New World Home's Atlanta Project Wins National Green Building Award

May 25, 2010

RALEIGH, N.C., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Monday evening awarded New World Home "NOGM 4 Atlanta" with a National Green Building Award for Project of the Year - Single Family - Production/Luxury. The home, located in Atlanta, GA, and its builders were honored at the 12th Annual NAHB National Green Building Conference in Raleigh, NC. New World Home's trademarked New Old Green Modular® (NOGM®) design platform incorporates a holistic approach to historically inspired green building. The NOGM process results in homes built to exacting standards, providing a minimum 50 percent energy savings annually, conserves thousands of gallons of water per year and provides a healthier indoor environment when compared to a code built home. A NOGM is able to achieve the highest levels of certification by utilizing a whole-systems approach to home construction. Well thought out design, a strong project team, appropriate material selection and various construction techniques are all contributing factors.

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