Carolina Green Home Tour: Green Idea Homes, Sustainable Communities & Hotels

	We're all in this together. Beware the wonder of a majestic forest has been known to captivate even the most rambunctious of life's little adventurers. That makes now the perfect time to teach them all that they can do to protect that magic for generations to come.

	Do not disturb. There's a prehistoric quality to the scenery at The Ponds in Summerville, South Carolina. Though home to a YMCA and amphitheatre, half of the 1,100-acre community is untouched. Environmental stewardship is the focus of The Ponds Conservancy. The Ponds • www.discovertheponds.com

"Going Green"
Conservation &
Environmental
resources

Carolina GreenHome Tour™:
Green Idea Homes, Sustainable Communities & Hotels

Center for Carolina Living
reen building is making a noticeable impact on the Carolinas, and is consequently receiving a lot of national attention.

Quick Links:
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Hotels - Resorts - B&Bs

North Carolina community planner Vanguard Homes was named an Energy Star Partner of the Year in both 2006 and 2007.

Down on the South Carolina coast, Withers Preserve, a community in Myrtle Beach, is enjoying newly-found fame as the very first GE Ecomagination community in the United States.

In North Charleston, Noisette is literally setting the standard for sustainable growth. This forward-thinking community has been nationally recognized by organizations such as the Urban Land Institute for its revolutionary manner of approaching sustainable development.


nd slightly farther south, the first HGTV Green Home was built in Tradition Hilton Head, a sustainable community, where even the golf course (an Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program member) is “green” – planted with drought-tolerant Bermuda grass and irrigated with treated reclaimed water. n an effort to bring these revolutionary communities and green ideas to the public, CarolinaLiving.com is developing the Carolina GreenHome Tour™, a collection of green idea homes, sustainable communities and green hotels across the Carolinas. Check back often to see our growing list, and hopefully we’ll inspire you to “go green,” too! Quick Links: North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Hotels - Resorts - B&Bs North Carolina Biltmore Farms – Asheville, NC Including: The Ramble & its “HandMade House” Idea Home Bingham Ridge – Chapel Hill, NC Cadence Point – Brevard, NC Ciĕl - Asheville, NC Circle at Concord Mills - Concord, NC Cielo Falls – Boone, NC The Cliffs Communities – Upstate SC, NC Cold Mountain – NC Cottages and Treehouses of Peace Lane – Asheville, NC Crescent Communities – Lake Norman, Lake Wylie, Lake James & Raleigh Including: Hidden Lake Drovers Road Preserve – Asheville, NC East 54 @ Chapel Hill – Chapel Hill, NC The Farme at Matlock Creek – Franklin, NC Greenbridge – Chapel Hill, NC Hidden Lake – Raleigh, NC Lennon Hills – near Southport, NC Linville Falls Mountain Club and Preserve – Marion, NC National Homebuilder Mainstream GreenHome – Raleigh, NC Newland Communities: Briar Chapel – Chapel Hill, NC The Oaks at Fallon Park – Raleigh, NC River Dunes – near New Bern, NC SeaBrooke – near Wilmington, NC San Rio Ocean & River Club – Shallotte, NC The Settings of Black Mountain – Black Mountain, NC Skyloft Asheville – Asheville, NC Ultima Carolina Communities – NC Avalon, Black Bear Falls, Black Rock, Fontana Trace, Wildflower Versant – Asheville, NC Village of Woodsong – Shallotte, NC Villas at Forest Hills – Pinehurst, NC Waterford of the Carolinas – Wilmington, NC Weirbridge Village – Asheville, NC White Oak – Tryon, NC Whisper Mountain & Southern Living Green Idea Home – Near Asheville, NC Woodlands at Davidson - Davidson, NC Wisteria Place - Shallotte, NC Zona Lofts – Downtown Asheville, NC South Carolina Addison Homes – Greenville, SC Including: Acadia, Carilion & Verdmont Catawba Indian Reservation – Rock Hill, SC The Cliffs Communities – Upstate SC, NC The Cliffs Cottage at Furman/Shi Center for Sustainability – Greenville, SC Southern Living Magazine’s Former "Sustainable Showcase Home" at Furman University - Now the Dr. David E. Shi Center for Sustainability Crescent Communities – Bluffton, Fort Mill, Lake Keowee & Okatie, SC Dataw Island – Beaufort, SC Griffin Park – Greenville, SC Hampton Lake – Bluffton, SC Keowee Mountain – Upstate SC Cliffside Cottages King’s Grant on the Ashley – Charleston, SC Noisette – North Charleston, SC Including: Oak Terrace Preserve, I’On Village, Mixson One Cool Blow – Charleston, SC Palmetto Bluff – near Bluffton, SC Palm Key – Ridgeland, SC The Ponds – Summerville, SC Poplar Grove – Charleston, SC The Ridge at Chukker Creek – Aiken, SC Rosewood Hills – Columbia, SC Saluda River Club – Lexington, SC Spring Island – Spring Island, SC Stonebridge on Rankin's Lake – Anderson, SC Tradition Hilton Head & HGTV Green Idea Home – Hardeeville, SC Upstate House – Greenville, SC Withers Preserve – Myrtle Beach, SC Georgia Eco Manor – Atlanta, GA Southface Energy & Environmental Resource Center – Atlanta, GA Hotels-Resorts-Bed & Breakfasts Asheville Green Cottage Bed & Breakfast – Asheville, NC The Farme at Matlock Creek Bed & Breakfast – Franklin, NC Palm Key – The Nature Getaway – Ridgeland, SC The Proximity Hotel – Greensboro, NC The Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte – NC Do you know of an idea home, community or hotel that you think deserves to have a spot on the Carolina GreenHome Tour^tm? Email: pmason@carolinaliving.com