| “Green Building” has become a popular method of environmentally friendly construction practices providing numerous benefits for both home buyers and the community. The award-winning Build a Better Kitsap Program, developed by the Kitsap County Home Builders Association (HBA), has become the national model for green building.
The program promotes environmentally friendly construction by using market drivers rather than regulation. Build a Better Kitsap contains features designed to maximize energy efficiency, indoor air quality and health, as well as overall performance in terms of long life, ease of maintenance and salmon recovery.
When you build, buy or remodel a home, decisions are made that impact your family’s quality of life, as well as that of your immediate neighbors, for years to come. That’s why the decision to build “green” could be a responsible choice. Green building protects the natural environment by careful use of natural resources and recycled products as well as protecting your investment by giving you a home that costs less to maintain because it is energy efficient and made from durable materials. Green building also protects your family’s health by using paints and other materials that provide healthy indoor air quality.
Build A Better Kitsap builders can help you make environmentally responsible decisions when building or remodeling by using the program’s detailed checklists to assist with every aspect of a construction project — site planning, interior and exterior design, selection of healthy materials and environmentally responsible construction.
For more information on Build a Better Kitsap, contact the HBA at (360) 479-5778 or www.KitsapHBA.com. | 
