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What Is a Net Zero Ready Home?

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Net Zero Ready is a separate designation available to any home certified under the Green Built Homes Program. Net Zero Ready homes, in addition to all other Green Built Homes criteria, have taken extra steps to allow the home to add renewable energy more easily in the future, even if...

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Green Building Features in the 2022 Asheville Parade of Homes

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The first two weekends in October just featured our local Homebuilders Association's 41st annual Parade of Homes. In the parade, builders (and their clients) open up recent projects for public (or sometimes, in the COVID-19 era, virtual) touring, to show off their craftsmanship and design offerings. Green building practices are...

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What is A Net Zero Energy Home?

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Certified Green Built Homes are just better for you and the environment. Homes that are allowed to earn this label are verified (via science-backed inspection and testing protocols) to contain features, and be built using building practices, that reduce the home's energy and water use, improve indoor air quality, protect...

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What’s In a Green Built Home? A Guide for Homeowners

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The Green Built Homes program is now over 20 years old. Under our program's original name: Healthy-Built Homes, we certified our first home in NC in 2002 and now, in 2022, have certified over 2700. But many people still contact the Green Built Alliance to ask: what does it actually...

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Duke Expands RNC Rebate into Duke Carolinas Territory

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We’ve been waiting for this good news for years. Recently, Duke Energy announced that they were expanding their generous rebate for new energy efficient homes into all North Carolina’s Duke Energy Carolinas service territories. Participating builders can earn up to $6,000 per home. This is excellent news, as the Duke...

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GBA Launches Regenerative Design Workshop Series in Asheville

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Asheville Fall Workshop Series Promo at Green Built Alliance

In tandem with Green Built Alliance's updates to incorporate regenerative design principles into its statewide Green Built Homes certification program, the nonprofit is launching a monthly series of in-depth, inspirational workshops through the fall and winter of 2019, which are aimed at educating and engaging the community in regenerative design....

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Watch: Tour of Platinum Net Zero Green Built Home in Olivette

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Mary Love Olivette Green Built Home Tour

Enjoy an inside look at the home of Mary Love, owner of Love The Green Team, a woman- and veteran-owned full-service real estate company. Built inside the Olivette Riverside Community and Farm agrihood, Mary's home at 120 Old Macedonia Road was certified through our nonprofit's Green Built Homes program as...

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Green Built Homes Evolving to Encourage Regenerative Design

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Administered by the Asheville-based nonprofit Green Built Alliance, Green Built Homes is updating its statewide certification program this year to incentivize builders to incorporate elements of regenerative design in their projects. Formerly known as NC HealthyBuilt Homes, the Green Built Homes program has certified 1,700 houses by more than 250 builders...

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Listen: Green Built Alliance On Asheville Real Estate News Podcast

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Asheville Real Estate News Green Built Alliance podcast episode interview Maggie Leslie

Thanks to Asheville Real Estate News for inviting our Program Director Maggie Leslie on their podcast this week to discuss green building. Tune in for a quick and informative 20-minute listen on who we are and what we do as a nonprofit. We're grateful to be surrounded by such an engaged and...

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Residential Green Certification Program Guide

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By now you’ve watched me argue against the common reasons people fail to seek green certification on their home, and you’ve read my follow-up detailing common problems that can happen in homes that don’t bother to certify. Intrigued, hopefully you’ve then gotten a better understanding of the process of getting...

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