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Alaina Money-Garman
Alaina is the founder and CEO of Garman Homes and Fresh Paint by Garman Homes. She is known for her award-winning blog, Build Like a Girl which started as a place to share her adventure as a salesperson trying to learn how to build a home. Alaina was named to Professional’s Builder’s list of 40 under 40 in 2015 and has also been named Builder of the Year twice by the Home Builders Association of Durham Orange Chatham County and as the first female recipient of the award by the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake.
If there is a bar out there, and you are under it, then you shouldn’t be here.
Alaina has continuously been innovating her companies and can now offer more houses on less land to give even more value to the consumer. They can package in green features that will provide homeowners with a more significant return on their investment, and move the dial towards a more sustainable home.
Listen to the full episode here to hear Alain’s insights into what the future holds for sustainable homebuilding!
For too long, the buildings in which we live, work, heal, and play, have been built to minimum standards, affecting safety, quality, health, and sustainability.
Scott talks more about MGO’s Engineered Wall System, and the importance of materials used when building a sustainable home.
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Todd Gamboa
Todd is the President of Building Trust LLC and is a building science expert and has been in the building industry for more than 30 years managing private and public homebuilding companies. Todd has educated thousands of homebuilders, architects, contractors, code officials, appraisers, and REALTORS® across the country.
Healthier, more sustainable homes are not just about saving a bit of money in energy bills, or rescuing a couple trees. It's about an entirely new lifestyle; a healthier way of being.
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Last year, Rise featured a net-positive home built in Georgia, where extreme humidity and mold growth can cause huge problems. It was noted that Huber’s ZIP System® R-sheathing was identified and used as the perfect material for insulation on this home. Doug talks more about the ZIP system and why it’s something builders and homeowners should be paying attention to.
As with many other sustainable products, using them requires updating the way you build, and for many contractors embracing change is hard....it is extremely necessary if you don't want to be left behind.
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Not only do these systems ensure you're getting the maximum ROI from your energy-saving products, but it also keeps homes at conditions for optimal health.
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At Rise, we strive to make sustainable home improvement easy and accessible for everyone. Whether you're building or renovating, our thoroughly vetted building products will help you reduce your carbon footprint, lower energy costs, and create a more sustainable living or working environment.
