Matt Belcher, President of Belcher Homes, Featured in November 1st USA Today Article
Eco-friendly homes move into mainstream
Article Excerpt:
•In Wood River, Ill., ground will be broken this week for a development that will include roughly 150 single-family homes built to green guidelines set by the National Association of Home Builders. Vegetation will be planted in the community to help clean rainwater and slow its runoff, eliminating the need for storm drains.
Matt Belcher, whose company is managing the Wood River development, built his first community of green single-family homes this year in the St. Louis suburb of Kirkwood. The community's houses were arranged so most windows faced south, making the best use of solar heating and cooling.
"It just makes me a better builder," Belcher says of the environmentally friendly practices his company is using.
