Categories: Green Home Blog, News & Updates
625 James Alexander Way in Davidson was awarded LEED Silver certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for achievement in green homebuilding and design. LEED for Homes is a green home certification system for assuring homes are designed and built to be energy- and resource-efficient and healthy for occupants. LEED certified homes complete a […]
Categories: Green Home Blog, News & Updates
In the past 100 years, one thing has stayed relatively constant while something else has changed dramatically. The constant is rainfall. Although some years are wet and some are dry, on average about the same amount of water is falling on Davidson as it was in 1912. The amount of undeveloped land however has changed […]
Categories: Davidson NC, Green Home Blog, News & Updates
Rodney Graham, owner of John Marshall Custom Homes, Inc., is pleased to announce that 631 James Alexander Way in downtown Davidson was awarded LEED Silver certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for achievement in green homebuilding and design. LEED for Homes is a green home certification system for assuring homes are designed and […]
Categories: News & Updates
In 2007 John Marshall Custom Homes made a commitment that all of our new homes would be ENERGY STAR certified. Today we’re happy to announce that our most recent new home has received ENERGY STAR certification. Built at 631 James Alexander Way in downtown Davidson, North Carolina, this home received a “five-star +” rating from […]
Categories: Green Home Blog
I spent several years of my youth in Tucson, AZ. Tucson averages about 10 inches of rain a year (compare that to 40 for Charlotte), and it is not uncommon to go weeks without rain, especially in the hottest summer months. Plants adapt to this environment by having large root systems and few leaves, or […]
Categories: Green Home Blog
Last week I was giving a talk and tour of our first LEED-certified home to a group of Davidson College students. I was making the point that a green home can (and should) look like a ‘normal’ home, and I mentioned that I’d once seen a home built out of old tires by Dennis Weaver. […]
Categories: Green Home Blog
Framing is always one of the most enjoyable parts of building a house (right next to seeing the joy on a homeowner’s face when they see their finished home, and almost as enjoyable as getting paid). This is when the rubber meets the road so to speak, when the lines of the blueprint are translated […]
Categories: Green Home Blog
Green building is about much more than the house itself. The location of the home is important, and using the home as a tool to educate the public about the benefits of green building is also critical. The process by which a home is built also determines whether a home can be considered ‘green.’ Site […]
Categories: Green Home Blog
It’s pretty basic building science that moisture is not a good thing. The combination of wood and water can lead to not only structural issues, but health problems as well. Minimizing moisture is a key part of durability. The crawl space is only one part of the house where moisture is a concern, but it […]
Categories: Green Home Blog
Welcome to our blog, and to my very first post. I decided to create this blog as a way to track the construction of a ‘green home’ in Davidson, North Carolina. We have a model home, and in it there is a banner that says “Davidson’s Green Home Builder.” Of the three houses pictured, two […]
