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The First Living Building Challenge Building in Maine
The Ecology School in Saco tackles a daunting building certification program
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Why the Floor Plan Matters
With savvy programming, double-duty details can be used to minimize excess square footage and our design choices can be weighed against environmental impacts
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Insulating a Slab with Rigid Mineral Wool
Positive feedback from a builder after using Rockwool Comfortboard 80 beneath a slab for the first time
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Clean Energy Jobs Lag National Recovery, Report Warns
Nearly 650 solar companies send an appeal for help to Congress
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The State of California’s Zero-Energy Goal
We're half way through 2020. Are all new California homes achieving zero-net-energy use?
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Tracking Down a Stubborn Leak
After spending $26,000 on stucco repairs, a frustrated homeowner still finds water problems
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The BS* + Beer Show: Inside the Wingnut Testing Facility (WTF)
A look at how Peter Yost and Dave Gauthier have tested flashing- and air-sealing tapes and why you should be doing your own Wingnut Testing
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Thinking Like a Roofer
Many buildings are still plagued by reverse laps and missing drainage pathways
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The Sterling Chart
Origins of the chart that relates relative humidity to negative health factors
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Learning from Old Barns
Durability is as much a part of green building as is energy efficiency