State Representative David Bly, MN District 25B

Minnesota GreenStar is a Green building standard and certification program for both existing and new homes that promotes healthy, durable, high performance homes.  The program was designed by a third party to have new homes or remodeling projects certified as green and to ensure that the project is more efficient, healthy and incorporates environmentally sensitive design and construction techniques.

Green building is a whole-systems approach applying the five (5) key concepts of Green building – energy efficiency, resource efficiency (including durability), indoor environmental quality, water conservation, site and community – to the eight (8) components of the traditional building process – outdoor and site, building envelope and systems, mechanicals, electrical and lighting, plumbing systems and fixtures, finish materials and coatings, waste management – in order to improve the impact of building on individuals, their families, the community, and the environment. 

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