Green Built Alliance is welcoming fellow nonprofits and local schools to apply for funding support by the end of this month to complete clean-energy projects in 2020 through its Appalachian Offsets program.

Appalachian Offsets funds renewable-energy projects and energy-efficiency upgrades in Western North Carolina schools, nonprofits and low-income housing by pooling money contributed by local businesses and individuals through its voluntary carbon-offset program.

Green Built Alliance is opening up this application process for new project partners as it celebrates the successful completion of its fundraising campaign for a solar system at Asheville’s Isaac Dickson Elementary School. Appalachian Offsets finished fundraising for that project — its largest undertaking to date — in 2019 and the solar system is expected to be installed on the school's roof by this summer.

The application submission window to be considered as one of Appalachian Offsets’ 2020 projects is open now through Friday, Jan. 31. Green Built Alliance’s Board of Directors will review applications and may invite several organizations to present their ideas before voting on the project(s) they wish to fund.

Click Here to Learn More and Apply

10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1
& Noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2

Hosted at the WNC Agricultural Center

Come see us the first weekend of February at the Asheville Home Builders Association's annual Build and Remodel Expo at the WNC Agricultural Center.

Our members can attend the expo free by helping to work our resource booth at the event. In exchange for working a shift with us, you'll receive admission to the show, as well as the opportunity to use the time at our booth to connect with interested community members and network with like-minded businesses.

If you are interested in volunteering at our booth, please email your availability to Executive Director Sam Ruark-Eastes at sam@greenbuilt.org. Thanks for your support and hope to see you there!