More resources for this category are located in the Site & Landscape section of our Green Built Homes Certification Levels page — under Phase 1: Site & Landscape as well as our Sustainable Landscape Design Resources page:
This is installment #3 in regards to ecological, site-specific considerations when building a Green Built structure on undeveloped, forested land. There are several assumptions built into this process including […]
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In my previous blog, I discussed the concept of protecting, and incorporating the ecology of a building site into the green-building process on raw land. To clarify, this process is
Blog #2: Preconstruction Land Planning Read More
The Green Building concept is based on creating (and adding onto) structures with materials that are low-impact to acquire and manufacture, and that are energy efficient over the life of
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For your next project, consider installing pervious pavement. Recent test results gathered from various sites, such as universities, prove the validity of using pervious pavement in our area. Since Western
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Feature: Forestry mulching By Frank Vogler on 03/22/2010 Say you have a seriously overgrown field or lot, or a massive pile of tree crowns, or maybe a tangled snarl of beetle-killed
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Got stormwater runoff? By Melanie Brethauer on 03/16/2009 If you drive a car, have a pet, fertilize your lawn, grow a garden, live in a house, have a gravel or paved
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In context By David Tuch on 02/01/2008 Far too often, the emphasis of green building is placed on the building itself, to the neglect of the site. If a house built
Soil is an amazing resource that is often overlooked as “dirt.” Soils are dynamic, living systems, the health of which dictate the health of forests, farms, wetlands and wildlife. But
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In Western North Carolina, the latest forest-conservation trend has an unusual face: loggers. Recently people who practice low-impact logging with horses and oxen came together to define a new industry.
The Mountain Forest Stewardship Co-op Read More
Green building without building over the green By Kevin Caldwell on 03/16/2006 The southern Appalachian region is one of the most biologically rich eco-regions in the Northern Hemisphere. The land draws
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