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Demand for renewable construction spiked at the end of the year in North Carolina after two major federal tax credits for green home building expired. The tax credits were rolled back in the One, Big Beautiful Bill Act passed last year.
The two tax credits allowed middle-income homeowners to avoid the sometimes prohibitive upfront costs of installing sustainable appliances or doing energy retrofits. It also allowed them to more quickly benefit from long-term energy- and cost-savings from renewable energy…