Join Viridiant and the Home Builders Association of Richmond's EarthCraft Builders Council on June 15th as we take a closer look at 11500 Grey Oaks Estates Run, a newly-constructed, EarthCraft-certified home by Bain-Waring with an impressive HERS index of 52. A number of efficiency improvements contributed to this low HERS index, including a conditioned crawl, R-5 structurally ...
Join us on August 17th as we discuss findings from a multi-year study of Community Housing Partners’ Grissom Lane Apartments that aims to 1) evaluate the efficacy of a widely used residential energy modeling tool (REM/Rate) to predict energy use in a zero-energy housing development 2) evaluate the cost effectiveness of zero energy housing compared to standard ...
The Blueprint for the Future features a two-part design competition with the goal to design an affordable, sustainable and accessible home. The completion is open to both students and professionals, and features cash prizes and statewide exposure. The winning design is scheduled to be built in Norfolk, VA. Partners include: Department of Housing and Community ...
This 7-hour builder training provides a comprehensive overview of best practices for sustainable construction and design and explores how the EarthCraft program can help you get started in the green building sector. Whether you’re a single-family home builder, developer, architect, HVAC or insulation contractor, property owner/manager, or Housing Development Authority, you’ll learn cost-effective ways to ...
Join us for our October lecture to highlight the greater Richmond community’s work on healthy homes and healthy communities that support socioeconomic and physical health necessary to build strong communities. The lecture will cover recent research on Market Value Analysis by Richmond Memorial Health Foundation to help communities understand real estate market conditions and plan ...
The Home Builders Association of Richmond’s EarthCraft Builders Council would like to invite you to a “Behind the Walls” tour of Hollyport Ventures, LLC’s current EarthCraft and LEED for Homes project in Historic Union Hill. Located at 1906 Princess Anne Ave across from Jefferson Park, we call the project Jefferson Green. See it and it’s systems ...
Join Viridiant as we toast the season and celebrate with Winter Solstice. The social will take place at Ardent Craft Ales in Richmond, VA on Thursday, December 14th from 4:30 - 6:30 PM. We hope to see you there, and we encourage you to bring a friend who should get to know Viridiant! Each RSVPed ...
This 7-hour builder training provides a comprehensive overview of best practices for sustainable construction and design and explores how the EarthCraft program can help you get started in the green building sector. Whether you’re a single-family home builder, developer, architect, HVAC or insulation contractor, property owner/manager, or Housing Development Authority, you’ll learn cost-effective ways to ...
Join us for our February lecture - Ducted Mini-split Heat Pumps: Lessons Learned from Design, Testing and Monitoring at 150 Installations. Home Performance Consulting firm Think Little (www.think-little.com) has designed and tested/balanced over 150 ducted "mini-split" heat pump installations over the past 4 years. These efficient, quiet, and comfortable heat pump systems are an emerging technology in ...
Join us for our April lecture, being hosting in conjunction with our Sustainable Leadership Awards on April 19th. We are thrilled to welcome the Virginia Center for Housing Research at Virginia Tech to discuss the latest findings from their report - Sustaining Energy Efficiency: Longitudinal Evidence of Virginia’s Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Properties. This report shares ...
Join us for day one of our 3-day Celebration of Sustainability at our Annual Sustainable Leadership Awards on April 19th, 2018 at the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond where we will celebrate the region’s premiere building professionals for their work in 2017. Refreshments and light hors d’oeuvres will be served after we present awards in a variety of categories ...
Thanks to everyone who joined for our inaugural RVA Sustainable Homes Bus Tour! We hope you enjoyed it. Day two of our 3-Day Celebration of Sustainability will feature our inaugural RVA Sustainable Homes Bus Tour. Join us from 12 - 3 PM on Friday, April 20th as we take you to see what energy efficient ...