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Category: TECHNICAL

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

Green Built Homes
rooftop solar panel installation
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

Green Built Homes
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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Indoor Air Plus: A Green Building Certification Program That’s All About the Details

Leigha Dickens
We’ve written here before about the benefits of a green-building certification to homeowners for energy bills in particular, such as the assurance that your builder is following many of the best practices known to building science, or that common issues that cause high energy bills are caught by a professional....

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Lessons from Asheville’s First Zero Energy Ready Home

Leigha Dickens
The Department of Energy would like builders to up their game. Though it is worth celebrating the average 20% greater energy efficiency advertised by the Energy Star for Homes program, these days it’s possible to build homes that are even more energy efficient than that. It’s even possible while also...

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