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LEED Certification Approved for Our Largest Provider Project Ever

Nonprofit news

Green Built Alliance is proud to announce that a project four years in the making, the Liberty Warehouse in Durham, NC, was approved for LEED Certification by GBCI. Green Built Alliance worked as the LEED for Homes provider on the 246-unit, mixed-use, mid-rise project that began in January 2014....

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Careers in Green Building: Architectural Woodcraft

Careers in Green Building

Craig Weis Todd Dupuis Architectural Woodcraft

Green Built Alliance is hosting a work-based learning intern from Nesbitt Discovery Academy for the spring semester of 2018. During this time, students are tasked with exploring the fields that interest them the most, and our intern is drawn to career paths related to sustainability. She will be sitting down...

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Green Built Homes Highlights: January 2018 Net-Zero Certifications

Green Built Homes

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Green Built Alliance congratulates the following builders that attained net-zero certification in January 2018 through our nonprofit's Green Built Homes program. Green Built Homes is a voluntary, statewide green-building certification program administered by the Green Built Alliance and offered to builders throughout the region. Representing the newest level of Green Built...

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Double Your Dollar Toward School Solar With Our Matching Grant

Nonprofit news

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After the hustle and bustle of Black Friday and the frenzied online deal-grabbing of Cyber Monday, comes #GivingTuesday: a one-day annual movement geared toward charitable giving. We recognize that there are many demands on your time and budget, and to make your year-end donation dollars go even further this holiday...

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Project Gives Free Energy-Efficiency Upgrades to Buncombe Homes

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Some low-income families in Buncombe County will begin receiving free energy-efficiency upgrades to their homes this month through a new county-funded Green Built Alliance program intended to help people in need save energy and reduce bills as winter approaches. Supported by $25,000 in funding from Buncombe County, the Buncombe Energy...

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How to Lower Your Carbon Footprint at Home

Carbon Footprint

Green energy has been a popular topic in the past several years, and the importance of minimizing your carbon footprint, making energy-efficient choices, and reducing energy consumption have all been emphasized as an important aspect of doing what's necessary to help the environment. Check out these green upgrades that will help...

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New Name, Website and Look; Same Commitment to Community

Nonprofit news

The launch of this new website also marks a fresh chapter for our organization. With gratitude for the legacy of the WNC Green Building Council, we look ahead to the future with excitement as our nonprofit grows and rebrands as Green Built Alliance. This new chapter finds us partnering on...

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I lost 5000 pounds in 8 weeks!

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Actually, I shaved more than that off my carbon footprint. And I’m going to tell you how. A couple months ago, a friend showed me the “cool community” program and talked me into starting a local group. The idea is that you get a group of 5-8 neighbors to get...

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Do this, not that… technical edition

Amy Musser

Part of my job is that I get to see a lot of new, popular, and cutting edge things that people do in new homes. Last week I wrote about some of the things that people see and fall in love with, and how some of these things can cause...

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Living with Batteries

Boone Guyton

I got our February Electric breakdown and was glad to see for that month we had a 58 kwh credit for the month. We now have about 500 kwh excess energy produced for the year. That is the first full year of having our Leaf electric car and our additional...

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