Between Thanksgivukkah and the unusually short three-week (shudder) shopping season between Thanksgiving and Christmas, you may just now be realizing that you have some serious work to do. The energy […]
Amy’s Energy Efficiency Gift Buying Guide Read More
Government can be somewhat unpredictable, and by the time you read this, the programs listed here may be outdated. Hopefully, there will be even more incentives than I list here.
The sun’s arc is lower and still dropping pushing sunlight into our home about 8 feet. These clear cool days are where the passive solar design really shines, so to
Fall fades and passive solar kicks in Read More
Photos by Max Cooper Push the envelope beyond green living and green building: The Ashevillage Institute and Sanctuary aims to create “resilient” living, says founder Janell Kapoor. She describes Ashevillage
Ashevillage: A Living Laboratory Read More
The first sign that the Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center boasts a green focus can be found on its roof or, more accurately, roofs. Prickly pear cactuses, columbine, grasses, goldenrod
A green living curve: Success and challenges for the Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center Read More
Our Nauhaus experience began in a grocery store. Back in April 2011, we were living with Maggie, our 45-pound mutt, in a dark, bunker-like apartment in the Brucemont Circle neighborhood
Living in the Nauhaus: An efficiency success story Read More
North Carolina’s utilities are delivering energy that is reliable, increasingly cleaner and relatively cheap in comparison to other states. And in recent years, energy is becoming a larger economic driver
Clean, green energy policy Read More
We’re living in a time when concerns about energy security, climate change and global economic stability occupy our national discourse. We argue about where to drill, how to mine, how
As the owner of a green-cleaning company, it is my responsibility to determine which products actually work. It is not enough for a product to make things look and smell
Recipes for cleanliness Read More
Water management in our urban landscape has typically focused on getting water away from structures and to a pipe or stream as quickly as possible. This leads our urban landscapes
