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Should I Go Green?

by Sarah Thorn | Jun 9, 2022 | Building A Quality Custom Home, Building Green, Construction, Energy Efficient, Green Building

"Should Green Certifications Part 1 (Read part 2 here) Today many builders and home buyers are concerned about preserving the environment. With increased attention on the condition of our planet, “green building” has become a sought after choice for homeowners,...

Six Ways To Make Your House Plan Energy Efficient

by Sean | Mar 21, 2016 | Building Green, Energy Efficiencies, Energy Efficient, Postings

Submitted by Sean D Sullivan, President, Living Stone Construction Inc. Few things in life can be as exciting — and equally daunting — as building a new house. Throughout the design and construction process, there are multitudes of decisions to consider...

Asheville Builder and Energy Efficiencies, Green Building with ICFs for foundations

by Sean | Sep 12, 2015 | Building Green, Energy Efficiencies, Energy Efficient, Green Building

Green Building with ICFs for foundations When it comes to building sustainable, energy-efficient homes, Insulating Concrete Forms (ICFs) have become a cornerstone of our methodology at Living Stone Design + Build. Though it has been some time since we shared the video...

Why install Geothermal Heat Pumps?

by Sean | Mar 23, 2015 | Energy Efficiencies, Energy Efficient

Geothermal heat pumps (GHPs), sometimes referred to as GeoExchange, earth-coupled, ground-source, or water-source heat pumps, have been in use since the late 1940s. They use the constant temperature of the earth as the exchange medium instead of the outside air...

Add Green to Your Home — and Your Pocketbook — by Remodeling

by Sean | Mar 11, 2015 | Building Green, Energy Efficiencies, Energy Efficient, Green Building

The rapid growth of green building means that new home owners can take advantage of the lower operating and maintenance costs that come with these energy- and resource-efficient homes. But for the 120 million existing homes in the United States, remodeling is the only...

Energy Rating our Homes

by Sean | Jul 8, 2014 | Energy Efficiencies, Energy Efficient

All of our homes are certified Energy Star vs 3. We hire a 3rd party, independent energy rater to help us at the very beginning of design to ensure we are building our clients a healthy, energy star, green home. Our Energy Rater continues to work with us throughout...

Six Ways To Make Your House Plan Energy Efficient

Asheville Builder and Energy Efficiencies, Green Building with ICFs for foundations

Why install Geothermal Heat Pumps?

Add Green to Your Home — and Your Pocketbook — by Remodeling

Energy Rating our Homes

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