4 green building things you may not know | Houston Business Journal | 11/24/2010 |

"Some experts do believe the sluggish economy and weak housing market have dampened the enthusiasm for green homes....James Benham is the owner of JB Knowledge Technologies Inc. and operator of Smartbidnet.com, a site that digitizes the forest of paperwork involved in planning, constructing, selling and maintaining a home. Benham sees companies using some cost-cutting tools, such as his site, to stay afloat — but not too many are making a big splash in the green pool...“That’s totally understandable and probably advisable,” Benham says. “In times of economic hardship, they’re more concerned, rightly so, with getting people in the door than with a LEED certification. Economics always trumps everything.”

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