Grady O'Rear runs Green Advantage, an environmental certification service for building-related practitioners from his solar-powered house in Virginia’s first all-green community.
Landis Construction Corporation
7059 Blair Road, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20012
Contact: Russ Clark
Phone: (202) 905-1179
Landis Construction Corporation is a Design/Build firm of architects and builders who supply residents of DC and the Maryland suburbs with green home design and construction.
Maryland Clean Energy Center
9632 Gudelsky Drive
Rockville, MD 20850
Contact: Ken Connolly
Phone: (202) 905-1179
The Maryland Clean Energy Center's purpose is to promote clean energy economic development and jobs in the state; encourage deployment of clean energy technologies across Maryland; assist newly developed technologies with pilot projects; collect, analyze and disseminate industry data; and provide outreach and technical support to further the clean energy industry in Maryland.
Maryland Home Performance
Contact: Hannah Wood
Phone: (240) 223-5544
High electricity bills? Drafts or air leaks? Uneven heat/cold throughout the home? Moisture on windows? Specially trained and certified participating contractors of Maryland Home Performance with ENERGY STAR will evaluate your home using state-of-the-art equipment to diagnose these issues. The contractors will recommend comprehensive improvements that will fix these and many other unnoticed energy and comfort issues in your home.
Schulz Homes
PO Box 1804
Middleburg, VA 20118
Contact: Dale Schulz
Phone: (540) 687-3367
Schulz Homes is an energy efficient green builder serving Loudoun, Fauquier, and Washington counties in Virginia with residential green home design and construction.
Solar Electric Light Fund
1612 K Street NW, Suite 402
Washington, DC 20006
Contact: Robert Freling
Phone: (202) 234-7265
Known as “SELF,” this non-profit supplies low cost solar lighting systems to dozens of developing nations. It was founded in 1990, by Neville Williams, founder of Standard Solar. (He is no longer involved with SELF.)
Standard Energy Solutions
1355 Piccard Drive, Suite 300
Rockville, MD 20850
Contact: Scott Carr
Phone: (301) 944-5152
Standard Energy Solutions (SES) is a Maryland-based professional energy auditing firm and EPA Energy Star Certified contractor that serves the DC metropolitan area and a growing number of states throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. SES offers comprehensive building testing, monitoring and modeling services for both residential and commercial energy improvement projects.
Systems & Renewable Energy Consultants
901 North Polland Street
Arlington, VA 22203
Contact: Fred Widicus
Phone: (571) 723-1373
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