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Do Earth Tubes Make Any Sense?
A homebuilder wonders whether he should revive two energy-saving ideas from the 1970s
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A Lesson From the Kranichstein Passive House
Applying optimizing tools can yield some surprising results
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Vegetated Roofs
As California homeowners are urged to replace the grass in their yards with decorative gravel, why would anyone try to grow grass on their roof?
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Energy Bill Earns Both Praise and Scorn
The Senate passes its first major energy bill since 2007, but differences with the House have yet to be settled
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Blue Heron EcoHaus: Dealing With Really Bad Water
The high cost of on-site water treatment pushes the owners to an entirely different solution
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More About Global Warming and Insulation
It’s not as straightforward as many seem to believe
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A Passivhaus Multifamily in Maine Nears Completion
At 54,000 square feet, the project would be one of the largest certified buildings in the country
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Steve Bluestone’s Building Science Lab
A New York devotee of autoclaved aerated concrete plans a demonstration project to test the material against Passive House modeling
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Getting to Zero Waste
San Francisco and New York are a tale of two cities
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Replacing a Furnace or Boiler
A 15-minute way to calculate design heating load when sizing replacement equipment