Check out our Energy Tax Credits Resources page for a listing of all green building and energy-efficiency tax credits available for homeowners, businesses, commercial, and builders/contractors:
Resulting from a two-year collaboration between local government, business, nonprofit and environmental leaders, the Blue Horizons Project is a comprehensive hub of energy-efficiency programs to empower community members to save […]
Filling in the Gaps: Energy Savers Network Helps Low-Income Homes Garret K. Woodward It was the basketball-sized hole in the dining room window that stuck out the most for Alice
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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.
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Sometimes the green-building industry evolves quickly, with a product making a quantum leap in efficiency. This is happening in 2018 with variable-speed heat pumps. These have been on the market
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When building or buying a home, what is the value of third-party green-building certification programs? Should you bother? It’s a good question, with a variety of answers. Why to do
Why Certify? The Many Motivations for Building and Certifying Green Read More
Cue the music…Appalachian Offsets, your local solution to global pollution is back! Back by popular demand and with the help of two grants, Appalachian Offsets (AO) will reduce climate changing
Appalachian Offsets: Nonprofits Reduce Energy use, use Savings to Help Their Cause Read More
What if I told you that you could use 30% less energy in your home without giving up anything at all? No five minute military showers, you can keep using
It wasn’t the initial idea Josh Scala had in mind. “This is the smallest certified green built house in North Carolina,” he said. “Which was not the original plan, but
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THIS INFO IS OUTDATED AND THE LINKS NO LONGER WORK! The good news is that the $2000 Federal Energy-Efficient New Homes Tax Credit for Home Builders is still available for
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Building a green or sustainable home is becoming a common practice in Western North Carolina. Taking the home to the level of net-zero energy is now within reach for many
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