Green Built Guide: May 2022

After two years of limited opportunities to gather as a community, we look forward to reuniting at two of our annual events we plan to bring back this fall for the first time since 2019.

We're excited to be planning our annual member appreciation and networking party for Wednesday, Sept. 7 at French Broad Outfitters' Hominy Creek outdoor location along the river.

As always, this after-work party is open to the public and will include free food, live music and a cash bar along to celebrate the past years' work of our nonprofit and the release of our 2022 Green Building Directory magazine. And, to make up for lost time, we're adding a mid-afternoon paddle down the river. Our partners at French Broad Outfitters are offering a generous discount on their normal rates for this trip and it will serve as a fundraiser for GBA.

Please also save the date for our annual CiderFest NC fundraiser, which will return on Saturday, Oct. 8 in a new location at our members' at Olivette Community and Farm's riverside venue.

Watch newsletters later this summer for details and to RSVP!

We’ve been waiting for this good news for years.

Recently, Duke Energy announced that they were expanding their generous rebate for new energy efficient homes into all North Carolina’s Duke Energy Carolinas service territories. Participating builders can earn up to $6,000 per home.

This is excellent news, as the Duke Energy Progress Residential New Construction HERO + HERS rebate, or “DEP RNC HERO rebate” as you might have heard it referred to, has been a great way to help builders in Duke Energy Progress’ service territory earn money for new homes with energy efficiency practices that make a difference for the end user’s energy costs AND reduce the demands of growth on our region’s power grid.

As some of our members have expressed interest in divesting from banks that support fossil fuels and other polluting industries, Green Built Alliance has created a new partnership with Atmos Financial. With no fees, no minimum balance, and 100 percent of customer deposits invested in clean-energy solutions, Atmos donates $20 to our nonprofit for each new account.

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