HUD leads by example with green PATH Concept Home.The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developmentannounced the completion of America's first PATH Concept Home featuring more than 60 efficient, sustainable and flexible products and systems all in one affordable home. "With the PATH Concept Home, HUD Hud (h  d), a pre-Qur'anic prophet of Islam. Hud unsuccessfully exhorted his South Arabian people, the Ad, to worship the One God. has created a blueprint for
the future of the American Dream American dream also American Dreamn. An American ideal of a happy and successful life to which all may aspire: by using innovative housing technologies that support our goals of sustain-ability, efficiency and flexibility in an affordable home," said HUD Assistant Secretary Darlene F. Williams. "June is National Homeownership Month and we are excited to showcase a home that is affordable to purchase, maintain and renovate as families and their needs change over time." The PATH program--the Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing--is a public private partnership between the U.S. government and America's housing industry that works together to advance the use of technology in the housing infrastructure throughout the country. Torti Gallas and Partners, an award-winning architecture firm, created the PATH Concept Home Omaha design. It meets the requirements for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, provides a suite of standards for environmentally sustainable construction. (LEED) for Homes, Environments For Living[R], ENERY STAR TM and National Association of Home Builders The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is one of the largest trade associations in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, DC, the association organizes one of the largest conventions in North America, The International Builders' Show, which draws more than (NAHB NAHB National Association of Home Builders NAHB National Academy of Health and Business (Canada) ) Green Building Guidelines. The City of Omaha donated the site for the PATH Concept Home. The site, a corner lot nestled among new affordable homes and quaint historic bungalows, is convenient to both downtown Omaha Downtown Omaha is the central business, government and social core of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area, and is located in Omaha, Nebraska. The boundaries are 20th Street on the west to the Missouri River on the east and the centerline of Leavenworth Street on the south to and Creighton University. The neighborhood is also part of broad commercial and residential redevelopment efforts by the city. |
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