TightLines Designs has partnered with ENERGY STAR® and Building Performance Engineering (BPE) to offer home plans that are Designed to Earn the ENERGY STAR. For an additional fee of $250, any plan can be reviewed and approved by an accredited HERS (Home Energy Rating System) rater at BPE. Approved plans are [...]
TightLines Designs was thrilled to attend the 2010 National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Green Building Conference, held just down the street from our office in downtown Raleigh. This was great opportunity to network and learn from other professionals in the field. We’ve come back with many new ideas [...]
We had the priviledge of participating in the NAHB Green Building Conference on May 16-18 right here in our home city of Raleigh, NC. There were some awesome sessions led by national level experts covering just about anything concerning greening of new and existing residential construction including techniques, products, [...]
The Foxgate will be featured in the Downtown Raleigh Home Tour on Saturday, May 15th from 10am to 6pm. Tickets are $10 in advance and $14 the day of the tour. Visit the Downtown Raleigh Home Tour Website to order tickets. A complete list of properties and maps for the [...]
Two TightLines Designs will be featured in the upcoming 5th Annual Triangle Green Home Tour hosted by the Home Builders Association of Durham, Orange & Chatham Counties. Visit The Carson I and a modified Whitney I on Saturday, May 15th or Saturday, May 22nd from noon to 6pm. The [...]
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Designed by TightLines Designs, Habitat for Humanity of Wake County dedicated and blessed their 350th home and first certified green home on Earth Day. The home, located in the Cooke Street development in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina will be certified Gold through the North Carolina Healthy Built Homes program [...]
Sign up for the TightLines newsletter and recieve a FREE exhibit pass to the NAHB National Green Building Conference at the Raleigh Convention Center! Exhibit Hours Sunday, May 16 - 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Monday, May 17 - 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM Tuesday, May 18 - 9:00 AM [...]
On February 17, 2010, David Maurer AIA LEED-AP, President of TightLines Designs served on a panel discussion and presentation at the annual Duke Conference on Sustainable Business and Social Impact. The conference is a day-long event at the Fuqua School of Business that aims to educate and inspire students [...]
TightLines Designs recently attended the 2010 North Carolina Main Street Conference, held January 27-19 in New Bern, NC. David Maurer, Principal, (representing TightLines Designs and our sister company, Maurer Architecture) also gave a presentation on the North Carolina Rehabilitation Code. The NC Main Street Program advocates economic development, within [...]