The beauty of the Smoky Mountains in from Buncombe County has, on many levels inspired those who live in the area to do their part to go green and to preserve the environment so that their kids - as well as their kids and their kids - will all be able to enjoy it as much as they have.

(Source)The former Waynesville biology teacher said he wanted to do more to help the environment, which gave him the idea to start building green homes. . .His business was the first to build a healthy built home, a certification that a home can receive from the WNC Green Building Council.

A healthy built home is a structure that features many eco-friendly design practices, which reduces the amount of waste produced when building a home. Moody is currently building eight eco-sensitive homes in the Buncombe County area.

“This area has a lot of people interested in green building,” Moody said “It’s an excellent place to be.”

Of course, you do not need to buy a newly built home in order to experience green living in Buncombe County. There are updates that you can make to your current home - small improvements - that will help you to lessen your impact on the earth and improve your energy efficiency (lowering costs in the process).

Whether you install a more efficient water heater, or you upgrade the heating and cooling system in your home or even if you just by new, more energy efficient appliances, you’ll find that you are able to feel better about what you are doing and keep enjoying the life that you’ve built for yourself.

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