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Today’s homebuyers have a tendency to focus on creature comforts and prioritize the components of a home that can be seen and touched like paint colors, kitchen cabinets, countertops and […]
Rob Howard: Practical Priorities Read More
We are living in such a time where old systems are collapsing and failing, and it’s time to create new models that will support our future generations to survive and
Dome Dreaming: Local Monolithic Dome Serves as New Model of Stewardship and Harmony Read More
“Affordable housing” may seem an oxymoron to many people in Asheville and Buncombe County. And for good reason. Although there is plenty of residential development happening in the area, most
Room for Everyone: Asheville, Buncombe County Seek to Expand Affordable Housing Read More
My wife Cat and I had five requirements for the first (and last: we ain’t young) house we’d ever own, let alone build. The house needed to be: In short,
Kermit Builds a Home: Crafting the First and Last House We’ll Ever Own Read More
Small Minds, Big Ideas: Isaac Dickson Elementary Goes Green By Garret K. Woodward It’s taken the better part of five years, but Isaac Dickson Elementary School Principal Brad Johnson is
Garret K. Woodward: Young Minds, Big Ideas Read More
In more than a decade as a green builder, I’ve built two homes for myself. The first one was easy. The house was built on a fairly normal mountain lot
Home for Life: The Complexity and Compromise of Building My Second and Last Personal Home Read More
Deltec’s Innovation Center: Modeling sustainability Garret K. Woodward When Leigha Dickens wanders around the Innovation Center, she can’t help feel like she’s in her own laboratory. “The data we’re collecting
Coming Down the Mountain Garret K. Woodward Turning onto Audubon Drive in Woodfin, the road winds up the steep hillside, with nearby Interstate 40 fading below, the cityscape of Asheville
Garret K. Woodward: Coming Down the Mountain Read More
Creating the World you Envision: Green communities emerge in WNC Garret K. Woodward In Western North Carolina, the green-built movement has transitioned from scattered dots of sustainable construction into pockets of
Garret K Woodward: Creating the World you Envision Read More
The North Carolina Energy Efficiency Alliance has recently completed a study to identify commonly missed requirements of the North Carolina energy code, and they have followed that up with some
New Energy Code Training Materials Available Read More
