[OKC] Homebuilders to launch green council

[Shauna Struby]

Congrats to Sustainable Tulsa on their 2010 Tulsa Area Green Directory and
partnership with the Green Building Council.


Homebuilders to launch green council


by Kirby Lee Davis
The Journal Record November 25, 2009


TULSA - The Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa will launch its Green
Building Council on Jan. 1, enabling both residential developers and
homeowners to use more environmentally friendly products.

 

This effort dovetails with the National Association of Home Builders
establishing its "green" building program, adopted by the American National
Standards Institute for residential construction.

 

"I think it's the coming thing," said Phil Rhees of BMI Properties, who
helped create the Tulsa council. He expects it to help advance construction
of environmentally friendly homes in Oklahoma's second-largest metro area.
"I think we're five years behind the national trends."

 

Larry Cagle of Cagle Construction will preside over the 25-member Green
Building Council, which will partner with the interest group Sustainable
Tulsa to help educate people on recycled and environmentally friendly
product and construction options, connecting them to contractors, suppliers
and service companies. 

Sustainable Tulsa unveiled its 2010 Tulsa Area Green Directory Tuesday to
help fulfill that goal.

 

"There's some things we can do that will be short term, and a lot of things
we can do long term," said Rhees. "We have to start somewhere."

 

More here ::: http://www.journalrecord.com/article.cfm?recid=104729 

 

 

Shauna, OKC

 

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