The first in the area arrives May 8th .
Home Front: Expo to give builders outlook on 'green' construction
By Jim Wasserman - jwasserman@sacbee.com
Published 12:00 am PDT Friday, April 18, 2008
So-called "green" building has been one of the biggest fads in home construction for more than a year. But what does it mean and will consumers actually be willing to pay for it if it costs them more?
That's what a lot of local builders have been asking themselves.
Some of the answers are coming May 8, when the North State Building Industry Association hosts its first Green Home Expo in Sacramento. It's the first in California by a regional home builder trade group.
The daylong expo at the Sacramento Convention Center will tell builders about the newest green construction techniques and how to market and sell homes that feature them. It will show homeowners the newest ways to make their home green and how to use tax credits and utility programs to help pay for it.
This being a capital town, the expo includes panel discussions on the latest public policy trends related to green building. Many folks say they want to be green, but there are a lot of politics related to what green means.
