Lecture: Highland Park Senior Apartments: Balancing Energy Efficiency, Historic and Affordable Housing Preservation

Join us for an applied site visit where we will showcase Community Preservation and Development Corporation’s (CPDC) Highland Park Senior Apartments. Learn how this recently renovated 77-unit project utilized Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTCs) as well as state and federal Historic Tax Credits to bring new life to the old Highland Park Public School. ...

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$5

EarthCraft Building Professional Training

This 7-hour builder training provides a comprehensive overview of best practices for sustainable construction and design and explores how the EarthCraft program can help you get started in the green building sector. Whether you’re a single-family home builder, developer, architect, HVAC or insulation contractor, property owner/manager, or Housing Development Authority, you’ll learn cost-effective ways to ...

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$175

RVA Environmental Film Festival

Join Viridiant at the 2017 RVA Environmental Film Festival  RVA (EFF), running from February 6th - February 12th, and on February 18th at six locations in the Richmond metropolitan area. Entry is free! See complete film descriptions, locations, and times.  

Lecture: Build Better: Innovative Construction Technologies for Healthy, High-Performance Homes

Construction technologies are developing rapidly to keep pace with energy codes and consumer expectations. This lecture will help you understand how to “Build Tight, Heat, Cool, and Ventilate Right”. Whether you’re a builder, remodeler, architect, HERS Rater or HVAC contractor, you’ll learn about some of the latest innovations to help you build better, healthier, high-performance homes. This ...

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Lecture: Services and Tools to Manage Your Home’s Energy

This session will cover energy efficient programs and tools for homeowners and builders alike. Dominion Virginia Power will discuss details and successes of its EnergyShare® energy assistance program, a system that offers bill pay assistance, free weatherization and energy-saving upgrades for veterans and anyone who faces financial hardships from unemployment or family crisis. Viridiant will ...

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Lecture: Three Years of Data: Latest Findings on Virginia’s Energy Efficient Housing Stock

Join us as our speaker discusses preliminary findings from a multi-year study undertaken by the Virginia Center for Housing Research (VCHR) at Virginia Tech and Housing Virginia. Over the last three years, researchers have measured and evaluated energy use, construction cost and occupant behavior data in EarthCraft Multifamily (ECMF) certified developments. The analysis builds on ...

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free

Sustainable Leadership Awards

  We hope you'll join us at our Annual Sustainable Leadership Awards on April 20th, 2017 at the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond as we celebrate the region’s premiere building professionals for their work in 2016. We'll also enjoy a housing policy and research panel with Art Bowen of VHDA, Andrew McCoy of VCHR at Virginia Tech, and Angela Navarro of the Office of Governor McAuliffe, ...

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$45

Richmond Earth Day 5K Race Without a Trace

Join us for the 5th Annual Richmond Earth Day 5K Race Without a Trace, presented by Sigora Solar, showing off the best the city has to offer. Run, walk or stroll down the newly completed Virginia Capital Trail and see the beauty of the James River and its downtown surroundings. Learn easy ways to help the ...

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$30

Phase I Submissions Due – A Blueprint for the Future Design Competition

The Blueprint for the Future features a two-part design competition with the goal to design an affordable, sustainable and accessible home. The completion is open to both students and professionals, and features cash prizes and statewide exposure. The winning design is scheduled to be built in Norfolk, VA. Partners include: Department of Housing and Community ...

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EarthCraft Building Professional Training

This 7-hour builder training provides a comprehensive overview of best practices for sustainable construction and design and explores how the EarthCraft program can help you get started in the green building sector. Whether you’re a single-family home builder, developer, architect, HVAC or insulation contractor, property owner/manager, or Housing Development Authority, you’ll learn cost-effective ways to ...

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$175

Lecture: EarthCraft House Site Visit and Summer Social

Join Viridiant and the Home Builders Association of Richmond's EarthCraft Builders Council on June 15th as we take a closer look at 11500 Grey Oaks Estates Run, a newly-constructed, EarthCraft-certified home by Bain-Waring with an impressive HERS index of 52. A number of efficiency improvements contributed to this low HERS index, including a conditioned crawl, R-5 structurally ...

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free

Lecture: Zero Energy Housing | Performance and Costs

Join us on August 17th as we discuss findings from a multi-year study of Community Housing Partners’ Grissom Lane Apartments that aims to 1) evaluate the efficacy of a widely used residential energy modeling tool (REM/Rate) to predict energy use in a zero-energy housing development 2) evaluate the cost effectiveness of zero energy housing compared to standard ...

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