Battle Over Built Green

The

Home Builders Association of Metro Denver, which recently trademarked the name Built Green

^® for its residential green building program (the largest in the nation), has issued a cease and desist request against Vermont’s

Building for Social Responsibility (BSR) over its use of the name Vermont Built Green for its own fledgling program (see

EBN

Vol. 12, No. 7). BSR seems to be retreating quickly and is considering other names, including Vermont Building Greener. The Denver program is online at www.builtgreen.org. The Vermont program is online at www.bsr-vt.org.