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Jan Green, Jan Jedlinsky, Betsy Littrell, and Bruce Richardson, Sr.

They’re the four NAR Green Designees named winners of the Green REsource Council’s 2022 EverGreen Award. 

This exceptional group has consistently advanced the principles of the GRC and has worked to make the housing stock better, greener, and healthier.

GRC Members Get Top Billing in REALTOR® Magazine 

Sustainability and NAR Green Designees got top billing in REALTOR® Magazine’s latest issue. Three stories, Setting Your Sights on Sustainability, Learning to Love EVs, and Under All Is Water, featured GRC members. They talked about everything from protecting water resources and loving EV cars to how they started down the green path. 

You're always looking for ways to enhance your brand and help people better understand your unique skills.
 
Two new GRC videos and an animated image help you brand yourself as a REALTOR® skilled in green practices. The latest marketing materials also provide a quick, efficient, and inexpensive way to distinguish yourself from competitors and promote your NAR Green Designation. 

Every year since the inception of RESNET’s (Residential Energy Services Network) Home Energy Rating System (HERS®) Index, the group has seen a rise in the number of homes with the HERS rating.

The group, which provides a miles-per-gallon-style score to rate the energy efficiency of homes, recorded its 3-millionth HERS Rated home last year.

July 31, 2022. 

That's the deadline for the 2022 EverGreen Award nomination. 

Since 2009, we've been giving the EverGreen Award to GRC members who have dedicated themselves to advancing the green building industry and its practice and have found unique ways to convey the value of their knowledge to their communities and clients.