturers, architects, builders, and designers in order to create healthier homes.
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During her groundbreaking work on Eco Manor—the first LEED gold certified private residence—Wellness Within Your Walls founder Jillian Pritchard Cooke discovered that consumers and professionals both needed accurate information on how to reduce toxins in the interior environment.
A subsequent cancer diagnosis become the catalyst for turning that expertise into a passionate commitment to creating healthier living environments by reducing toxins. Jillian shared her passion, grew her commitment and brainstormed with family, friends, co-workers and experts in the building and home furnishings industries, and soon Wellness Within Your Walls was born.
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The Antique & Design Center of High Point is a gathering of 75+ of the countries most talented and creative antiques dealers. We have been bringing the soul to High Point Market, since our founding in 2010. We promote antiques, as the ultimate in repurposing to keep home furnishings out of landfills and have created a place for designers, architects and shop owners to connect with the dealers.
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