Dive summary:
- From the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina comes a home design that was created by college students and professors who teamed up with an Asheville-based builder that says it will offer the house commercially.
- Deltec Homes helped the academic project at Appalachian State University that resulted a three-bedroom, two-bath, net-zero-energy house called the Solar Homestead. It won plaudits in a Department of Energy show on the National Mall in Washington.
- Now, Deltec, which has made a point of building green homes, is adding the home to its line of environmentally friendly designs. The company will pay royalties that will support App State's Department of Technology and Environmental Design and other efforts.
From the article:
Deltec Homes has signed an agreement to market and manufacture an energy-efficient home designed by students and professors at Appalachian State University, the Asheville, N.C.-based home builder announced. ...
