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Green Homes and Communities

Hi! I'm Tree Spaulding of MOSAIC Community Lifestyle Realty and this is my favorite part of this Web site. Our business is built on values and relationships. One of our values is healthy, environmentally sustainable building and development. Because many people see what a wonderful place Asheville is, they are either moving here or buying vacation and second homes here. So, developers are trying to keep up with the demand. That is not good news for our beautiful mountains.

This was the unfortunate scene of one Asheville-area development.

Mosaic values environmentally sound, regional and site-specific planning and sustainable, healthy design and building practices. Western North Carolina (WNC) is a wonderful place to live if you value these things. Through a partnership with the WNC Green Building Council and the state's HealthyBuilt Homes program, there is now a WNC HealthyBuilt Homes certification program that supports small and medium-sized home builders in green construction. They offer technical help, design reviews, and workshops. For a home to be certified HealthyBuilt, the builder must adhere to strict guidelines. Builders are required to complete a green home checklist.

There are individual HealthyBuilt Homes scattered throughout neighborhoods and there are also a growing number of Green Communities. We'll try to keep you posted on them here.

There are two homes for sale in the Hudson Street Cottages, a great little green community in West Asheville.

If you're interested in Green Features, you'll want to link to another page I have just about them.

To see some of the green homes currently listed for sale in the Asheville area, you can click here.

Visit my Think Green Blog

To see some of the green homes currently listed for sale in the Asheville area, you can click here.