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I had the privilege today to work at the BuiltGreen booth at the Seattle Home Show held at the Qwest Field Event Center.  For those that are not familiar with this huge event, it's a week long event that showcases the Seattle housing industry.   This housing extravaganza has close to 600 displays of home and garden products.  The aisles of booths seem to go on and on! 

Each day there are seminars called "Meet the Experts", where professionals from different industries educate the audience in their professions; you'll find model kitchens and bath vignettes; newest in building products and materials; landscape displays; Green living ideas; arts & crafts and home decorating ideas.  The Seattle Home Show is hosted by the Master Builders Association.  The MBA is an association of homebuilders, remodelers and asscoiated businesses in the state of Washington.  The MBA has more than 4,300 members and boasts the largest association in the nation.

BuiltGreen, is a non-profit organization that is a part of the MBA, which provides consumers with easy-to-understand rating systems, which quantify environmentally friendly building practices for remodeling and new home construction, communities and multifamily development units.  The overall goal of BuiltGreen essentially is to help homeowners, builders and developers produce more resource-efficient homes.  These homes are crafted to exceed building codes and provide homeowners with years of healthy, quality living, while protecting the precious Northwest environment.  And that's all good.

I had the opportunity to work alongside Jennifer Jerabek, the South Snohomish county manager, she is very knowledgeable and I learned a ton from her expertise.  If you're interested in becoming a member or would like more information on how to certify your home or remodel, go to the BuiltGreen website and check it out!