More resources for this category are located in the Renewables section of our Green Built Homes Certification Levels page — under Phase 5: Appliances, Lighting, and Renewables as well as our Alternative / Renewable Energy Resources page:
Solar energy has received significant attention in Western North Carolina lately, but nowhere is the recent solarization more strikingly visible than on Biltmore Avenue in downtown Asheville. Cantilevered off the […]
Re-energizing the Community with Solar Read More
Tapping into the Future: Craft Beer Giant Sierra Nevada Opens Green Facility in Mills River Garret K. Woodward Cheri Chastain loves her job. “It’s really heartwarming and great to work
Garret K. Woodward: Tapping into the Future Read More
My wife and I have chosen to prioritize our home as the lynchpin of our effort to live more sustainably. It is hard to overstate the impact our homes
Our Path to Net Zero: One Family’s Effort to Live Their Truth Read More
Is solar thermal dead? Should it be? Despite what you may read in popular blogs and hear from people around you, I don’t think so. I have it in my
We should probably all stop picking on solar thermal Read More
We had a 3.8 KW photovoltaic system installed on our roof about 2 years ago. It was sized to produce about as much electricity as we use. We signed up
By Rick Clemenzi on 03/06/2012 A geothermal system is one of the most efficient heating and cooling systems available. It harnesses the stable temperature of the earth as an energy source.
The first phases of Western North Carolina’s first solar farm are harvesting the sun’s energy and producing electricity, just two years after Progress Energy and First Light Solar signed the
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Feature: Solar Decathlon By Boone Guyton on 03/22/2010 In October 2009, Claudia Cady and I traveled to the fourth Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C., to check out what is new in
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It’s no surprise that Randy Talley runs a “green” coffeehouse that sports solar panels on its roof. Back “before it was cool” (and he was 18), says the entrepreneur, he
Case study: A little solar with your coffee Read More
Wind energy blows into WNC By Brent Summerville on 03/16/2009 A fast-growing wind industry is sweeping across the country, leaving in its wake a new clean-energy infrastructure, impressive economic growth and
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