HBAV Announces Earthcraft House
Partnership
We at Graystone Homes are proud to
announce that we will become pioneers of the Earthcraft House
Comments of Anthony Clatterbuck
2006 President of the
Home Builders Association of Virginia
11:00 a.m., September 21, 2006
Patrick Henry Building
Richmond, Virginia
GOOD MORNING TO
GOVERNOR KAINE AND ALL OF OUR GUESTS THIS MORNING, I AM ANTHONY
CLATTERBUCK, PRESIDENT OF THE HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA
AND PRESIDENT OF GRAYSTONE HOMES IN CULPEPER, VIRGINIA.
IT IS MY PLEASURE
THIS MORNING TO ANNOUNCE THAT NEARLY 6,000 BUILDING INDUSTRY FIRMS
REPRESENTED BY THE HOME BUILDER’S ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA, HAVE JOINED
WITH THE VIRGINIA SUSTAINABLE BUILDING NETWORK AND SOUTHFACE ENERGY
INSTITUTE TO BRING THE EARTHCRAFT HOUSE™ SINGLE FAMILY PROGRAM TO THE
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
OUR GREEN BUILDING TEAM MEMBERS HAVE
EXECUTED AN AGREEMENT TO CREATE AN EXCEPTIONAL “GREEN BUILDING”
PROGRAM TO BENEFIT VIRGINIA’S NEW HOME BUYERS. UTILIZING AN EASILY
RECOGNIZABLE TRADEMARK THE EARTHCRAFT HOUSE PROGRAM WILL ENABLE
VIRGINIANS TO OBTAIN HOMES THAT THAT USE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY
BUILDING TECHNIQUES, PROVIDE IMPROVED INDOOR AIR QUALITY, AND FEATURE
SUPERIOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY. THIS PROGRAM, LAUNCHED TODAY, SEPTEMBER
21, 2006, WILL PROVIDE VOLUNTARY, BUT CERTIFIABLE, GREEN BUILDING
GUIDELINES FOR BUILDERS IN VIRGINIA. A SUCCESSFUL PILOT OF THE
EARTHCRAFT HOUSE PROGRAM WAS CONDUCTED LAST FALL BY THE BLUE RIDGE
HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA, AND I AM
PLEASED THAT EARTHCRAFT HOUSE CERTIFIED HOME BUILDER DOUG KINGMA OF
KINGMA DEVELOPERS, INC. HAS JOINED US FOR TODAYS ANNOUNCEMENT.
THIS PROGRAM WILL ENCOURAGE VIRGINIA
BUSINESSES AND CITIZENS TO BETTER MANAGE AND PRESERVE OUR NATURAL
RESOURCES – INCLUDING SOIL, WATER, AND AIR – FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
IN ADDITION, THE EARTHCRAFT HOUSE PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE OUR INDUSTRY
THE ABILITY TO REDUCE THE PROJECTED DEMANDS ON ENERGY BY INCREASING
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND UTILIZING GREEN BUILDING TECHNIQUES TO LESSEN
THE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
EARTHCRAFT HOUSE IS A
PROGRAM OF THE GREATER ATLANTA HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, DEVELOPED
THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH SOUTHFACE ENERGY INSTITUTE, STATE AND
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND INDUSTRY LEADERS. RECOGNIZED BY THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS AS THE BEST GREEN BUILDING PROGRAM OF
2004, THE PROGRAM HAS CERTIFIED MORE THAN 2,000 HOMES IN THE ATLANTA
AREA.
THIS FALL, THE
PROGRAM WILL DEBUT IN THE CHARLOTTESVILLE AREA, WORKING WITH THE BLUE
RIDGE HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, AND THE ROANOKE AREA, WORKING WITH
THE ROANOKE REGIONAL HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION. THE NEXT PHASE WILL
TAKE PLACE IN THE SPRING OF 2007 AND WILL INCLUDE THE RICHMOND AND
SOUTHSIDE, THE NEW RIVER VALLEY, SHENANDOAH VALLEY, AND THE
PENINSULA. THE PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE TO BE INTRODUCED INTO NEW
MARKETS EACH QUARTER UNITL IT IS AVAILABLE STATEWIDE.
ANY SIZE AND TYPE OF NEW SINGLE FAMILY
HOME CAN BE AN EARTHCRAFT HOUSE. BUILDERS AND HOME BUYERS HAVE THE
FREEDOM TO SELECT WHICH MEASURES IN THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES ARE BEST
SUITED FOR THEIR PROJECT. ALL HOMES BUILT UNDER THIS PROGRAM
MUST BE SUCCESSFULLY RATED TO MEET ENERGY STAR STANDARDS AND SCORE AT
LEAST 150 POINTS FROM THE PROGRAM CHECKLIST, VERIFIED BY AN
INDEPENDENTLY QUALIFIED THIRD-PARTY INSPECTOR.
THE EARTHCRAFT HOUSE
PROGRAM PROMISES TO DELIVER TO THE COMMONWEALTH A WINNING COMBINATION
OF UTILITY COST SAVINGS, GOOD CRAFTSMANSHIP AND SENSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL
STEWARDSHIP THROUGH AN EASILY RECOGNIZABLE PROGRAM.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US TODAY FOR THIS IMPORTANT ANNOUNCMENT AND WOULD URGE ALL VIRGINIANS
TO WATCH FOR THE EARTHCRAFT HOUSE SYMBOL WHEN SHOPPING FOR THEIR NEW
HOME.
ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE EARTHCRAFT HOUSE PROGRAM WILL NOW BE PROVIDED BY
DENNIS CREECH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SOUTHFACE ENERGY INSTITUTE AND ERIC
OLIVER, P.E., CHAIRMAN OF VIRGINIA SUSTAINABLE BUILDING NETWORK AND
FINALLY GOVERNOR KAINE.
