Small business profile: Asheville's Green Brothers installs solar hot water tubes

Business: Green Brothers Solar Who: Accem Scott opened Green Brothers last year as the first minority-owned solar energy business in Asheville.

Asheville City Council Explores Energy Efficiency

On Jan. 12, City Council voted to explore the Asheville Energy Independence Initiative, a pilot program that will support property owners to make their sites more energy efficient. Green Opportunities staff member Torin Kexel says of the decision, "This has the potential to create careers...There's a track here that I think is full of opportunities." Follow the "Read More" prompt to view the Mountain Xpress coverage of the council meeting.

Support Green Collar Jobs on January 12

The City Council will be considering an exciting new project at the City Council meeting on Tuesday. It's called the Asheville Energy Independence Initiative and it has the potential to substantially increase the city's investment in renewable energy, create hundreds of new, green collar jobs, and lower Asheville's overall carbon footprint. Using an innovative financing model, the initiative provides loans to homeowners and businesses for retrofits (efficiency measures and small renewable energy systems), making large-scale progress towards greater energy...
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GO is growing green leaves in the dead of winter...
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GO Needs Your Support

Dear Friends, It has been a remarkable year for Asheville GO. One year later, Green Opportunities —the organization we’ve built around Asheville GO—is on solid ground and well on its way toward its goal of providing pathways out of poverty into promising green careers. Here are a few of our accomplishments: •  Five of the six members graduating from the pilot class are now employed full-time.•  Our new class of 12 Asheville GO members has completed 15 service-learning projects addressing important community issues like water and air pollution,...
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GO Seeking New Asheville Home

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Community Forum for Stuart: Let Your Voice Be Heard

Many of you have expressed concern and outrage about the recent sentencing of Asheville GO member Stuart Peterson and are wondering what can be done to support Stuart or influence the court's decision on this and future cases.
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Workforce training and development takes center stage as the Nauhaus Institute welcomes Asheville GO

Eight weeks into the construction process, the Nauhaus Institute grows its army of volunteers, welcoming the Asheville Green Opportunities Training Team (Asheville GO) to experience and learn about the broad spectrum of materials and techniques being used in the Nauhaus prototype. Organizers created this work day and learning tour as a first step in developing a high performance, natural building craftsmen training program that will support the recruitment efforts of the Nauhaus Building system.
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The PERMIBUS Arrives in Asheville!

~Asheville Green Opportunities Presents a Family-Friendly Event~Wednesday, November 18 from 3-5pm Come one, come all! @ Burton St Community Center 134 Burton St, West AVL FREE (donations accepted)~ ~ ~-biofuel powered bus with solar and greywater systems~3pm puppet show for kids of all ages; bus tour4pm  chicken informational; seed ball making See sustainability on wheels! More info at www.permibus.org Presented by Asheville Green Opportunities with 21st Century Community Learning Centers and Burton Street Community Center
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Red Cross Energy Audit

Asheville's Red Cross staff are top of the line when it comes to saving lives, but when it came time to save money on their energy bill, they found that they had a lot of room for improvement. The GO Team worked with Conservation Pros to perform an energy audit on the Red Cross building and find ways to lower their overall energy consumption. This was our first time working in this field and that made it a pretty interesting week for us.
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