Announcing August, October and December Lectures

Viridiant is excited to share topics and launch registration for the remaining lectures in 2016 taking place in August, October and December. These lectures will cover a variety of topics including resiliency and benchmarking as well as balancing energy efficiency, historic preservation and affordability with an applied site-visit. In order to continue offering this educational …

VAEEC Guest Post: Study Shows Impact of EarthCraft Certified Affordable Housing

Guest Post by: Stuart Nuckols, Viridiant Click to view full post. The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy’s (ACEEE) 2015 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard[1] ranks Virginia 31st in the country for Energy Efficient Programs and Policies. While this may be discouraging to organizations and businesses invested in making the Commonwealth more energy efficient, there …

Big Announcements Made at 7th Annual Sustainable Leadership Awards

Regional leaders in the advancement of sustainable design and construction were recently honored as winners of Viridiant’s Sustainable Leadership Awards. Winners were announced at the organization’s 7^th annual awards ceremony on March 22^nd at the historic Bolling Haxall House in downtown Richmond. The event drew over 150 individuals representing home builders, non-profit and for-profit housing providers and developers, program sponsors, homeowners, affordable housing advocates, and those interested in creating green housing opportunities in Virginia.

Virginia lawmakers looking to drive energy costs down

By Mark Tenia Published: January 20, 2016, 6:01 pm RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond resident Aaron Gibson and his wife recently made some improvements to their 100-year-old home in Richmond. Gibson says just adding insulation to the roof cut down on their electric bill considerably. “You think you might be in good shape and they …

Upcoming Events! Lectures, Awards, and 5K

We’re looking forward to a busy several months here at EarthCraft Virginia with plenty of opportunities for you to engage with us. Check out the exciting details below. 2016 Lecture Series First 3 topics announced – now every other month throughout the year Net-Zero Case Study: Grissom Lane – Thursday, February 18th, 2016 Water in …

Building Science Lectures Announced!

Thanks to all of you who provided feedback through our electronic survey. Based on your input, we are excited to announce that our lecture series will now take place every other month throughout the year. And we’re kicking things off on October 13th with something a little different – a full day training from …

Richmond Times Dispatch: How renters can save money, and the planet

Richmond Times Dispatch Posted: Tuesday, August 4, 2015 10:30 pm By Bob Newman and Susan Hill Despite Virginia’s low electricity and natural gas prices, the poor energy performance of our multifamily housing stock leads to energy costs that are significantly higher than they need to be for many low- to moderate-income renters. As a percentage …

Vox: Obama just released his most ambitious climate policy yet — the Clean Power Plan

Vox, updated by Brad Plumer on August 3, 2015, 3:28 p.m. ET On Monday afternoon, President Obama released the final version of his most ambitious climate-change policy to date — an EPA program to cut carbon-dioxide emissions from the nation’s power plants. The final version of the Clean Power Plan turns out to be slightly stronger than …

WRIC ABC8 News: Dominion EnergyShare program expands in new way

Amy Lacey Published: July 30, 2015, 2:49 pm | Updated: July 30, 2015, 7:01 pm RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Paying monthly electric bills can be a challenge for families on a fixed income, so Dominion Virginia Power’s EnergyShare program is expanding to help. It will now weatherize the homes of qualifying residents, like Marjorie …