Article: Tour of Green Homes Builders, Remodelers Choose Vinyl Siding.

New Orleans tour homes built to NAHB's Model Green Home Building Guidelines

WASHINGTON, June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- New Orleans builders/remodelers KC Contractors and Olde World Builders and Remodelers relied on vinyl siding to help rebuild three homes that suffered the effects of Hurricane Katrina. As part of the Tour of Green Homes at the National Green Building Conference, the projects were required to meet NAHB Model Green Home Building Guidelines.

While original plans for two of the homes called for fiber cement on the exteriors, low-maintenance vinyl siding quickly became the builders' cladding of choice. Unlike fiber cement, vinyl siding does not ...

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