Green Building in Asheville
The Future Is Here: The Role Construction Plays In The New Economy

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The construction industry is a rapidly evolving field that is vast and far-reaching in our global economy.  With the housing market in a slump, many people may be hesitant about construction as a career choice.  Construction as an industry makes up 70 percent of our energy use and as a result plays a critical role in rebuilding a sustainable economy based on renewable energy and energy efficiency.

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Sustainability and Applied Technology Education: Essential for Future Job Market

Going to college has always been a logical step toward job security, but what about in the modern day of globalization, economic turmoil, and future uncertainty?  We hear about a “new economic infrastructure”: what does this mean in terms of smart career choices?  Many people are finding that their retirement savings have vanished… not to mention money that had been put aside for their children’s college tuition.

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Green Building Education Gives Construction Workers an Edge


Since a shift in the American mind-set after WWII to a consumer-based society, frugality and resourcefulness hasn’t played much of a role in U.S. industry.   Cheap energy and materials didn’t help the situation as inefficient and wasteful construction practices created over-sized, energy-hungry McMansions.  With globalization, it seems like 

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Effects of Seven Core Elements of Sustainable Development on Governance

As globalization and the age of information link communities around the world with expanding economic and social ties, it becomes critical for not only preservation of the global economy, but for human survival, to adopt and adapt to a sustainable mindset.

This involves a major shift in thinking from a linear perspective to a cyclical thought pattern.  This is important to consider while exploring the role of the seven core elements of the sustainable development transition.

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Economical “Green”: Large and Small Renovation Projects

Studies by the U.S. Department of Energy Information Administration indicate that homes account for 21 to 22 percent of all US energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.

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