Feature: Renovate or Rebuild: An Eco-Conscious Homeowner’s Conundrum

Green builders Robert Soens and Jody Guokas take a look at both sides of the puzzling problem.

When analyzing an existing structure to decide whether to renovate or tear down and build new, there are many important factors to consider. Every project is unique. With all the variations in clients, priorities, budgets.…

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Greening A MLS: Asheville's Eco Professionals are Up for the Task

If you’ve ever been on the hunt for a new home, there’s a good chance you may have had this experience: You scan the listings and find a sounds-too-good-to-be-true place with 360-degree views and three large bedrooms; but, once you get there, you find out the 360-degree views include a window looking straight into a neighbor’s bathroom…

Feature: Is it Really “Green” or Just Greenwashing?

New Life Journal columnist and Green Home Experts Board member Clarke Snell put it best in his March Building Fundamentals column when he said, “Unless you live under a rock on another planet whose sentient inhabitants have developed advanced anti-BS technology and the ability to block HGTV, you’re just about sick of the word ‘green’ right now.”…

Feature: Your Building Envelope is Signed, Sealed and Delivers, But…

Can energy efficiency be hazardous to your health? The answer is a resounding ‘yes’ according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), major universities and many state health departments. Efforts to improve energy efficiency in recent decades have had a direct impact…

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