Three experts on various aspects of green building will conduct an hour-long audio seminar on the opportunities, challenges and benefits of green building from 2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT Wednesday, June 11. The seminar has been approved for NAHB continuing education and for one hour Certified Master Builder credit in the business management field.

"Green as Good Business” seminar participants will discuss such topics as a business case for green building in a slow market; the marketing benefits of green building; the challenges of green building; and green building legal trends and related issues.

“Green building has captured the attention of the residential home construction industry and the buying public,” said David Jaffe, NAHB staff vice president for construction liability and legal research. “The promises of significant energy savings, a healthy indoor environment and being ecologically friendly have proven to be strong motivating factors for designing, building and purchasing a green home.”

But Jaffe, a seminar participant, also cautions builders to be proactively aware of “potential liability issues in order to avoid disputes and litigation that could result in a lengthy and debilitating sidetrack of the green building wave.”

In addition to Jaffe, seminar participants include Matthew Belcher, president of Belcher Homes, a residential and light commercial green building, development and consulting firm based in St. Louis; and Donald Ferrier, CGB, president of Ferrier Custom Homes in Fort Worth, Texas and a nationally recognized green and sustainable home builder.

Several local HBAs across South Carolina are hosting the seminar. If you’d like to participate in the seminar, please contact your local HBA. To register or for more information, visit www.nahb.org/gobuildgreen. Registration will be confirmed via e-mail, and three to five days before the seminar, dialing instructions will be sent to listeners via e-mail.