Tag: net zero
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RETHINKING THE FUTURE.com: “Baboolal Residence by Arielle Schechter Architect”
Blueplate PR client’s net zero project is featured on an international platform that recognizes and acknowledges design talents from all over the world. The Baboolal residence is a net zero house is for a multicultural family of four. The husband is Indian originally from South Africa and the wife is American. They are both in…
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DWELL: “The Mason-Grabell ‘Beech’ House by Arielle Condoret Schechter, AIA
Anne and Bruce, the clients for this project, had recently relocated to Chapel Hill from Florida. They considered themselves “climate refugees” who no longer wanted to live through the yearly hurricanes they were experiencing in Florida. They selected Arielle Schechter for her modernist style, then agree to ramp up the design “Net-Zero Ready” in accordance…
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INHABITAT: “Micropolis custom net-zero home generates all its own energy”
Blueplate PR client: Arielle Condoret Schechter, AIA By Lucy Wang When Cheryl and Ken Serdar saw one of the homes belonging to Micropolis®, a collection of sustainable and contemporary house plans designed by architect Arielle Condoret Schechter, they knew they wanted a custom home based on the original 950-square-foot “Happy Family” plan. Taking into account the…
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Chapel Hill Architect and Builder Continue To Raise The Bar For Green Design and Construction
After stealing the show during the 2015 Green Home Tour with “Happy Meadows,” the modern, net-zero passive house she designed in Pittsboro, NC, Chapel Hill architect Arielle Condoret Schechter, AIA, now has another modern, net-zero, passive house-inspired home under construction – this time in Chapel Hill, and this time for the custom green homebuilder who helped her create Happy Meadows: Kevin…
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Two Net Zero Passive Houses Are State-Of-The-Art on the 2015 Green Home Tour
There’s “green,” and then there’s GREEN. When the Home Buyers Association of Durham, Orange, and Chatham counties presents its 10th annual Green Home Tour May 2-3 and 9-10, tour-goers will see several houses that are certified“green” because they use less energy, water and natural resources, create less waste, and are generally healthier environments than a traditionally designed and constructed house. Two…