Asheville LEED Platinum Home Means Big Energy $$avings

This North Asheville certified LEED Platinum home is a dream come true, and it is cost effective, too.

Featured in the Home & Garden section of the Asheville Citizen Times
(see article, Dec 10,2011)

this “true green” new construction in Asheville is solar-powered and “hyperefficient.”

According to the happy owners, “ Capturing energy from the sun and managing … utility costs has never been so easy…. solar panels generate clean power and are helping [us] to become energy independent.”

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Even on a chilly day, this home is a cozy 74 degrees with warmth coming from the floors (heated by solar panels.) Solar power provides hot water from the 75 gallon storage tank.

Seems like the happy owners are well on their way to achieving their goal of “net zero” energy- zero net energy consumption and zero carbon emissions annually.