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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Green Beginnings Wins Gold Medal at First Annual Living Now Book Awards |
INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING INDUSTRY GROUP NAMES BOOK ABOUT GREEN HOMES BEST IN CLASS 
KENNETT SQUARE, PA, April 27, 2009 (WORLD-WIRE) Independent Publisher, the voice of the Independent Publishing Industry, announced today that Green Beginnings: The Story of How We Built Our Green & Sustainable Home by husband and wife author team Avrim and Vicki Topel has won the Gold Medal for the Homebuilding Category of the 2008 First Annual Living Now Book Awards. The Living Now Book Awards are designed to honor the year’s best books that help readers attain healthier, more fulfilling and productive lives. The global competition was open to authors and publishers throughout North America and overseas publishers who publish English-language books intended for the American market.
The book shares the authors’ true story of planning and building a U.S. Green Building Council LEED Silver and Energy Star Qualified home as a venue to teach others about green homes. Industry sources revealed that the book and its complimentary companion Green Beginnings Video (DVD) are helping a wide variety of Americans including homeowners, university undergraduate and graduate students, realtors and construction professionals across the nation learn about and understand green homes as built to the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) criteria. In March, 2008, the green home featured in this year’s Gold Medal book was designated a LEED For Homes Project Profile, one of only nine homes in the nation showcased by the USGBC as examples of the LEED Green Building Rating System. The Living Now Book Awards celebrate the innovation and creativity of newly published books that enhance the quality of our lives. Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals are awarded in 28 categories ranging from Green Living and Homebuilding to Social Activism and Health and Wellness. Winning a Living Now Book Award brings sustainable credibility and recognition to the year’s very best lifestyle books and their creators throughout North America and the world. Jenkins Group of Traverse City, Michigan presents the Living Now Awards. Jenkins Group has been dedicated to promoting books that improve readers’ lives, bring families together, and make the world a safer, healthier place since 1988. For information about Independent Publisher and other national and regional book competitions, visit www.independentpublisher.com. Green Beginnings: The Story of How We Built Our Green & Sustainable Home and the Green Beginnings Video (DVD) are available for purchase at Amazon.com and the authors’ website www.GreenBeginningsTheBook.com. The Book and DVD are also available in PDF and streaming media for on-line delivery. Contact: Vicki Topel, Author LEEDSilver@yahoo.com |
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