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Maggie Leslie, Program Director, WNC Green Building Council
Maggie Leslie has been working for the WNC Green Building Council since 2003, though became full-time staff in July of 2006. As a volunteer, Maggie served as Treasurer for the Council and chair of the Million Solar Roofs Initiative. Currently she is keeping busy as director of the HealthyBuilt Homes Program of Greater Asheville.
Maggie received her B.S. in Environmental Studies, concentrating in Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Policy, from Warren Wilson College. Since completing her B.S., Maggie received a certificate in Sustainable Building Advisory from the City of Seattle, WA. After relocating back to the southeast, she worked with the Southface Energy Institute in Atlanta, Ga. While at Southface, Maggie trained as a HERS rater and developed her understanding of building science and sustainable design. Following working for Southface, Maggie moved back to Western North Carolina and worked for Home Energy Partners as the office manager and green building consultant from 2003 to 2006.
Contact Maggie at maggie@wncgbc.org
The City of Berkeley has come up with an innovative way to finance solar energy systems for homeowners. The city will pay for the equipment and installation and then the homeowner will payback the cost of the system over 20 years through their property taxes. Read more here: www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/10/26/MNAIT0DQO.DTL