At Habitat NOVA, Earth Day is year round as we continue building homes that include earth-friendly, energy saving features. Our latest innovation? Recycled denim blue jeans that are providing insulation for two new Habitat homes in Northern Virginia. Recycled denim from blue jeans will help keep these homes warm in the winter and cool in…
On August 19th, a team of volunteers joined nonprofit solar installer GRID Alternatives Mid Atlantic to install solar panels on another one of Habitat NOVA’s energy-efficient homes. The single family home in the Groveton Heights neighborhood of Fairfax County features 8 solar panels which will produce 2.16 KW of power. The power produced by these…
Future homeowners, Tesfaye and Tigist, originally came to Northern Virginia for employment opportunities. The household grew with the arrivals of their daughter and son. As parents, they are challenged with raising a son and daughter in an overcrowded two-bedroom, one bath apartment. Both teenagers share the master bedroom, with their son sleeping in a converted closet…
