We’re excited to welcome a special guest for the May 27 Bldg SciAVL meeting. Join us for an evening of conversation and storytelling with longtime WNC green builder Boone Guyton, a pioneer in sustainable building whose work has helped shape the region’s green building movement for more than four decades. Boone and his wife, Claudia Cady, have been building sustainable homes together since 1981, with a focus on small, attainable homes built to the Green Built Homes standard. The last home they completed in 2017 achieved an impressive -8 HERS score.

Their personal home stands as a living example of reuse, sustainability, and alternative construction techniques. In 2001, Boone was also a founding member of the Western North Carolina Green Building Council, now known as Green Built Alliance, and has contributed numerous articles to the Green Built Directory over the years. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear reflections on the history of sustainable building in Western North Carolina, where the movement is headed next, and the lessons learned along the way.