Building Green, Green Building, Building for Sustainable Living - What does it all mean and Just how do you build Green?  
Green Design encompasses many topics and areas all of which contribute to when your home or building becomes Green.  You must take into account site selection and how that fits into the total community environment.  Once an appropriate site has been selected you must insure that the design of the home can be integrated into the site.  Building Green can also deal with green financing considerations and the total use of energy-efficient appliances, lighting and the heating and cooling systems.  These are the environment goals to guarantee an efficient home which deals with renewable energy generation.  
You must also look at water usage and design to insure all systems contribute to total water conservation.  Low-flow fixtures and using landscaping that does not need excessive water all contribute to this goal.  
One very significant consideration is Indoor Air Quality Quality (AIQ).  The design must take into account that the materials do not contribute to indoor emissions and that the home provides appropriate ventilation.  
Putting together a design team is crucial to insure all Green considerations are explored.  The end product of an energy efficient and healthy home is well worth the effort.  

This can still be overwhelming.  Here are some very informative sites that can help.

Building Green   This is one of my favorite sites for getting really great information on building.

Green Building

Green Home Building

National Association of Home Builders - Green

Builder OnLine 

Green Home Guide 

The Hilton Head Area Home Builders Association is Going Green.   Many of their builder members are now embracing green design and construction principals.  You will begin to see more and more local builders going green as well and will begin to incorporate some of the logos found to the right in their promotional materials.  In some of the following pages we will look at some of these organizations. 
The following is a representative list of builder members of the local association that now incorporate Green into their building philosophy.  This is not intended to imply that if some builders's name does not appear below that they do not embrace Green and sustainable building principals.

Coastal Green Building Solutions
6983 North Okatie Highway
Suite C
Ridgeland, SC 29936
843-368-0056

Genesis Construction
33 Boundary Street
P.O. Box 902
Bluffton, SC 29910
843-757-8220

Harden Tuten Builders
8 Arley Way
P.O. Box 3557
Bluffton , SC 29910
843-815-37--

J. T. Turner Construction
2250 East Victory Drive
Suite 104
P.O. Box 6190
Savannah, SC 31414
Local 843-815-2420

Randy Jeffcoat Builders
40 Persimmon Street
Suite 108
Bluffton, SC 29910
843-837-5133

The Tilton Group
6 Shults Road
2nd Floor
P.O. Box 1937
Bluffton, SC 29910
843-757-5896