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Don’t Be an Air Hole! — Part 2
We continue with our list of ‘Top 10’ things not to blow on your next project
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Don’t Be an Air Hole! — Part 1
Fifteen ‘Top 10’ things that you don’t want to blow on your next project
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Foundations — Part 2
Do you really need to have a basement? Fine — then we had better talk about the right way to build one
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Foundations — Part 1
How your house meets the ground, and the many ways to improve your foundation details
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An Update on the Pretty Good House — Part 2
A commonsense approach to designing and building a green home
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An Update on the Pretty Good House — Part 1
A commonsense approach to designing and building a green home
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Making Green Affordable, Part 2
To keep costs down, skip the basement, specify double-stud walls, design a simple truss-framed roof, and stick with double-glazed windows
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Making Green Affordable, Part 1
A simple house is best: four corners, two roof slopes, and no boogie-woogie
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How to Choose the Right Mechanical System
There's no one system that works for all projects, so how do you choose?
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Photovoltaics, Part 2: Enter the Dollar
Has the declining cost of PV systems made solar electricity affordable? Really?
