Feature: Certification programs By Maggie Leslie on 03/22/2010 Green labels for your new home When shopping for a new green home, there are many local and national labels out there. How […]
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Feature: AmeriCorps Recovery Project Energize in WNC By Elizabeth Koenig on 03/22/2010 What is AmeriCorps? A federal program, AmeriCorps is intended to improve the country though dedicated volunteer service. It formally
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Checklist: Advanced framing By Marcus Renner on 03/22/2010 Although contested, wood-framed buildings are a great American innovation. Developed 150 years ago, wood-framed (also called stud-framed or western platform framed) buildings now
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Checklist: A primer for passive solar By Maggie Leslie on 03/22/2010 If designed properly, a home can be heated with minimal additional cost by using passive solar. By simply siting the
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If you drive by the Nauhaus home under construction in a quiet neighborhood off Brevard Road in West Asheville, you might not notice anything radically different about it. But if
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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
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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
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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
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Basic assumptions For ease of understanding, let’s calculate that water costs 1 cent per gallon. We are also assuming a two-person household, averaging five toilet flushes per person per day,
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It is interesting the way the human mind stores memory. I am quite convinced that humans have a relatively inaccurate sense of the past, both short- and long-term. One week
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