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November 07, 2008

CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) launches Green Web site

LOS ANGELES (Nov. 07) – The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) has launched “At home with green™,” a Green Web site, focusing on the Association’s new Green Initiative and providing information to homeowners, REALTORS®, and the general public on how to green their homes, offices, and lives.

“Housing is often one of the leading contributors of greenhouse emissions,” said C.A.R. President William E. Brown. “It’s important to raise awareness and educate members and consumers about environmentally sound practices. The new Green Web site fulfills that mission in an easy-to-understand format.”

Features of “At home with green™” include:
.  “Understanding Green” – an index of green resources, green terminology, and key green principles
.  “Homeowners/Buyers” – provides current homeowners and home buyers with information about buying a green home, finding a REALTOR® with green credentials, understanding the incentives for going green, and greening a home room by room.
.  “Green for REALTORS®” – includes tips on selling green homes to eco-conscious consumers, steps to greening their offices, and a repository of green resources.
.  “C.A.R. Goes Green” – details C.A.R.’s Green Initiative and provides a list of tactics C.A.R. has employed to “go green.”

“At home with green™” can be accessed by visiting http://green.car.org/.

Leading the way...® in real estate news and information for more than 100 years, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (www.car.org) is one of the largest state trade organizations in the United States, with nearly 175,000 members dedicated to the advancement of professionalism in real estate. C.A.R. is headquartered in Los Angeles.

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