Earlier this month the Northwest Multiple Listing Service added a new option for showcasing properties for sale – boxes that highlight eco-friendly aspects of a home.

An update released this morning shows more than 100 homes are being marketed as Built Green or having Energy Star features.

The more info about a house for sale, the better, it seems. But I wonder how important being green is to buyers and agents. Just a nice extra? Or will it make or break a sale for some? Any thoughts?

As expected, Rainforest Action Network members protested at a Bothell Quadrant Homes development this week. They chained themselves to the roof of a model home, resulting in two arrests, according to a release from the group.

Quadrant Homes is owned by Weyerhauser; the Rainforest Action Network says Quadrant uses Weyerhaeuser material culled from clear-cut logging on tribal land in Canada.

Weyerhaeuser spokesman Frank Mendizabal said earlier this week that the company doesn’t harvest logs from those forests but does buy logs from another timber company that does the logging. The protest followed talks this week between Weyerhaeuser and Rainforest Action Network.