Building Matters
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Efficiency Without Sufficiency Is Lost
Let’s learn to live well with “frugal abundance.” We can start by adopting the dictum “enough is plenty.”
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How Much Does It Cost to Build Your Own House?
An owner/builder shares the line-by-line break down of costs to design-build his high-performance home in Wisconsin
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Living the 100-amp Lifestyle
Converting a home to all-electric service often comes with a blanket recommendation for 200 amps but there’s an argument to be made for going on a “watt diet”
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Flexible Home Design for a Lifetime of Change
The FlexPlex housing prototype demonstrates one solution to the affordable housing problem that disrupts the single-family-home model
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Lessons in How to Decarbonize Existing Homes
Sustainability consultant and educator Marc Rosenbaum, P.E., shares an overview of the topics he covers in a new e-learning course from Fine Homebuilding magazine
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Trickle Down Housing Isn’t a Thing
A counterpoint to the Financial Times’s recent take on housing supply and why it misses the mark on the cumulative costs of new housing
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A Primer on Performing Life Cycle Assessments
Understanding LCAs can help inform a building project’s outcomes and environmental impacts
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A Review of the F-150 Lightning
Ford's 2023 electric pickup truck comes with some features ideal for a small work crew
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A Low-Slope Roof in a Cold Climate
An energy-efficient build on a lean budget uses methods and materials unconventional for the region
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A Fresh Look at Regenerative Building Materials
The International Living Future Institute publishes a new book highlighting the healthy materials movement
