Greenbrier Sporting Club decides it’s going green

Christian Giggenbach Register-Herald Reporter WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS — Living “green” at this upscale, billion-dollar gated community will cost homeowners a little bit more at first, but developers pushing the last 56 home sites at the famed Greenbrier Sporting Club say the investment will pay off in the long run through energy savings, local economic development and “being part of the global climate change solution.” Dan Paquette, director of development for the South Carolina-based DPS Sporting Club Development, regaled the new high-end “green homes at The Greenbrier” as being “40 percent more efficient” than traditionally built homes. The Greenbrier Sporting Club is a joint venture of Paquette’s company and railroad giant CSX Corp., which owns The Greenbrier. As reported in June by The Register-Herald, the new green homes... [read full story]