Welcome to the Alliance for Environmental Sustainability

Why go LEED Video

The Alliance for Environmental Sustainability (AES) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with a mission of providing sustainable building education to the general public and building industry. AES was founded in 2000 by a dedicated group of community members who saw the need to help our community create a sustainable city; to ensure that our children and our community would have a healthy, safe and affordable environment within which to live and grow. They felt the best way to contribute to the sustainability and growth of our community was to bring expertise in green building practices and green products by training homeowners, architects, designers, builders and other stakeholders in the construction industry sustainable building principles.

News

New Net Zero Home in Michigan

June 23 2010

A home on Target for LEED platinum will produce more energy than it consumes making another successful Net Zero home built in SouthWest Michigan.

See the project here http://www.alliancees.org/index.php/projects/the-vineyard-project/

Why go LEED Video.

June 16 2010

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Benefits of a LEED-Certified Home from U.S. Green Building Council on Vimeo.

Testimonials from owners of LEED-certified homes.

Platinum LEED Homes use 51% less heating energy

May 06 2010

First Leed for Homes in Grand Traverse!

March 11 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The U.S. Green Building Council Awards Image Design, LLC and Frontier Construction LEED Gold Certification for their Green Home March 8, 2010‐ Kingsley, MI. Today the new residence at 6524 Marsh Rd. was awarded LEED “Gold” certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for achievement in green homebuilding and design. LEED for Homes is a national third‐party certification system for energy efficient, healthy, green homes. LEED‐certified homes complete a technically rigorous process that includes a home energy (HERS) rating and onsite inspections to verify that the home is built to be energy and water efficient, environmentally sound, and a healthier place to live.

View the project on our project profiles page: http://www.alliancees.org/index.php/projects/granite-hill-project/