Green Builder Media

Green Builder Media LLC is "the leading media company in the North American residential building industry focused exclusively on green building and responsible growth".[1] Founded in 2005,[2] by custom builder Ron Jones and business partner Sara Gutterman, Green Builder Media is based in Eastsound, WA.[3] In 2011, Folio Magazine noted that the company's revenue has increased 200 percent nearly every year since its launch.[4]

Green Builder Magazine

Green Builder Media produces the award-winning monthly business to business magazine Green Builder. The magazine covers sustainable homes, high performance construction techniques, innovations in energy efficiency, water conservation, eco-landscaping, resilient housing, building science, indoor air quality and many other topics related to sustainability and construction. The founding editor was John D. Wagner (University of Alabama).[5] Wagner resigned in 2006. The current Editor-in-Chief is Matt Power [3](University of Florida[6]). Power is a veteran writer and editor who previously served as Editor-in-Chief of Custom Builder and Senior Editor for both Builder and Professional Builder, recipient of dozens of writing awards including several Jesse H. Neal awards which are "the most prestigious editorial honors in the field of specialized journalism".[6][7]

Projects

Along with the magazine, Green Builder Media constructs high-performance demonstration homes around the country. To date, they have completed numerous homes and interactive exhibits in Tucson, AZ; Los Angeles, CA; Orlando, FL; Aspen, CO; Vegas, NV and Lake City, CO.[8]

From 2012 to 2015, Green Builder Media partnered with the National Fire Protection Association, SIEMENS, GM, Ingersoll-Rand, Armstrong, Boral, Hanwha Solar, Kohler, Panasonic, Pella and Schott in collaboration with Walt Disney Imagineering, to create the VISION HOUSE at Innoventions (Epcot).[9] The exhibit was the latest in a series of futuristic representations of the American home. Its predecessors include the famous Monsanto House of the Future, a popular exhibit at Disney's Tomorrowland.

In 2015, GreenBuilder ran a 9-part series called The Celestia Project,[10] which looked at what life might be like in the year 2100, through a lens of sustainability and green living.

Awards and Accolades

References

  1. ↑ About Green Builder Media, retrieved Feb 15, 2016
  2. ↑ Green Builder® Media Brings Sustainable-Living to Life by Brian Amann, retrieved Feb 15, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Contact Green Builder Media, retrieved Feb 15, 2016.
  4. ↑ Sara Gutterman:CEO & Group Publisher, Green Builder Media, retrieved Feb 15, 2016.
  5. ↑ Journalism of John D. Wagner, retrieved Feb 15, 2016.
  6. 1 2 Linkedin Profile for Matt Power, retrieved Feb 15, 2016.
  7. ↑ What are the Neal Awards?,retrieved Feb 15, 2016.
  8. ↑ About the VISION House Demonstration Homes and Exhibits,retrieved Feb 15, 2016.
  9. ↑ NFPA partners with Green Builder® Media to launch inspirational new green home exhibit: VISION House® in INNOVENTIONS at Epcot®,retrieved Feb 15, 2016.
  10. ↑ The Celestia Project, retrieved Feb 15, 2016.
  11. ↑ Celestia Project Takes Top Editorial Honors in This Year's FOLIO Awards, retrieved Feb 15, 2016.
  12. 1 2 NAREE’s 65th Annual Real Estate Journalism Award Winners Announced with Judges' comments, retrieved Feb 15, 2016.
  13. ↑ NAREE’s 64th Annual Real Estate Journalism Award Winners Announced, retrieved Feb 15, 2016.
  14. 1 2 63rd ANNUAL REAL ESTATE JOURNALISM AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED, retrieved Feb 15, 2016.
  15. ↑ 60th Year of Annual Real Estate Journalism Awards Presented, retrieved Feb 15, 2016.

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