Veridian Homes’ Sales Team Gains Green EcoBroker® Certification

April 5, 2010 - PRLog -- New Home Specialists Chad Elert, Jeff Greenlee, Terri Jacobson, Amy Kirner, Scott Kramer, Tonya Nye and Todd Pierce at Veridian Homes have earned the EcoBroker Certified® designation, having successfully completed an award-winning informative training program on the energy and environmental issues that affect real estate transactions. Elert, Greenlee, Jacobson, Kirner, Kramer, Nye and Pierce join the movement of professionals pushing the real estate market toward energy-efficient, sustainable, and healthier features in new homes. Today’s focus on high-performance energy-efficient homes is a priority for this type of high-quality professional team earning the EcoBroker Certified® designation. EcoBrokers® like the team at Veridian are building premier market presence by serving as consumer and community resources on energy and environmental issues. With national surveys indicating that nine out of 10 consumers consider energy efficiency and the environmentally sound aspects of a home to be almost as important as interior finishes, Certified EcoBrokers® are simply in a better position to serve the savvy green-minded consumer.

“I’m always looking for the best ways to not only offer our homeowners the best value but to also develop a relationship where they feel we are a trusted resource,” John Maasch, vice president of sales and marketing, explains. “The EcoBroker Certified® training helps ensure that our home buyers, who are the number one priority, get the knowledge they need. From energy-efficient appliances to green features to overall energy savings, our team now has more resources to help home buyers make informed decisions.

EcoBroker International’s premier designation program is designed exclusively for real estate professionals who care about the environment and want to help their clients benefit from the energy-efficiency, “green,” and healthier features of homes. The extensive curriculum of energy and environmental training requires participants to fulfill additional program requirements to become Certified EcoBrokers®.

“The New Home Specialists at Veridian Homes are an example of the quality real estate professionals the EcoBroker Certified® designation continues to attract,” explains EcoBroker International CEO Dr. John Beldock. “These real estate professionals are not only distinguishing themselves in a competitive market place, but they are really giving back to the community in very constructive and meaningful ways. Dane County needs more contributors like Veridian Homes. The planet and our grandchildren need them, too,” says Dr. Beldock.

For additional information on what it means to be a Certified EcoBroker®, please contact:
Veridian Homes
Phone: 608.226.3000
Email: salesinfo@veridianhomes.com
Web: http://www.veridianhomes.com


About Veridian Homes
Veridian Homes is a Dane County home builder dedicated to quality home building, community involvement and environmental stewardship. It has been nationally recognized as the 2008 Builder of the Year by Professional Builder magazine, National Housing Quality Gold Award winner, Builder of the Year and Gold Winner of the Energy Value Housing Award by the NAHB Research Center, and has annually obtained NAHB Builder Certification. Veridian also takes steps to have a lesser impact on the environment by participating in Wisconsin’s Green Tier Initiative, and by recycling construction by product, such as cement and vinyl. Veridian Homes is a family-owned company in its third generation.

About EcoBroker International
EcoBroker International provides an award-winning energy and environmental curriculum to licensed real estate professionals, leading to the EcoBroker Certified® designation. EcoBroker International’s mission is to broaden and improve the base of training and continuing education for real estate professionals and, in doing so, encourage improvements to the quality of buildings while reducing the impact on natural resources and the environment. EcoBroker is a U.S. Department of Energy Building America partner and a Built Green Colorado Education Partner, the most successful green building program in the United States. EcoBroker provides state-approved continuing education courses to licensed real estate professionals in states throughout the United States. EcoBroker can be reached by phone at 1-800-706-4321, online at http://www.EcoBroker.com and by email at customerservice@ecobroker.com.

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