"It's often the most non-exciting things that truly work to make a home green. New technologies and gadgets are great, but you have to have the basic structure built properly or all of those things are just that- cool gadgets."
-Cory Lewis
-Cory Lewis
T. C. Lewis & Co. is at the forefront of the green building movement and been recognized for our commitment to innovation and perfecting groundbreaking technologies and techniques involved with green building. We offer the option to clients to build to the ANSI ICC National Green Building Standard. This program outlines a point system with categories, including: Site/lot design, preparation, and development, resource efficiency, energy efficiency, water efficiency, indoor environmental quality, landscape design, and operation, maintenance and buyer/owner education. A minimum amount of points has to be reached in all categories to obtain certification: Bronze (15% higher than EnergyStar certification), Silver, Gold, and Emerald.Through this program, we use a combination of common sense design and cutting edge building materials and construction methodology so that projects built to this standard have a significant reduction in utility bills (60%+), carbon footprint, construction waste, and the overall impact of construction on the environment. Indoor air quality is greatly increased and works to eliminate allergies. This program also qualifies buyers/clients for federal and state tax credits, loan discounts, and local/regional rebates and discounts depending on the specific project site. It also gives recognition locally, regionally, and nationally.
T. C. Lewis & Co. employs a Certified Green Professional, HERS Rater, Certified EcoBroker, and Green Verifier. We are the Mountain South’s most experienced, knowledgable Green Building company and offer consulting services to builders and developers. We offer “light green” to “off the grid” construction with implementation of solar panels, wind turbines, graywater capturing/cistern systems, and geothermal technology.