[Greenbuilding] green buildings hurt economy

[Alan Abrams]

NAHB is a conflicted outfit--their research division coming up with a very
elegant, carefully considered set of model green building guidelines,
developed by a wide cross section of builders, building science pros, and
other stakeholders including USGBC and SBIC--

--contrasted with their snarling legal affairs division, set to pounce on
anything that has the faintest wiff of a mandate or code revision like
hungry Dobermans after the scent of raw meat.  

their constant refrain is that such changes would impact the "affordability"
of housing.  I suggest that the better term would be "profitability;" but
even this substitution would not necessarily improve their logic.

AA


This quote is templated from national NAHB. It's a knee-jerk reaction and a
call-to-arms for $$$$.

First of all, any regulation that would regulate, control, manage, restrict
or oversee the industry would be anathema.
Second, any program that may require builders to think--ie. move to green
practices--versus the market doing it, will make them hurt.