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CLEVELAND, June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Real Property Management, a leading provider of community management services in Central Ohio, has opened a new office to better service its growing market. The new office is located at Park One Center, 6100 Oaktree Blvd, Suite 200 Independence, Ohio 44131.

Founded in 1979 and currently one of the largest professional community association management companies in Ohio, Real Property Management is known for its quality management services in the Central Ohio region and have their sites on achieving the same goals in the Cleveland metropolitan area.

Real Property Management also has an office located in Lewis Center, which is a suburb of Columbus. Of the new office, Matt Steele, President of Real Property Management, said, "We are proud to now serve the greater Cleveland metropolitan area with community management services. Opening our second office means we'll be able to join the strengths of two offices and have double the resources to offer our clients and serve our communities throughout two major metropolitan areas."

In 2006, Real Property Management became a member of Associa. In conjunction with the 70 other company offices located throughout the United States, Associa provides a diverse and professional pool of experience and talent to assist in the day-to-day management and operations of community associations.

Founded in 1979, Associa is America's leading community association management and developer services company. With more than 70 offices across the nation and growing, Associa is the largest company in the United States devoted exclusively to the management of community associations, representing thousands of communities from coast to coast. Associa has established a variety of national purchasing programs which afford clients products and services of the highest quality at the most competitive prices for their needs, as well as community support services such as association websites, newsletters, and other neighborhood communication channels. For more information, please visit http://www.associaonline.com/ and http://www.rpmanagement.com/.

Contact: Brandy Madigan Marketing Manager Associa(R) Corporate HQ P - (214) 953-3009 ext. 5568 F - (214) 522-3266 bmadigan@associaonline.com http://www.associaonline.com/Associa

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The board of directors of the National Association of Home Builders has approved the creation of a national green building program to provide a template for voluntary, market-driven green building all over the country.

The vote came during the NAHB Spring Board of Directors meeting in Washington, D.C. on June 10.

The new program will be based on the National Green Building Standard, a model for residential construction and renovation written by builders, architects, environmentalists and product experts that will be released in early 2008.

This standard is the result of a cooperative effort between NAHB and the International Code Council and is based on NAHB’s Model Green Home Building Guidelines, which are the foundation of more than 20 green building programs created by state and local home builder associations throughout the country.

“With a national program, home buyers can be assured that their home is truly green, whether they live in Seattle or Savannah, in a condo or a ranch house, and whether they’re renovating or buying new,” said NAHB President Brian Catalde, a home builder from El Segundo, Calif.

“It’s also the next logical step for NAHB as a leader in the green building movement. Our members have built nearly 100,000 green homes in voluntary programs launched by home building associations all over the country. Each of these homes is unique and responds to local geography, climate and consumer preferences. With an affordable national program, we will provide home buyers with green homes even where there is no local program in place,” Catalde said.

Like the Model Green Home Building Guidelines and the Standard, the National Green Building Program takes into account a home’s lot development, use of resources, energy and water efficiency, indoor environmental quality, durability and ease of maintenance, as well as the builder’s efforts to educate home owners.

The program will be housed at the NAHB Research Center, which is also serving as the secretariat for the residential green building standard development process. The standards process is certified by the American National Standards Institute, for which the Research Center is an accredited developer.

The National Green Building Program will include an interactive, web-based certification system as well as other tools and resources for builders and certifiers, and a national registry of green builders and green homes. Existing local programs that meet quality assurance benchmarks and performance criteria can become part of the national program -- without costly additional certification fees.

“When it comes to residential building and remodeling, NAHB members are leading the way to creating a new, green-built nation,” Catalde said. “With the resources and expertise of the NAHB Research Center, our new national program will help accelerate that process.”

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