North Carolina primary election voters head to the polls next week. Rick Henderson dissects some key recent developments that could affect their votes for the next edition of Carolina Journal…
A new report for the John Locke Foundation demonstrates that so-called “green” school buildings fail to fulfill their promises of cutting energy costs and boosting energy efficiency. The Raleigh News…
Click here to listen to Todd Myers discussing this report. RALEIGH — “Green” school buildings in North Carolina fall far short of their promises to protect the environment through lower…
“Green” school buildings in North Carolina fall far short of their promises to protect the environment through lower energy costs and increased efficiency.
Transylvania County is revamping its economic development incentives program to clarify what community benefits it will require. Two persons provided public input on the policy. One wanted to demand businesses…
The Buncombe County Commissioners are weighing the merits of building two twenty-first century schools. The county’s newest schools were built in 1986, and the architecture for learning environments has changed…
President Obama’s “American Jobs Act” includes a provision that requires states to “give priority to the use of green [building] practices.” PART I – ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS SEC. 225.…
The Asheville Office of Sustainability, city building inspectors, WNC Green Building Council and Asheville Green Opportunities will host a workshop to teach people about residential energy audits. The newsworthy facet…
The City of Asheville will co-host a forum to garner community input or buy-in for how the city will go about availing a sum of public dollars, from an as…
The Pack Square Conservancy has announced its intention to apply for a grant of over $3 million in newly-printed government money. It is the perfect applicant in that the funds…
Apologies for the lack of, uh, quality analysis to which Piedmont Publius readers have become accustom. I’ve just been living outside my own head for a few days, which is…
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools has one of the most cost-efficient school construction programs around, but the Journal says “it’s past time” for a green school. That’s more like it. I thought…