Colleagues Committed to Green Housing

Realtor:  Resource for Consultation on Buying, Selling, & Green Housing

• Yates Nobles, GRI, ABR, SRS, e-PRO, GREEN, Associate Broker, Montague Miller & Co - Downtown,        434-996-0888 or yates@yatesnobles.com

Green Non-Profit for Education and Financing Energy Efficiency Upgrades in Charlottesville:  LEAP -Local Energy Alliance Program 

• LEAP: Local Energy Alliance Program, Cynthia Adams,  Executive Director, cynthia@leap-va.org  
• LEAP is a community-based nonprofit whose mission is to facilitate unprecedented energy and water savings through energy efficiency retrofits in residential and commercial buildings.  LEAP works directly with property owners as well as stakeholders in government, local utilities, and other nonprofits to help create a sustainable energy future for our community.  
•  LEAP has initial funding from a $500,000 grant from the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance and currently is piloting Home Performance with Energystar audits and energy retrofits in 15 local homes.

Financing: Resources for Information and Assistance with EEMs - Energy Efficiency Mortgages

• Carl Garrett, Mortgage Loan Consultant, UVA Community Credit Union, 3300 Berkmar Dr, behind Lowes - 434-964-2021 or cgarrett@uvacreditunion.org
• Matt Hodges, Principal, Compass Home Loans, Westfield Drive in Montague, Miller Building -               434-817-5122 or matt@compasshomeloans.net
• Tom Scully, Presidential Mortgage Group, 434-293-8961 or tom.scully@presidential.com

Home Energy Assessment:  All Inspectors certified by BPI and HERS

• Laura Fiori, Home Energy Auditor, Key Green Energy Solutions, 434-989-3514 or Laura@KeyGreenEnergy.com
• Eric Gilchrist - 434-970-3506 or ericgrv@gmail.com
• Rick West, Virginia Home Performance, 804-543-8139 or rwest@virginiahomeperformance.com

Green Housing Retrofits:  Contractors who implement green projects:

• Matt Nauman, BPI Analyst & Project Manager, Class A Contractor, Upstream Construction, 434-531-2250 or http://www.upstream-construction.com
• See "Builders" below

Builders:

• Upstream Construction, 434-823-6025, terry@upstream-construction.com
• Builder Fish, Todd Hawkins, 434-299-8633, Todd@BuilderFish.com
• Artisan Construction, Doug Lowe, 434-979-6399, mdlowe@artisaninc.com.
• Handcrafted Homes, Doug Kingma, 434296-6500, doug@kingmadedevelopers.com
• Abrahamse & Co, Daniel McHugh, 434-295-9379, dmchugh@abrahamse.com
• Shelter Associates Ltd, Bruce Gordon & John DIven, 434-973-8307, http://shelterltd.com  Lithic Construction, 434-996-4737 or mail@lithicconstruction.com
• Lithic Construction, 434-996-4737 or mail@lithicconstruction.com
• Piedmont Construction  434-975-7445  jchapman@thinkpiedmont.com 
• Nationwide Custom Homes (Modular Construction), 276-632-7100, http://nationwidecustomhomes.com (Martinsville) 

Architects:

• Jeff Sties, Sunbiosis, 434-249-2932 or jbsties@sunbios.com
• The Gaines Group, PLC, Charles Hendricks, 540-437-0012, cbhendricks@thegainesgroup.com
• Tom Fisher, AIA, & Richard Price & Frank Folsom Smith at Environ Design Collaborative,              434-989-3910 or Tom@environdc.com
• Christopher Hays , AIA, and Allison Ewing, AIA, Hays & Ewing Design Studio, 434-97-3222 or   info@hays-ewing.com
• David Day, David Day Design, 434-806-4792 or http://daviddaydesign.net

Green Building Materials: For Retrofits, Remodeling, Renovating & Building:

• Nature Neutral, 370 Greenbrier Drive, Charlottesville, 434-975-2002, http://natureneutral.com     "Build well...Live well"
• Piedmont Radiant, 1701 B Allied St, Charlottesville,  434-996-4211 - Jeff Perry - Specialist for energy-efficient radiant heat - piedmontradiant@aol.com

Green Home & Personal Products:

• Blue Ridge Eco-Shop, 313 E Main St on Downtown Mall - Page Matson, 434-296-0042, 923 , info@blueridgeecoshop.com

Helpful Websites about Greening Our Homes:

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=HOME_ENERGY_YARDSTICK.showGetStarted

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=home_energy_advisor.showGetInput

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=hvac_quiz.showQuestions