Infill Building
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 […]
War on coal? Really?
Am I blogging about the election if I write about an issue no one’s willing to talk about? I like and respect people who root for a variety of political
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Post #3: Site-specific considerations when building on undeveloped, forested land
This is installment #3 in regards to ecological, site-specific considerations when building a Green Built structure on undeveloped, forested land. There are several assumptions built into this process including
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Let the Elephant in the room …
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
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Things I learned in my “net-zero” energy home
Have you ever noticed that you hear a lot about “net-zero energy” homes or buildings that have just being designed or are just being built? You almost never hear anyone
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Blog #2: Preconstruction Land Planning
In my previous blog, I discussed the concept of protecting, and incorporating the ecology of a building site into the green-building process on raw land. To clarify, this process is
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The Revenge of the Negawatts
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
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Keeping current
Got any plans for Sept. 14-16? The Southern Green Living Expo will be at the Asheville Civic Center that weekend, and you should plan to be there. I know if
Blog #1: Green Building and the Land We Build On
The Green Building concept is based on creating (and adding onto) structures with materials that are low-impact to acquire and manufacture, and that are energy efficient over the life of
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Building in Innovation
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
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