The green building phenomenon is gaining in popularity, and some locations are more into it than other areas. Professional Builder magazine discusses an overview of some of the home building markets that they consider hot as far as green building activities are concerned.
The housing markets they consider hot markets for green home are:

• Seattle, WA
• Austin, TX
• Atlanta, GA
• Albuquerque
• Alameda County, CA

Then, they consider the following markets to be the next to be rising to the top in terms of green homes:

• Durham / Orange / Chatham, NC 
• Madison, WI

If you are interested in more information about these markets specially regarding the green home building developments, please visit: Hot Markets for Green Homes

Karl Tehrani is the founder of Tehrani Group LLC which provides construction project management, Construction Management, and general contracting including hospitality renovation services nationwide.  Linkedin invitations gladly accepted from hospitality related professionals, architects, etc. if invited.