Green Built Alliance News

    We have always included a solar greenhouse as part of our homes.  Our first one in 1983 was an attached greenhouse with leaky French doors that separated it […]

June is solar energy month! This makes a lot of sense because it’s one of the most productive months for the solar technologies in our house.  It’s also time for

 The green building movement is toward net Zero, where a building produces as much renewable energy as it uses overall.  It is a reachable and measurable goal that is attractive

 Premise; as essential elements of sound building practice, foundations are expensive in time, money, and are carbon intensive. Further, foundations require a considerable sum of human capital or brain-space, to

         Duke-Progress has a new incentives program for builders, the Residential New Construction Program. It is significant money for builders who want to build to a higher energy efficient standard.

“What about the tank?” It was 4 PM the day before we needed the bank to approve the final appraisal for our permanent mortgage.  Our contractor was rushing to finish

Sometimes I blog about things I see that bother me and sometimes I pick topics that people ask me about all the time.  Today, it’s both.  The use of hybrid

  The North Carolina Legislature is considering sabotaging success in one of the best job producing, home grown sectors of our economy- clean energy.  Usually I would reserve political talk