August 7, 2010

PASS CHRISTIAN Every new contractor who comes onto the job at the Dubuisson home in Pass Christian gets a lesson in green building from John Goff.

HENDERSONVILLE A historic apartment building that has thermal hot water. A farmhouse with floors heated by roof-mounted solar thermal panels. A housing development whose water system saves each home 10,000 gallons of water a year.

Once on the fringe, about 750,000 off the grid American households pioneer green living by tapping sustainable energy from the wind, sun, and earth.

Wind turbines power green living at a Bronx subsidized apartment complex.

HENDERSONVILLE A historic apartment building that has thermal hot water. A farmhouse with floors heated by roof-mounted solar thermal panels. A housing development whose water system saves each home 10,000 gallons of water a year.

HENDERSONVILLE A historic apartment building that has thermal hot water. A farmhouse with floors heated by roof-mounted solar thermal panels. A housing development whose water system saves each home 10,000 gallons of water a year.

Contributed photo Before the 2009-10 school year Manz kindergarten teacher Sue Smith started collecting donated paper, binders and other consumable products from local businesses for use by teachers in the district. The Green Room is located in the Administration Building.

HENDERSONVILLE A historic apartment building that has thermal hot water. A farmhouse with floors heated by roof-mounted solar thermal panels. A housing development whose water system saves each home 10,000 gallons of water a year.

It’s not like anyone’s happy with the current condition of South Carolina’s economy. But advocates of a certain offshoot — the green economy — gathered Friday at the Best in Green and Local Expo in downtown Charleston to discuss how the state’s environmental portfolio lags behind the re…

DANBURY — The majority of home builders in Fairfield County use “green” building practices and think green building has a future in the industry, according to survey results recently released by the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Fairfield County.