Built to Sustain.

Since 2005, Habitat Greater Raleigh has partnered with Advanced Energy SystemVision^TM to improve indoor air quality and keep family energy bills low. The standard Habitat Greater Raleigh home is 1,200 square feet with three bedrooms and two baths, and this program provides ongoing technical support to make sure our houses are healthy, safe, durable, comfortable and energy-efficient.

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Standard Habitat Greater Raleigh home features:

A tight home can reduce energy bills and control for comfort and air pollutants. SystemVision builders block all attic bypasses, seal all top plate connections, and ensure that their building’s shell will be continuous.

To pass rigorous standards, our Habitat homes can’t have any incandescent lights. Only LED lights are placed in our houses.

All SystemVision homes are built with combustion safety in mind. Those with combustion equipment include safety features like direct-vent models and carbon monoxide detectors.

Habitat homes come with a state of the art home security system equipped with motion sensor, and the monitoring services are offered at a reduced rate to homeowner families.

Pressure balancing ensures that the pressures created by delivering air to each room in a SystemVision home are in balance with the others — a key to the success of our comfort guarantees.

All SystemVision homes have performance-verified spot ventilation in the baths and kitchen and a performance-verified whole-house ventilation system.

Made from recycled denim, these materials contain 80% post consumer recycled content. Along with superior sound absorption, they provide energy saving thermal performance.

Duct leakage can be no more than 3% — more than six times tighter than standard NC homes according to a 100-house benchmark analysis. Tight ducts mean less energy waste, fewer comfort issues and better indoor air quality.

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Affordable Housing

Birthday Fundraiser Building Homes
Eleven-year-old Cora June celebrated her birthday this summer by hosting her annual lemonade stand fundraiser benefiting Habitat for Humanity Greater Raleigh and raised an amazing $1,769!

The fundraiser was hosted this year at Highland United Methodist Church, a long-time partner of Habitat Greater Raleigh.
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Meet the Summer of Service Interns: Group 3
Habitat Greater Raleigh's Summer of Service program is a unique internship that gives young adults the opportunity to work alongside our team, develop new skills and gain firsthand experience in nonprofit work. Meet five of our Summer of Service Interns!
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Celebrating the Completion of Flowers Place
On July 19, Habitat for Humanity Greater Raleigh hosted a dedication ceremony celebrating six families as they became homeowners in the Flowers Place neighborhood of Knightdale. The event marked the final dedication in the neighborhood, celebrating the completion of all 17 Habitat homes.
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Meet the Summer of Service Interns: Group 2
Habitat Greater Raleigh's Summer of Service program is a unique internship that gives young adults the opportunity to work alongside our team, develop new skills and gain firsthand experience in nonprofit work. Meet five of our Summer of Service Interns!
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Enact Employees Build Homes and Community During Month of Service
Throughout June, Enact employees participated in their annual Month of Service, dedicating their time and talents to organizations making a difference across our community. As part of that effort, Enact team members joined Habitat for Humanity Greater Raleigh on the construction site to help build affordable homes alongside future homeowners and fellow volunteers.
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Meet the Summer of Service Interns: Group 1
Habitat Greater Raleigh's Summer of Service program is a unique internship that gives young adults the opportunity to work alongside our team, develop new skills and gain firsthand experience in nonprofit work. Meet the first four of our Summer of Service Interns!
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