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November 19 2008 - 7:00AM
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Sustainable Homebuilding Company Expands Its Services with Green
Remodeling Division AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- Green Builders, Inc. (AMEX:GBH), a leading large-scale developer
of sustainable homes in the Austin, Texas-area, is expanding its
services to include green remodeling. The new venture will
initially cater to existing homeowners in Central Texas who want to
reduce home energy demands and utility bills, lessen home
maintenance costs and increase the comfort of their home. Heating
and cooling account for more than fifty percent of the average
home's energy consumption. Having already refined the building
science of creating green systems in new home construction, it
seemed a natural fit for Green Builders to expand into the existing
home arena and address the market need for integrated green
retrofit solutions. Green Builders' remodeling program puts a
strong emphasis on making homes as energy-efficient as possible,
which increases the value of the home and reduces energy
consumption and costs at the same time. "Each day that energy
prices and consumption continue to rise, your current home is
becoming more expensive to operate and maintain," says Clark
Wilson, President and CEO of Green Builders, Inc. "People come out
to our communities all the time and ask us what they can do to make
their home more energy efficient. We've always given them the
low-hanging fruit like changing out incandescent bulbs with CFLs
and switching to low flow plumbing fixtures. Now we are able to
offer them a long term energy savings solution for their existing
home that will pay for itself in the short term." The company's
scientific approach to remodeling starts with an in-home energy
audit that evaluates the home's energy usage and performance. Green
Builders then analyzes the data to identify a customized energy-
and cost-savings action plan that will have the most impact on the
home's energy expenditure and yield the greatest energy savings for
the cost. "Homes account for 14 percent of the energy used in Texas
each year. Most of that energy is electricity. And Texans are
paying the price -- 56 percent more each year for electricity than
the national residential average," reports Texas Comptroller of
Public Accounts, Susan Combs, who recently released the results of
a state-wide home energy efficiency report. "With a burgeoning
population and a 66 percent home ownership rate, even small gains
in home energy efficiency will create a sizeable impact in Texas."
There are numerous financial incentives and tax credits available
to homeowners to help subsidize the costs of an energy-efficiency
remodel. In fact, engineering shows that in some cases Green
Builders can design a "green retrofit" solution that will save the
homeowner more money in monthly utility costs than they will have
to pay out on their monthly home improvement loan payment. Green
Builders currently builds sustainable homes and communities
throughout the Austin area, priced from the $180s to $600s. To
learn more about the company's new green remodeling initiative,
visit http://www.greenbuildersinc.com/. About Green Builders, Inc.
Green Builders, Inc. combines the equal necessities of progress and
preservation by building homes that tread lightly on the earth. Our
success is measured by continued sales in a growing number of
sustainable communities, which we believe to be vital to a
sustainable planet. With respect for the world's resources and for
the needs of our clients, we create healthy, beautiful,
long-lasting homes that people, and the earth, can afford. To learn
more visit, http://www.greenbuildersinc.com/. Safe Harbor Statement
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including factors described under "Risk Factors" in our Annual
Report on Form 10-KSB filed December 31, 2007. The company assumes
no obligation to update or supplement such forward-looking
statements. DATASOURCE: Green Builders, Inc. CONTACT: Emily Thomson
of Green Builders, Inc., +1-512-583-4327, Web site:
http://www.greenbuildersinc.com/
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