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HealthyBuilt Homes named LEED for Homes Provider in NC
February 22, 2008(Raleigh, NC) February 18, 2008 – The US Green Building Council (USGBC) named the HealthyBuilt Homes (HBH) program of the NC Solar Center at NC State University as the newest LEED for Homes Provider for the state. Dona Stankus, Building Program Manager at the Center applied last fall to help bring LEED - certified homes to the Triangle, Triad, Charlotte, Asheville and Wilmington areas using the network of builders and community partners of HealthyBuilt Homes, a statewide program for green homes. ...
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Dona Stankus re-elected in local and national building organizations
February 4, 2008Dona Stankus, Building Programs Manager and registered architect of the North Carolina Solar Center at NC State University has been elected to a second term as Chair of the NC Triangle Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and re-elected to the board of directors of the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC). The USGBC is a non-profit organization that envisions a healthy future through the promotion and application of sustainable strategies to the built environment. There ...
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NCSU Houses Largest PV System in North Carolina
January 16, 2008Raleigh, N.C. – Solar power pioneer Richard Harkrader, owner of Durham-based Carolina Solar Energy, has waited three years for this day. After countless delays and unforeseen hurdles, the solar project his company started in 2004 is up and running on NC State’s campus next to the RBC Center in Raleigh, making it the largest privately financed solar photovoltaic (PV) array installed on a university in North Carolina. The system was officially unveiled at a ribbon-cutting event held on Tuesday. ...
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New Community Partner: NC HBH of Northwestern NC
June 22, 2007Raleigh, NC - The North Carolina Solar Center at NC State University announced today that the statewide green building program it developed and administers, NC HealthyBuilt Homes (HBH), has signed a Community Partner agreement with the Appalachian State University (ASU) Energy Center to create NC HBH’s second community partner, NC HealthyBuilt Homes of Northwestern NC. This new NC HBH Community Partner will administer the NC HealthyBuilt Homes program in 17 counties: Allegany, Alexander, Ashe, A ...
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Tax Form for Home Energy Credits 2006 Available
February 15, 2007It is tax season once again! Access IRS Form 5695 for Residential Energy Credits for 2006. ...
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NC HealthyBuilt Homes Eligible for State Employees’ Credit Union New “Green” Mortgage
January 4, 2007NC Solar Center staff recently noted the approval by the State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) Board of Directors of a “Green” Mortgage Program for Energy STAR homes. The NC HealthyBuilt Homes Program is a statewide residential green building certification program, which requires all homes certified to be Energy STAR homes. Beyond Energy STAR, the NC HealthyBuilt Homes program requires that certified homes be built to higher energy efficiency standards than Energy STAR, and that the homes reduce ...
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Congress Extends Solar Investment Tax Credit and Wind Energy Production Tax Credit for an Additional Year
December 12, 2006The Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind and other renewable energy technologies and the Investment Tax Credit for Solar Technologies will both be extended for one additional year – through December 31, 2008 – as part of a tax and trade policy bill passed during the closing hours of the 109th Congress. The bill also includes a one-year extension of the federal R&D tax credit and an additional $400 million for the Clean Renewable Energy Bonds through 2008. It was on Monday of this week that the U ...
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RE-collecting 25 Years of the Solar House
December 2, 2006On a blustery afternoon in early November, the North Carolina Solar Center celebrated the NCSU Solar House’s 25th Anniversary. The reception was attended by over 60 invited guests who have helped the Solar Center and Solar House obtain its mission as part of a land-grant university. U.S Representative Brad Miller, N.C. Senator Janet Cowell, College of Engineering Dean Luis Martin Vega, “founding father” Dr. Eckerlin and State Energy Office Director Larry Shirley were among the guest speakers who ...
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TVA Invites Comment on Interconnection, Net-Metering Standards; Meetings Scheduled
October 11, 2006The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has begun to consider the interconnection and net-metering standards contained in Sections 1254 and 1251 of the federal Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005), and it is currently seeking comment on these standards. Based on input collected, an official record will be developed for the TVA Board to review before making the required determinations regarding the standards. TVA will hold a series of open houses at locations in multiple states across the Tennesse ...
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NCUC Order Addresses Multiple Net-Metering Issues
July 28, 2006The NCUC adopted net metering in October 2005 (Docket No. E-100, Sub 83). In December 2005, the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA) filed a motion for reconsideration, requesting that the commission (1) eliminate a requirement that customers switch to a time-of-use tariff, (2) eliminate the prohibition of battery storage, (3) declare that generators own all renewable-energy credits, (4) add hydropower as an eligible technology and (5) address provisions in Duke Energy’s and Pro ...
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A More Efficient Energy Future
July 13, 2006Reprinted from the Raleigh News and Observer, July 6, 2006 CHARLOTTE - In the season of our 230th national birthday, some North Carolinians are calling for more energy independence, and it's just possible their call will be answered. Both the General Assembly and the state Utilities Commission could begin to make North Carolina a cleaner, stronger, freer state, and not just an energy "colony." We need to wake up to the possibilities of energy efficiency and renewable energy generated fro ...
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Affordability Meets Sustainability with NC HealthyBuilt Homes
June 16, 2006[Pictures available on Solar Center Website link below] This is the third and final part in a series about the growth of the NC HealthyBuilt Homes program since its inception in early 2004. More than 20 homes across North Carolina that are in process or have received certificates as HealthyBuilt Homes are not only sustainable, but affordable as well. The NC HealthyBuilt Homes (HBH) program continues to grow, sharing knowledge and expertise with high-end homebuilders and affordable housi ...
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Solar Center Staff Explains Federal and NC Energy Efficient Home and Renewable Energy Tax Credits
June 15, 2006Homeowners are eligible for federal tax credits for upgrading the energy efficiency of their existing homes. Currently there are no residential energy efficiency state tax credits, but there is an active bill in the NC Legislature entitled the "NC 2006 Energy Independence Act," which would give state tax credits to both homeowners and homebuilders for new and renovated certified energy efficient homes. In the bill, a home certified to meet the ENERGY STAR standard would receive one level of cred ...
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Mainstream GreenHome™ will be a certified NC HealthyBuilt Home
April 27, 2006Cherokee Investment Partners, a NC HealthyBuilt Homes (HBH) member since June of 2005, held an official groundbreaking Monday, April 3, for its National Homebuilder Mainstream GreenHome ™ in Raleigh. Cherokee's GreenHome™ is the first home in the country to be built in an ordinary subdivision under the National Association of Home Builders' (NAHB) Model Green Home Building Guidelines. In addition, the home will be certified by the Energy Star and NC HBH programs, among others. The Mainst ...
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NC HealthyBuilt Homes Program Expands to Include Community Partnerships
March 17, 2006This is the second of a three-part series on the growth of the NC HealthyBuilt Homes Program, covering the Greater Asheville community partnership. The Western North Carolina Green Building Council (WNCGBC) and Asheville Home Builders Association (AHBA) formed the NC HBH Greater Asheville Community Partnership in the summer of 2005 to offer the NC HealthyBuilt Homes (HBH) program to builders in the greater Asheville region. The Partnership now covers 16 counties: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Gr ...
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National Database of Incentives for Energy Efficiency Now Available Online
March 7, 2006Over the past 10 years, the national Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE) has become the one-stop source of information on government and utility renewable energy incentives and policies. DSIRE has now expanded to include state and federal incentives for energy efficiency upgrades, purchases of energy efficient products or systems and construction of new energy efficient buildings. Consumers, businesses and government facility managers, as well as policymakers and indust ...
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NC HealthyBuilt Homes Program wins SBIC's Best Sustainable Practice Award
December 19, 2005The Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC) recently honored the NC HealthyBuilt Homes (HBH) program with its 2005 "Best Sustainable Practice Award," for Sustainable Policy/Program Initiatives. First and foremost, NC HBH showed that it contributes to reduced energy consumption and improved environmental performance in many ways. For example, one unique feature of NC HBH is that a builder cannot just focus on energy and materials and receive a certificate. The program ensures that site ...
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NC Solar Center Announces New Executive Director
December 16, 2005The North Carolina Solar Center announced today that Deputy Director Steve Kalland has been promoted to the position of Executive Director. The previous Interim Executive Director, Dr. Alex Hobbs, stepped down to assume a more technical role for the Solar Center, as Associate Director of Renewable Technology, giving up his administrative duties to take on a leadership role for the Center's many technical programs. ...
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Three More Students Graduate from Renewable Energy Technologies Diploma Series
November 21, 2005...
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NC HealthyBuilt Homes Program Expands
November 15, 2005This is the first of a three-part series on the growth of the NC HealthyBuilt Homes program, covering Wake County, the coast and the Charlotte area. Parts II and III will discuss the Greater Asheville community partnership and affordable housing partnerships across the state. Now in its second year, the NC HealthyBuilt Homes (HBH) program continues to grow across the state, adding more than a dozen new builders since its first anniversary in March, and expanding to include builders in Wake Co ...
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Building Green Article N&O 10/29/2005
October 29, 2005Two NC HBH builder members and their homes are featured in this article as well as the Director of NC HBH. Full article available at http://www.healthybuilthomes.org/buyer.cfm Green Building uses designs, materials and processes that reduce energy consumption and pollution, and decreases impact on the land. By Iris June Vinegar, N&O 10/29/2005 ...
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Monthly Solar Meet-ups Bring Solar Education to Casual Settings
July 21, 2005The Chapel Hill Million Solar Roofs (MSR) Committee ...
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New Durham Affordable Housing Units will be HealthyBuilt Homes
July 6, 2005The NC HealthyBuilt Homes (HBH) program is bringing its expertise in innovation and energy efficiency to Pauli Murray Place in Durham, which has been overgrown, blighted and used as a dumping ground for almost ten years. Durham Community Land Trustees (DCLT), a NC HBH member, will construct six of 13 new affordable housing units for first-time homeowners as part of the Pauli Murray Place Project (formerly called the Gattis Street project). The NC HBH program is a statewide collaboration between ...
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Sustainable Energy Bills Gaining Support in NC State Legislature
July 1, 2005In total, the NC state legislature is considering 30 sustainable energy-related bills this year. The NC Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA) and the NC Solar Center are actively supporting six priority bills currently in the NC state legislature.
Renewable Energy Tax Credits (House Bill 1715) is sponsored by House Representatives Luebke, Harrison, Insko and Vinson. North Carolina's renewable energy tax credits are set to expire at the end of 2005. This bill would extends the stat ...
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Systems and Installation
June 1, 2005will construct six of 13 new affordable housing units for first-time homeowners as part of the Pauli Murray Place Project (formerly called the Gattis Street project). The NC HBH program is a statewide collaboration between the NC Solar Center ...
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Renewable Energy Technologies Diploma Series Honors First Graduate
May 27, 2005the State Energy Office ...
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Solar Center Employees Named 2005 Earthwise Award Recipients
April 15, 2005A new Combined Heat and Power (CHP) system has been constructed at Ft. Bragg so the base can make efficient use of the energy it is supplied while ensuring reliable onsite sources of cooling, heating and power during emergencies. The project is funded by the Department of Energy (DOE) through Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and Honeywell Energy Services and the NC Combined Heat and Power (NC+CHP) program provided installation assistance.
The prime mover of the system is a five megawatt ...
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Solar Center Recommends Needed Tax Credit Improvements
March 29, 2005The Solar Center offered a letter of support for the formation of a National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry/University Cooperative Research Center, the Center for Advanced Power Electronics and Energy Storage (CAPES). The effort is led by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NC State University, the University of Missouri-Rolla and Virginia Tech. The letter also states that the Solar Center intends to partner with CAPES once it has been formally established.
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NC HealthyBuilt Homes Program Thrives in First Year
March 28, 2005The NC HealthyBuilt Homes (HBH) Program officially certified its second home, built by Paul Konove, founder and president of Carolina Country Builders in Pittsboro, NC. This passive and active solar home was the first to reach a Gold Certified level, and is also the first in the Piedmont to receive NC HBH certification.
Second Certified NC HealthyBuilt Home Reaches Gold
March 1, 2005The NC HealthyBuilt Homes (HBH) Program officially certified its second home, built by Paul Konove, founder and president of Carolina Country Builders in Pittsboro, NC. This passive and active solar home was the first to reach a Gold Certified level, and is also the first in the Piedmont to receive NC HBH certification.
NC HBH builder wins award at International Builder?s Show
February 9, 2005NC HealthyBuilt Homes (HBH) builder Paul Konove was one of 24 home builders to receive an Energy Value Housing Award (EVHA) for their efforts to make homes more energy efficient at the International Builder's Show, held January 13-16 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.
Konove is the founder and president of Carolina Country Builders in Pittsboro, NC, which began in 1985 with the goal of promoting the design and construction of quality passive solar energy/energy ef ...
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Tax Forms Available on NCSC web site
January 28, 2005The Solar Center web site now offers guidelines, instructions and tax forms for those claiming tax credit for investing in renewable energy property.
In order to promote and encourage the conservation of non-renewable energy through the increased use of renewable energy, the 1977 session of the North Carolina General Assembly enacted legislation that provided tax incentives in the form of a tax credit for the construction or installation of a solar energy system to heat, cool, or provide hot ...
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U.S. Green Building Council Charters Triangle Chapter
January 10, 2005The U.S. Green Building Council recently chartered a new a chapter in North Carolina’s Triangle region. The first chapter in the state, the NC Triangle Chapter aims to be the regional point of contact to promote construction practices and buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable, and healthy places to live and work. There are currently 43 official chapters across the United States.
The NC Triangle Chapter began as an organizing group one year ago and became an official c ...
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NC HealthyBuilt Homes Certifies First House
November 29, 2004The NC HealthyBuilt Homes program celebrated the certification of its first house on Nov. 9.
The 2,100 square foot Black Mountain home was the first house built by EcoBuilders and it belongs to the company’s owner Rob Moody. Moody, a new builder with a background in biology and environmental science, heard about NC HealthyBuilt Homes (NC HBH) through the Western NC Green Building Council and was eager to get certified through the program.
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NC HealthyBuilt Homes Receives Sustainability Award
November 8, 2004NC HealthyBuilt Homes (NC HBH), a statewide green builder program focusing on small to medium size home builders, was recently honored with an award from Sustainable North Carolina, a state-wide nonprofit that promotes sustainable economic growth and natural resource conservation. The NC HBH program is in its first year and is administered by the NC Solar Center with support from the State Energy Office.
NC HBH Director Dona Stankus of the NC Solar Center and Star Brown of the State Energy ...
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NCSC Architect Named to University Standing Committee on Physical Environment
July 8, 2004Dona Stankus, The North Carolina Solar Center Architect, was appointed to the NC State University Standing Committee on Physical Environment. The Committee is an advisory body to the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Business. The Committee is designed to be a forum for faculty, staff, and student opinions with respect to plans for the overall development and regulations of the physical environment of the core campus of the University including buildings, landscaping and transportation.
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NC Greenpower Announces First Generators
June 17, 2004Agreements were awarded today to North Carolina’s first renewable energy producers in the NC GreenPower program, a landmark renewable energy program that provides cleaner energy options for the state. Energy for the program will be generated from the sun, wind, small hydro, methane gas and agricultural waste, all of which are cleaner sources of energy and are replenished by nature. All energy generated for the NC GreenPower program will be produced in North Carolina for the state’s ...
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North Carolina Green Builder Program Ready for Debut
October 27, 2003Tree Jam ...
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Utilities Savings Initiative Sees Results at NCSU
October 17, 2003faculty and staff musicians ...
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