Boone Guyton and Claudia Cady

  Building a small house is almost always worth some points in a green building Program.  Energy Star homes has a complex formula to calculate the size adjustment factor,SFA.          (

This year we implemented several changes to reduce our consumption.  I posted how we analyzed out energy use and targeted those heavy users for change. That was in Revenge of

We (Cady and Guyton Construction) have now built several homes inside the city limits of Asheville.  I like being part of the city scene and supporting the efficiency factors that

As a builder/environmentalist, the presidential debate was depressing.  I don’t say this because Obama lacked luster or because Romney appeared energetic, though that didn’t help.  There was not even one

              After a year and a half of watching our electric production from our Solar PV system we became much more conscious of our consumption. We had been pretty

One of the things I like about building green buildings is discovering and including innovations.  These help keep the process interesting as well as making the building more efficient and

We had a 3.8 KW photovoltaic system installed on our roof about 2 years ago. It was sized to produce about as much electricity as we use.  We signed up