WASHINGTON - Home builders will gather in Albuquerque, N.M., for the 2006 National Green Building Conference, scheduled for March 12-14, 2006. Hosted by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), the organization says the conference will help builders meet the increased consumer demand for resource-efficient, green homes.

"Builders in Albuquerque have already made significant progress in developing an impressive number of green-built homes," said Ray Tonjes, chairman of NAHB's Green Building Subcommittee. "We are thrilled to highlight the work of local green builders, as well as homes built in accordance with NAHB's voluntary Model Green Home Building Guidelines, as more and more of our members start to build green."