Building Better Homes

A Comprehensive Guide to High-Performance Green Building Science Principles

Green building begins with building better homes. The newly revised and updated edition of Building Better Homes™ provides all the content necessary to understand the basics of building better homes and to start on the road to building green. The USGBC LEED for Homes Program provides a set of standards that must be met by a builder in order to qualify a home as "green". Building Better Homes™ provides content on 5 of the 7 green building measures needed to achieve LEED for Homes status, including: site, water efficiency, indoor environmental quality, energy, and durability. Building Better Homes™ also integrates a number of green building web resources.

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Used by builders, contractors, trades and architects, Building Better Homes™ is an interactive educational tool that demonstrates how to apply the latest building science tools and techniques to residential home construction. Using a whole house systems approach, you’ll learn how to design and build high-performance homes that are healthier and more comfortable to live in, more energy efficient, and more durable and energy efficient, and more affordable to own.

The program follows the entire construction process step-by-step, with photos of construction details, installation and builder video clips, technical animations, and six hours of interactive construction content. Extensive construction checklists that are based on the program can be downloaded, edited and put to immediate use by supervisors, foremen and subcontractors. Web links and other resources are provided to help you stay up-to-date on the latest advances in building science and the home building industry.

Your guide to Building Better Homes™ is Mark LaLiberte, a nationally-recognized building science expert and trainer. Mark speaks to more than 8,000 builders each year, and is known for his ability to present even the most technical information in a easily accessible format.

Building Better Homes™ program lets you learn at your own pace and quickly access exactly what you need, when you need it. Use the program on-site for quick reference, in the office for staff training, and as a marketing tool for your clients.

Building Better Homes™ presents hundreds of real-world solutions for preventing the most common construction errors – building practices that may be putting your business at risk. The program includes a road map for guiding your business through the transition of building higher performing homes and a chapter on selling a better-built home.

The Building Better Homes™ Construction Edition is $125 and is published and distributed by The Taunton Press. Your satisfaction is guaranteed.

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Building Better Homes can help you save thousands of dollars in callbacks and litigation and position your business as a leader in the years ahead.

Why would you buy the BBH program?

As a homebuilder, you're looking for consistent material to offer to your ever changing construction and sales staff that will educate them on the best practices and benefits associated with building better homes.
As a homebuyer, you want to understand what it means to build a better home, and ensure that your builder has the tools they need to build a better home for you.
As a manufacturer, or utility company or distributor you want to provide a value added service to your clients that will improve the quality of the homes they deliver.
As educators and students, you want to take advantage of a strong, interactive learning tool in a classroom environment.