Protecting Our Places: Economic and Environmental Benefits of Conservation Subdivisions

Western North Carolina is feeling a growth spurt. Many people around the country have become aware of our secret, that Asheville and the surrounding communities are a wonderful place to …

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Centering Equity in Sustainable Buildings: Why Green Buildings are a Civil-Rights Issue

Voting rights. Segregation. Criminal-justice reform. For more than a century, the civil-rights movement has taken on the inequities that divide and disfigure American society. Now the green-building sector has joined …

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Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda: (Flawed) Reasons People Don’t Use Green Building Certification Programs

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 …

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