Green Events
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07.06.2011
Appalachian Renewable Energy Workshop: Solar Thermal Design for Domestic Hot Water
July 30, 2011
Appalachian State Campus Who Should Attend? Land, home, business, or farm owners Students, teachers tradespersons and inventors Elected officials and utility companies/cooperatives Business Owners looking to expand to more sustainable services Any questions...
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07.06.2011
ENERGY STAR for Homes Version 3 Training for HERS Raters
August 2-3, October 11-12, December 13-14, 2011
Southface Eco Office, Atlanta, GA 30308
Phone (404) 872-3549 or E-Mail: info@southface.org All new homes permitted as of January 1, 2012, and pursuing the ENERGY STAR for Homes qualification will be required to meet the ENERGY...
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07.06.2011
Greening Existing Residential Buildings Basics Workshop
August 11, 2011 – 8am – 12pm
1575 Varsity Drive, Raleigh, NC 27606 Sponsored by the North Carolina Energy Efficiency Alliance Learning Objectives: Introduction to green building concepts for existing homes and existing home issues. Brief case studies...
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Green Energy Blog
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01.27.2012
The Architecture 2030 Challenge and US EIA Projections
Buildings use a lot of energy. We spend the majority of our time inside them, controlling the temperature, using computers, charging cell phones, keeping our food cold, getting our food hot, taking hot showers...all those things we do in our daily lives that we rarely give a second thought to. Most...
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01.25.2012
State of the Union Address Missed the Boat on Energy Efficiency
President Obama delivered the 2012 State of the Union address last night. In a 7000 word speech, he devoted about 800 words to energy. The majority of those words were about oil, natural gas, and clean energy - the supply side. There was one little paragraph about energy efficiency, and it seems more...
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01.23.2012
Energy and Power and Confusion and Consternation
I like James Watt as much as the next person. He was one of the people whose inventions helped advance the Industrial Revolution with his refining of the steam engine. He invented an early copying machine. And he was Scottish. (Now you'll have to read this whole article in the mellifluous accent of...
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Our Mission
The Vision of the Southern Appalachian Sustainable Building Council is to promote the conservation of natural resources and advance human well being for generations to come. Our Mission is to promote socially and environmentally responsible land use, design and construction through education, networking, advocacy and research. Our purpose is to accelerate the adoption of sustainable (including universal design) practices to have a positive impact on the environment and on economic development.
Our current service area includes: Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain Counties and the Qualla Boundary of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians in western North Carolina; Fannin, Gilmer, Rabun, Towns and Union counties in north Georgia; and Bradley, McMinn and Polk counties of east Tennessee.