Case Studies

Caroteo By Mari Fox on 03/05/2012 Kid-friendly meets green-building sensibilities at Caroteo — a playfully designed home that features both a firefighter’s pole for the children and geothermal heating and cooling

Feature: Top performer By Larry Schwake on 03/22/2010 Back in 2005, Ronald Wilcox, superintendent of the Madison County School System, requested an energy-efficiency assessment from Waste Reduction Partners, an advisory team of

Case Study: Queen Branch cottage By Diana Bellgowan on 03/22/2010 In a south-facing cove, where a small stream called Queen Branch meets the Little Tennessee River, the Dean family built their

At two of Henderson County’s newest elementary schools, sunlight makes every room glow, even on a cloudy winter day when the powered lights are off. The abundance of natural light

Case Study: Davenport Park By Jonathan Poston on 03/22/2010 In the last decade, West Asheville has made great strides in its revitalization, and that includes green building. Haywood Road, one of

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

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