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A Better Approach to Design/Build
How integrating design and construction made a really, really complicated home doable
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Breathe Easy With Balanced Ventilation
The best solutions provide fresh air to the whole house without a severe energy penalty
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Exploiting the Elements of Passive Design
This home uses five natural systems to reduce its environmental impact, lower its operating cost, and improve its connection to the land
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Should Your Old Wood Windows Be Saved?
We weigh the options with cost, complexity, efficiency, and preservation in mind
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Housing Is Back. Is It Better?
Here’s how the tough lessons of the collapse made us more-responsible builders
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Cold-Climate Collaboration
A Maine architect designs Michigan’s first certified Passive House to be rooted in tradition
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Ranch Transformed, Efficiency Achieved
An architect rebuilds a midcentury wreck into a stylish, energy-smart home for $90 per sq. ft.
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Buttoned Up for a New Century
Preservation meets performance when a Brooklyn architect applies Passive House principles to four iconic urban town houses
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Santa Cruz Straw Bale
Net-zero energy use and whimsical details shine in a new family home
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Deep in the Heat of Texas
Insulation, air-sealing, and efficient mechanicals keep this house comfortable in the hot, humid weather
