Got stormwater runoff?
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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Puzzles
Puzzles By Steve Linton on 03/16/2009 Crossword puzzle There are 39 green building words and phrases hidden below. Words go in any direction — forward, backward, up, down, and diagonal. For
GO! for green-collar jobs
It’s no surprise that GO!, the acronym for Asheville’s budding green-jobs training initiative, has an urgent ring to it. The Asheville Green Opportunity Corps pilot program was created as a
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Case study: This old greener house
Patience, research and balance: Those are some of the ingredients for successfully renovating an older house within a “green” philosophy. Matt Siegel has followed these notions in the ongoing green
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Case study: Cherokee school takes the LEED
When the WNC Green Building Council first got involved with the new school being built in Cherokee, it was little more than a concept: Create a K-12 facility that would
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Case study: A net-zero-energy home
Here’s one mountaintop house that blends in with the stunning view instead of overpowering it: the net-zero-energy home owned by Yves Naar, designed by architect Stephens Smith Farrell and built
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Case study: A little solar with your coffee
It’s no surprise that Randy Talley runs a “green” coffeehouse that sports solar panels on its roof. Back “before it was cool” (and he was 18), says the entrepreneur, he
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Plumb green with graywater
Plumb green with graywater By Georg Efird on 03/16/2009 Graywater is not a new term to many of us. It is water that has been used in the kitchen sink, washing
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The art of deconstruction
The art of deconstruction By Paul Reeves on 03/16/2009 The demolition numbers In the United States, it is estimated that 10 to 25 percent of all solid waste entering the waste
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EPA WaterSense Program
EPA WaterSense Program By Candice Black on 03/16/2009 Source: https://www.epa.gov/WaterSense/water
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