Aug. 22, 2007: Program Adds Green Certification for State Builders

One of the few in the nation, Minnesota has a new program to increase energy efficiency in new and remodeled homes.

Star Tribune
Program Adds Green Certification for State Builders
By Dirk Lammers
Aug. 22, 2007
http://www.startribune.com/535/story/1378185.html

Minnesota will be one of a few states in the nation with its own green certification program aimed at new and remodeled houses.

Minnesota GreenStar -- a new set of standards aimed at increasing durability, energy efficiency and indoor air quality -- was launched Wednesday at a news conference at a remodeled house in St. Louis Park.

Brad Moore, commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), praised the program and the organizations that developed it, saying, "This will create a sea change for Minnesota."