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Never Promise That You Can Stop Ice Damming
The story of my $10,000 mistake — or, how I learned the hard way
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Home Energy Efficiency Pays Steady Dividends
As you plan for retirement, improving the energy efficiency of your house could be the wisest investment you make
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Get Rid of Your Gas Water Heater!
Electric resistance and heat-pump water heaters make more sense
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A Passivhaus Rebuttal: In Defense of the Standard
A Seattle architect responds to Holladay’s keynote address about Passivhaus ‘missteps’
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Creating an Urban Oasis: A Green Live-Work Space Blooms on a Gritty City Lot
Recyled shipping containers, energy-scrimping details and a sophisticated design sense create a handsome urban compound in a transitional neighborhood.
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Comparing Green Building Rating Systems: LEED or NGBS?
A Custom Builder's Journey to Green — Part 5: Comparing the major national green rating systems. LEED's spreadsheet is fast and easy; NGBS's online checklist was cumbersome at first. But they both have similar point structures.
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Building to LEED and NGBS Green Certification in One House
A Custom Builder's Journey to Green: Part 4. After Energy Star and EarthCraft, builder Danny Kelly was ready to kick it up a notch, but the market was kicking back and customers were losing interest.
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A Custom Builder’s First EarthCraft House
In the journery to build green homes, Energy Star is square 1. Now, it was time to jump beyond energy efficient homes and into green building certification.
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The First Energy Star House: ‘Surprisingly Easy’
A Custom Builder's Journey to Green — Part 2. The foundation of most green building programs, an Energy Star home is a great first step towards green home building.
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A Custom Builder’s Journey to Green
Part 1: Green building won’t seem as scary if you start with a small step — perhaps an Energy Star home