Why you don’t want to miss this webinar:

How do you prepare and plan for a new affordable energy efficient custom home? How “green” should you make the new home? Insulation? Air Conditioning? Solar? How do you get energy efficiency and still make it affordable? What does it cost? Built Green has answers.

Subjects to be covered:

Green Building

·What is it?

·Why? Why not?

Energy Efficiency

·Solar Orientation

·Air Tightness

·Attics

·Windows

·Insulation

·Air Conditioning

This fast-moving webinar with hundreds of pictures will give you a serious overview of the process of planning and building an affordable energy-efficient home.

The webinar will be taught by Dennis Celsor

• Certified Green Professional
• Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist
• Graduate Master Builder

What about audiovisual and home automation? Low voltage? Alarm system? Sound system? Home theater? Media room? Can I do some of this myself? How do I save money? BGCH has answers.

Subjects to be covered:

• Structured Wiring
• TV (RG6/ Cat6)
• Phone/Data (Cat6)
• Home Theater/Surround Sound
• Speakers (Whole House)
• Security Cameras/DVR
• Alarm System (Burglar/Fire/Medical)
• Home Automation (Lighting/Climate)
• Motorized Shades

This webinar will feature  an interview of Charlie Crocker, principal of Ecolux Home Technology, answering all your questions about home technology for your new custom home. .

Hosted by Dennis Celsor

National Association of Home Builders

Certified Green Professional

Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist

Graduate Master Builder

Here’s your opportunity to get to know our BGCH consultants. Jana Edwards has been in construction her entire life, raised by parents who developed properties.  Learn how she can assist you in building your new custom home. She has assisted clients who faced many difficulties:

1. building inside city limits
2. building a steel barndominium
3. Building a slab on highly expansive soil
4. finishing a partially finished home.
5. building in a subdivision with difficult HOA
6. building on large acreage
7. building on steep hillside
8. excavating the building site

Hosted by Dennis Celsor

National Association of Home Builders

Certified Green Professional

Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist

Graduate Master Builder

Why this webinar? You have invested a substantial amount in your new home site. You want to preserve the natural beauty and the trees. How do you preserve the site?  Save the trees?  Clear unwanted brush and trees?  Gain access to the site for building? Deal with slope issues? Built Green has answers.

Subjects to be covered:

Tree/Site Preservation
Site Clearing
Site Access
Slope Issues
Basements
Excavation
Pad Construction
Retaining Walls

This fast moving webinar with hundreds of pictures will give you a serious overview of the custom home site preparation process, showing you how to save money as you design/build a beautiful, quality, energy efficient home. Come prepared to learn.

The webinar will be taught by Dennis Celsor

Graduate Master Builder

Certified Green Professional

Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist

Why this webinar? A solid foundation is critical to the durability of your new home. How do I get a solid foundation in Central Texas?  How do I minimize cracks? Prevent failures? Find a good contractor? Conventional rebar vs Post Tension? Not waste money?  Get a warranty? Built Green has the answers.

Subjects to be covered:

• Slab Preparation
• Slab Types
• Concrete Placement
• Specialty Slabs
• Raised Crawlspace (Pier & Beam)
• Hybrid Foundations
• Basement

This fast moving webinar with hundreds of pictures will give you a serious overview of the custom home foundation process, showing you how to save money as you design a beautiful, quality, energy efficient home.

The webinar will be taught by Dennis Celsor

Graduate Master Builder

Certified Green Professional

Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist

You’re excited about that new open floor plan that you want for your new home!  Ever wonder about the components that enable the larger open rooms in the structure of your home? This webinar will cover the types of natural and engineered wood that are available for the walls, ceilings and roof of your home. It will also cover the preparation for framing and discuss alternatives to wood framing, such as insulated concrete forms.

Webinar Topics:

• Structural Framing Materials
• Energy Efficient Wood Framing
• Dimensional & Engineered Lumber
• Trusses
• Advanced Framing
• Windstorm Protection
• Alternative Structures

This fast moving webinar with hundreds of pictures will give you a serious overview of the custom home framing process, showing you how to save money as you design a beautiful, quality, energy efficient home.

Why this webinar? You’re excited about building your new home. How do you build your home to resist windstorms? What about a safe room? What materials should you put on the exterior of your home?  Stone? Stucco? Brick?  Siding?  Recommendations?  BGCH has answers.

Webinar Topics:

• Windstorm Resistance
• Wall Bracing
• Safe Rooms
• Masonry Shopping/Preparation
• Installation (Brick/Stone/Thin Stone)
• Stucco

This fast-moving webinar with hundreds of pictures will give you a serious overview of exterior surfaces for your new home, showing you how to save money as you design a beautiful, quality, energy-efficient home.

Webinar

by Dennis Celsor

• Certified Green Professional
• Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist
• Graduate Master Builder

Why this webinar? You have questions about how to get started planning to build your own custom home. How do you prepare and plan for a new affordable energy efficient custom home? Where do you get a plan? How do you avoid mistakes in choosing property? What does it cost to build? How can I find financing? What should I look for in a builder? Built Green has the answers.

Subjects to be covered:

Planning for Energy Efficiency
Gathering Ideas for a True Custom Home
Custom Home Design & Blueprints
Cost Estimating and Budgeting
Financing: Construction and Permanent
BGCH System for Saving You Money

This fast moving webinar with hundreds of pictures will give you a serious overview of the custom home planning process, showing you how to save money as you design a beautiful, quality, energy efficient home.

The class will be taught by Dennis Celsor

Graduate Master Builder

Certified Green Professional

Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist

You won’t want to miss SCOTT THOMAS and his insights on the current mortgage market!

Scott has been featured on the cover of the New York Times as a mortgage rates expert and has been published and celebrated as the #1 top producing mortgage loan officer in the greater San Antonio area. He will be sharing valuable knowledge and insights as they relate to construction loans and mortgages for owner-builders!

This will be a round-table event where you will be able to ask your questions and get the answers that will help you make educated decisions about your upcoming construction loan with Built Green. If there is any chance of you starting your home in the next year, please don’t miss this opportunity.

Why this webinar?  Why do I need a builder-of-record? What about down payment? Private Mortgage Insurance? Do I need to pay off my land? Why do I need savings? VA construction loan? I can’t find a bank that will finance an owner builder construction loan? How many draws? How do bank draws work? How is the draw tied to the budget? Questions about how the loans work when you are planning to build your own custom home? Built Green has the answers.

Topics to be covered :

• Vision and Goals
• Target Budget
• Bank Underwriting
• Builder of Record
• Down Payment
• Closing
• Draw Procedure

This fast-moving webinar with hundreds of pictures will give you a serious overview of the process of financing the building of your new affordable energy-efficient home.

The webinar will be taught by Dennis Celsor

• Certified Green Professional
• Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist
• Graduate Master Builder

This fast-moving webinar with hundreds of pictures will give you a serious overview of the architectural design process, showing you how to save money as you design a beautiful, quality, energy-efficient home.

The webinar will be taught by Dennis Celsor

Certified Green Professional

Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist

Graduate Master Builder