Colleagues Committed to Green Housing
Realtor: Resource for Consultation on Buying, Selling, & Green Housing
- Yates Nobles, GRI, CRS, ABR, SRS, SRES, 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, Leslie Fore, Executive Director, info@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
- Tom Scully, Presidential Mortgage Group, 434-293-8961 or tom.scully@presidential.com
- Matt Hodges, Principal, Compass Home Loans, Westfield Drive in Montague, Miller Building - 434-817-5122 or matt.hodges@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
- Halcyon Construction, Justin Pincham 434-218-0705, info@halcyon-contracting.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