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Special Advertising Section: LINKS Goes Green Building green has nothing to do with the game of golf, and everything to do with it
If ever there was a sport that cherished its natural environs, clung to its legacy and fretted about its future, it is golf. We play to be outdoors; we follow longstanding traditions; we pass our passion on to our children. So it’s only natural that LINKS, as we celebrate our 20th anniversary, takes an active role in helping shape the future by sponsoring a program to encourage green building at golf communities. Throughout this year, we’ll follow the progress of a number of residential golf communities as they design and build LINKS Green Houses. These showcase golf homes will share a common goal: to help reduce our carbon footprint on the planet. They will be energy efficient, make use of renewable resources, use healthy building materials and adhere to established green building rating systems. We’ll share their stories, their struggles and their successes, and the impact their Green Houses will have on their—and our—world. As it turns out, you don’t have to buy into global warming theories to warm to the idea of building green. Ultimately, green houses make beautiful, healthy places to live and in the end, they will save you and your future generations money. Helpful websites: usgbc.org U.S. Green Building Council’s site with all the info about building green with the LEED certification system nahb.org National Association of Home Builders site with information for both builders and buyers on their National Green Building Standard energystar.gov The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy’s joint website. Provides Energy Star ratings for appliances and homes eifg.org The Environmental Institute for Golf's mission is to strengthen the compatibility of the game of golf with our natural environment, mainly through golf course management practices. It is the philanthropic arm of the Golf Course Superintendent's Association of America (GCSSA).

Special Advertising Section:
LINKS Goes Green
Building green has nothing to do with the game of golf, and everything to do with it

If ever there was a sport that cherished its natural environs, clung to its legacy and fretted about its future, it is golf. We play to be outdoors; we follow longstanding traditions; we pass our passion on to our children. So it’s only natural that LINKS, as we celebrate our 20th anniversary, takes an active role in helping shape the future by sponsoring a program to encourage green building at golf communities.

Throughout this year, we’ll follow the progress of a number of residential golf communities as they design and build LINKS Green Houses. These showcase golf homes will share a common goal: to help reduce our carbon footprint on the planet. They will be energy efficient, make use of renewable resources, use healthy building materials and adhere to established green building rating systems. We’ll share their stories, their struggles and their successes, and the impact their Green Houses will have on their—and our—world.

As it turns out, you don’t have to buy into global warming theories to warm to the idea of building green. Ultimately, green houses make beautiful, healthy places to live and in the end, they will save you and your future generations money.

Helpful websites:
usgbc.org
U.S. Green Building Council’s site with all the info about building green with the LEED certification system

nahb.org
National Association of Home Builders site with information for both builders and buyers on their National Green Building Standard

energystar.gov
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy’s joint website. Provides Energy Star ratings for appliances and homes

eifg.org
The Environmental Institute for Golf's mission is to strengthen the compatibility of the game of golf with our natural environment, mainly through golf course management practices. It is the philanthropic arm of the Golf Course Superintendent's Association of America (GCSSA).