Here in Asheville NC people have come to expect leading edge innovation in sustainable development.
In the post below, CLINT LASHER who is himself involved in raising green awareness as the Project Manager at The Villages at Crest Mountain, talks about making dreams of an affordable "Green' home come true (see 12 second video, below) --The Dream:A LEED for NeighborhoodTMregistered project at The Villages at Crest Mountain, Asheville, NC.
What excatly is a A LEED for NeighborhoodTM registered project ? When you visit him at the Villages (just 5 minutes from downtown Asheville) as I did recently, he will be happy to explain...
-- A neighborhood that complies with the Nation's first rating system for Green Neighborhoods. In partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC) has created a powerful environmental strategy: sustainability at the scale of neighborhoods and communities.
WHEN you visit...tell him "Murphy sent me"...
Ask Clint Lasher, Project Manager at the Villages at Crest Mountain in Asheville, NC about making dreams of an affordable “Green’ home come true if you want to smile. (see 12 second video, below)
The Dream: A LEED for Neighborhood™ registered project where you will find affordable homes.
Location: The Villages at Crest Mountain, Asheville, NCThe Definition of A Dream: A LEED for Neighborhood™ registered project -- A neighborhood that complies with the Nation's first rating system for Green Neighborhoods. In partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC) has created a powerful environmental strategy: sustainability at the scale of neighborhoods and communities. The joint venture, known as LEED for Neighborhood Development (or LEED-ND), is “ a system for rating and certifying green neighborhoods.
LEED-ND builds on USGBC’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) systems, the world's best-known third-party verification that a development meets high standards for environmental responsibility. LEED-ND integrates the principles of new urbanism, green building, and smart growth into the first national standard for neighborhood design, expanding LEED's scope beyond individual buildings to a more holistic concern about the context of those buildings.”
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