It is empowering to be part of the growing trend toward green-built homes here in Asheville, NC. (see photo of green-built home)
It is exciting to participate in sustainable practices "meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs."
My clients tell me they really want to play a part in helping to preserve the natural beauty here in the Greater Asheville, N.C. Area. To take good care of your bioregion, the place in which you live and work, is something I believe that everyone wants to do. Through eco-wise choice making, we easily can do this. But where to start?
How about starting at home? In the very recent past, people may not have realized that investing in green built homes is a major way that they can do it, feel good about it, and feel good about their own home as well as for the future of their children.
But today we REALTORS® are noticing a lively trend emerging.
That trend is toward designing, constructing, and operating high performance "green" buildings like that in the photo. Happily, such buildings reduce the negative impact on natural surroundings and benefitthose who work or live there with a healthier indoor environment. It's nice to know that your baby is NOT crawling on floors that contain toxic chemicals, then putting his fingers in his mouth with potentially harmful consequences, for example.
Not only here in North Carolina, but across the country REALTORS® are taking opportunities to learn about the selection of environmentally responsible locations, and much more. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) offers training programs specifically written and geared for professionals, and a Professional Accreditation program "to develop and encourage green building expertise across the entire building industry. Everyone: Architects, real estate professionals, facility managers, engineers, interior designers, landscape architects, construction managers, lenders, government officials can participate."
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(*)/'(*) .......... ............and always remember that " poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition." -Eli Khamarov ....... We are in a sustainable world, so grab hold of your Muse... dream that world... and make it happen!. ......................... .............
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