What Is a Net Zero Ready Home?
Net Zero Ready is a separate designation available to any home certified under the Green Built Homes Program. Net Zero Ready homes, in addition to all other Green Built Homes …
What is A Net Zero Energy Home?
Certified Green Built Homes are just better for you and the environment. Homes that are allowed to earn this label are verified (via science-backed inspection and testing protocols) to contain …
Built for the Future: Passive Solar Net-Zero Home Made to Last
Builder Gus Katsigiannis of Familia Enterprises partnered with recurring clients Mark McCraw and Beth Lassiter to build his first net-zero home in the Falconhurst neighborhood of Asheville. The team first …
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Growing Family, Building Green: Crafting a New Net-Zero Home to Last for Generations
When Mark Wulff and Ariana DeToro-Forlenza met in 2004 as instructors at an outdoor school, there were nights when they slept in the open air with nothing but a sleeping …
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Climate-Conscious Building: Creating a Net-Zero Home with Low Embodied Energy
Becky and Noell Tin split their time between Asheville and Charlotte with work projects in both cities, and 16 North Belgium Lane in West Asheville was planned as their second …
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Net-Zero House, Below Zero HERS: Recent Project Sets New Green Built Homes Record
Becky Wood and Carol Kemp came to us several years ago with the goal of relocating from Seattle to build a new net-zero house in the Asheville area that would …
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A Net-Zero Adventure: Setting New Records
There are many ways to link in to the green revolution. A person can focus on energy consumption, human rights, individual health, environmental protection or a little bit of everything …
Aspiring to Zero Carbon: First Net-Zero Home Certified in Green Path Commons
Don Nicholson Can we build a zero-carbon-footprint neighborhood? It’s a challenge. We are attempting this at Green Path Commons in West Asheville. The neighborhood will have seven net-zero homes; the …
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Garret K. Woodward: Brick by Brick: Finding New Ways to Reach Net Zero
Brick by Brick: Finding New Ways to Reach Net Zero Garret K. Woodward When reflecting on the recent completion of his first net-zero home, Kevin Hackett still marvels at the …
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Watch: Tour of Platinum Net Zero Green Built Home in Olivette
Enjoy an inside look at the home of Mary Love, owner of Love The Green Team, a woman- and veteran-owned full-service real estate company. Built inside the Olivette Riverside Community …
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