Whole House Approach Video

Partnership

I'm proud to announce that to start 2009 we have partnered with Haven Custom Homes. For over 37 years, Haven Custom Homes has built high-quality homes across across a wide range of product lines, and price points. Their system-built process can be adapted to any architectural plan and represents truly custom operation.
Haven Custom Homes is transforming our industry by applying modular construction techniques and exceptional craftsmanship to award-winning architectural designs, allowing consumers to build exceptional homes in one-third the time of conventional custom construction methods. What we loved about the partnership is their success comes from creating a business partnership with some of the best residential architects in the industry. So not only is Red Tree able to build a high-quality custom green home with Haven but also offer our clients the benefit of our joint partnership with leading architects such as Allison Ramsey, New Hampshire Design Collaborative, Lew Oliver Inc., GTM Architects, and Russell Versaci Architects.

Brandon Bryant
Red Tree Builders
Greening Asheville One Home at a Time

Video Series on Green Building

I've started a video series showing what makes building green "green". The first part of the series will show building practices that could be done better by using best building practices, basically things that you don't want your builder to do. Also I'll show the difference between stick-built and system-built. Then I will finish the video series by highlighting the green parts of our model home that we are going to build in the Beaverdam community of Asheville. This is going to be a fantasic resource for anyone building a home, or has questions about what really is green building. I love the oppurunity to show the difference between the neighboring house that is under construction, and the model that we are going to start building.

Green Washing

Green Washing:
term used to describe the practice of companies spinning their product lines as being environmentally friendly as a means to appeal to consumers, persuading them to buy their product.
So have you seen this? Maybe you have heard of clean coal. Perhaps you have seen Clorox's green works line, or even yet a builder says he is green but does not get a third party certification to prove it.
Many people in the market place don't buy green products because of green washing. At times it can get very frustrating. There are somethings you can do. Search for the msd sheet for products this contains the warnings, and ingredients. For example you will find that the Green Works Brand for Clorox is hazardous to drink, or when you get it on your skin it advises to wash thoroughly with water. It says its product is natural, but this doesn't sound like a natural product to me, so with more looking into it you will see that it contains harmful chemicals.
This is just one of several examples of green washing. I do applaud a company that is making a effort to change, but when its smoke and mirrors those companies need to be called out.

Ad for 2009

2009 ad for Red Tree Builders. You will be seeing our ad in the 2009 edition of the WNC Green Building Directory, and WNC Magazine this spring.



Brandon Bryant
Red Tree Builders
Greening Asheville One Home at a Time