Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Report from the NAHB Green Conference

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Checking out the concrete quality at local landmarks and learning about green building in Nashville, Tennessee

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**By Martin Holladay**

The NAHBNational Association of Home Builders, which awards a Model Green Home Certification. Green conference is being held this week (April 29 to May 1, 2012) in Nashville, Tennessee. Several GBAGreenBuildingAdvisor.com employees and bloggers — including Dan Morrison, Michael Chandler, Peter Yost, Ted Clifton, and me — are attending.

Nashville has a number of famous buildings, including a full-scale replica of the Parthenon. Nashville's Parthenon isn't made of quarried marble, however; it's made of concrete. So how's the concrete quality? Do the columns resemble marble?

[1]: http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blog-river/Barbecue in the park 2.jpg (Photo of barbecue grilles and Nashville's concrete Parthenon)
[2]: http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/green-building-blog/report-nahb-green-conference
[3]: http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blog-river/Parthenon concrete 2.jpg (Photo of a column at Nashville's Parthenon)
[4]: http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blog-river/Renaissance Hotel concrete 2.jpg (Photo of the concrete façade of the Renaissance Hotel)
[5]: http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blog-river/Peter Pfeiffer 2.jpg (Photo of Peter Pfeiffer)

URL: http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/green-building-blog/report-nahb-green-conference

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