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 ...
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED OUR 2018 EARTH DAY 5K! Times and photos are posted here: https://teebark.link/2018/04/26/6th-annual-richmond-earth-day-5k-race-without-trace/ The third and final day of our 3-Day Celebration of Sustainability includes our family friendly, community-focused Richmond Earth Day 5K Race Without a Trace, showing off the best the city has to offer. Run, walk or stroll down ...
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 ...
Viridiant and Southface Energy Institute have been working on an update to the EarthCraft House program that will go into effect for new projects registered after July 1, 2018. During this webinar, we will review the upcoming changes and open the floor to questions from our attendees. The main changes will be: A streamlined worksheet. There ...
Guaranteed energy bills of $50* a month? Sounds pretty good, right? With Viridiant’s new Energy Guarantee, homeowners can feel confident in their monthly expenses and builders can market a stable, affordable home. On July 1, Viridiant and Southface Energy Institute will launch the new, improved EarthCraft House program, featuring a streamlined certification worksheet, new “badges” ...