Slope Hope: Building A Green Home on a Unique Site Rob Motley When I first met Kate Zubko and Jeff Konz at their property on Elk Mountain Scenic Highway two summers ago for an initial site visit, I left the meeting with two distinct impressions: that Kate and Jeff...
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Ariane Kjellquist: Affordable for the Long Haul: Habitat Tests New Style of Housing in Curry Court
Affordable for the Long Haul: Habitat Tests New Style of Housing in Curry Court Ariane Kjellquist On 2.7 acres in Candler, not far from shopping and services, is a thriving community of 12 certified Green Built Homes created by Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity. Previously the site of five abandoned...
Small-Scale Residential Housing: Infill Housing, ADUs and Tiny Homes
Small-Scale Residential Housing: Infill Housing, ADUs and Tiny Homes Joe Archibald Often when people think about sustainable building, they think about material sourcing, location of the building on the property, renewable energy sources and the other more common metrics. Just as important a factor, however, is where the building...
Sustainable Academia: Appalachian State University Leads the Way
Sustainable Academia: Appalachian State University Leads the Way Garret K. Woodward Though Appalachian State University has always been at the forefront of sustainability, the academic institution took another step forward with its latest P3 project. A public-private partnership (P3), the project will develop energy-efficient housing on its campus in...
Garret K. Woodward: Breaking Through
Breaking Through: Green Built Homes Certification Program Hits 1,500 Milestone Garret K. Woodward What once was considered a fringe industry has now become a force in the housing market of Asheville and greater Western North Carolina. “It does seem like a green-certified house in our market has become less...
Leigha Dickens: Coulda, Would, Shoulda
Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda: (Flawed) Reasons People Don’t Use Green Building Certification Programs Leigha Dickens If I had a dollar for every time a client chose not to certify their custom new home through a third-party green-building program, then I’d have more dollars than you might think. Even among clients...
Ryan Miller: The Value of a Green Appraisal
The Value of a Green Appraisal: Making the Most of Your Green Home Ryan Miller When buying, selling or appraising a home with green features, three key factors determine whether or not value will be added to the transaction as a result of those characteristics. To fully realize higher...
Collective Impacts of Green Built NC: Nathan Anderson and Sam Ruark-Eastes
Collective Impacts of Green Built NC By Nathan Anderson and Sam Ruark-Eastes Providing actionable information is the strength of the WNCGBC as an institution, and the Green Built checklist facilitates a more integrated approach to design and construction. If you're looking for professionals who know how to do this...