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February 13th, 2008

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BuildingGreen and The Taunton Press Announce Partnership

Brattleboro, VT and Newtown, CT (February 13, 2008) — BuildingGreen, one of the oldest and most respected sources of green building information in North America, announces a partnership with The Taunton Press, publisher of Fine Homebuilding.

The partnership gives Taunton Press an ownership stake in BuildingGreen and gives BuildingGreen the ability to extend its leadership in green building information to a broader and larger audience.

Taunton, which publishes 11 magazines and websites and a wide range of books serving professionals and homeowners, brings financial resources, a long expertise in residential building and 32 years of publishing experience to the partnership.

BuildingGreen, publisher of Environmental Building News, BuildingGreen Suite and GreenSpec® Directory, will be able to better serve its existing customers in both commercial and residential building, as well as extend its reach to a wider audience that is at an earlier stage of adopting green design and construction principles.

Taunton will assume an ownership stake in BuildingGreen, alongside principals Alex and Jerelyn Wilson and Nadav Malin. “We’re excited to benefit from Taunton's resources and experience as BuildingGreen grows and matures to meet the needs of an exploding market for green information,” said president and founder Alex Wilson, who has been a regular contributor to Taunton’s Fine Homebuilding. “We have long admired Taunton’s integrity as a family-owned company and the authenticity of its resources, and we look forward to working together.”

For its part, “Taunton is thrilled to be joining forces with the leading voice in the green building field,” said senior vice president Paul Spring, who will become CEO of BuildingGreen. “We share so many of the same values and will be terrific complements to each other in the skills, knowledge and experience we each bring to this partnership.”

About BuildingGreen

BuildingGreen, www.BuildingGreen.com, has provided the building industry with quality information on sustainable design and construction since its founding in 1985. It is headquartered in Brattleboro, Vermont. Its publications include Environmental Building News; the GreenSpec® Directory; the residential product directory Green Building Products; and the integrated, online BuildingGreen Suite.

About The Taunton Press

The Taunton Press, www.Taunton.com, has been a trusted source of valuable information and inspiration on the house and home, including home building and design, gardening, woodworking, fiber arts and cooking since 1975. Millions of professionals and consumers purchase Taunton’s books, magazines, DVDs, and use its Web sites to improve their skills and expand their horizons. Taunton is a privately held publishing company headquartered in Newtown, Connecticut.