-
What’s Wrong With This Picture?
This is just a brief rant about a photo I ran across today. While I was working my way through the USGBC's required online training modules in preparation for a…
-
Time for Some Respect
I had a discussion several months ago with a designer I know regarding energy efficiency in a project she is working on. She recently took the initiative to become a…
-
Ramblings from the Builders’ Show
2010 IBS: leaner and cautiously optimistic
-
When Will We Reach Beautiful Simplicity in Green Building?
Or, how much longer will I have job security?
-
Making Green Mainstream
On Wednesday, December 30, 2009, the New York Times headline read “New Slip in Housing Prices Undercuts Fragile Optimism.” As disappointing as that may sound, I think that it is…
-
Yet Another Rant About Buildings and Food
I saw a commercial the other day for yet another new prepared food product, Marie Callender's Home-Style Pasta Creations, sold in microwaveable plastic containers that heat the pasta and sauce…
-
Presidents and Sweaters
Earlier this fall, on one of the first chilly days, I considered climbing into the crawlspace to light the pilot on my floor furnace, but decided it was easier to…
-
What We Have Here Is a Failure to Communicate
Or how I got blindsided by the Historic Commission
-
Greenbuild 2009 Wrap-Up
Minimal swag, great ideas, and a little age discrimination
-
I Found Some Green People!
During a recent visit to see my daughter at college in Ann Arbor, Michigan, I had the pleasure of visiting several projects designed by Michael Klement of Architectural Resource and…
