. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. ABOVE: South-facing solar panels collect energy from the sun. Roofing shingles look like slate, but are made from recycled rubber and plastic materials. RIGHT: The Arizona-style home is nestled among live oak trees. CONSERVATION BY DESIGN: VARIATIONS ON A THEME ALL THINGS Renew, Reeve EWAGA e, Reuse "A Fv. one with Nature" may sound a bit Zen, but it aptly describes the home Nancy White and Dennis Saver designed and built in the Town of Kitty Hawk. The couple has incorporated environ- mentally fr
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. ABOVE: South-facing solar panels collect energy from the sun. Roofing shingles look like slate, but are made from recycled rubber and plastic materials. RIGHT: The Arizona-style home is nestled among live oak trees. CONSERVATION BY DESIGN: VARIATIONS ON A THEME ALL THINGS Renew, Reeve EWAGA e, Reuse "A Fv. one with Nature" may sound a bit Zen, but it aptly describes the home Nancy White and Dennis Saver designed and built in the Town of Kitty Hawk. The couple has incorporated environ- mentally friendly design principles, building materials and systems from foundation to roof — all with minimal disturbance to their one- acre home site. To achieve and maintain sustainable building goals, the couple draws from their combined expertise. White, founding director of the University of North Carolina Coastal Studies Institute in Manteo, holds a doctorate in forestry and a master's in landscape architecture. Her research is on water resources and water quality issues. Saver is a licensed general contractor and owner of Earth Saver, an enterprise that focuses on "green" building and specialty commercial construction. Even so, it took more than two years for the couple to research and design their home — and to identify sources for materials within a 500-mile radius to help support the regional economy. "So-called 'green' building is really a tool box," Saver says. "You pick what works best for individual lifestyles and sites. It incorporates renewable resources, recycled or reused ; Building "green" takes patience and planning — and more planning. Inspiration sometimes comes in surprising places, White points out. "We were on vacation in Barbados," she recalls. "We drew the house plan out in sand on a beach and began to walk through it to get a feel for the ; "That's when we decided to move the
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