I am alive.  Sorry that I've been gone for so long.  It has been crazy here.  Okay, I've been beating around the bush for awhile now, but I think its time to unveil what I've been up to.

On top of vacations and the wedding plans, I have started my own company.  There.  I said it.  In print.  No going back now.  My company name is Jason Stover Environmental Services.  The National Association of Home Builders has unveiled their National Green Building Program at the International Builders Show and my company is a third party independent verifier for that program.  This program is for newly constructed homes that are trying to be "green".  I verify that the points a builder submits for the NGBP is accurate and certify the home as green or not so green.

I have been busy taking training classes with The Green Building Initiative (GBI) and the NAHB Research Center and studying for exams to do this.  Friday, it was official.  I passed the test and able to verify homes.  I can do them for the NAHB or the GBI.

I have some links of interest that I want to pass along to all of you that I think are of note.  I will have to do that in a later post.  If anyone has any questions, drop me a line.  I will be getting back to my Saturday Coffee posts real soon and on a more consistent basis.