Gut Rehab- Page 5 of 6
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Lead Paint Law Claims First Contractor
EPA files a complaint against a Maine contractor for violating RRP requirements designed to protect children from exposure to lead-based paint
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Direct-Gain Passive Solar Heating
A way to heat a house without combustion, electricity, or moving parts
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Easy LEED Platinum?
“It was easier than I thought,” says Amy Levin when first asked about her LEED for Homes Platinum gut rehab. This would not be the last time my jaw would…
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Deep Energy Retrofit: Apply the Energy Efficiency Pyramid
A deep energy retrofit is done to save energy and invest wisely. To get the most bang for your buck, the scope of work should follow the energy efficiency pyramid.
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A Two-Phased LEED for Homes Gut Rehab
Don’t all major home renovations span decades? Jim Newman and Sarah Slaughter bought a rather pedestrian Cambridge home in 1996 and began full renovation in 2001, recently completing the metamorphosis…
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A 100-Year-Old Energy Star Home
Anders Lewendal likes to lead — he is president of his local homebuilder’s association and chairs its green building committee, sits on the Mayor’s Climate Control Task Force, and has…
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Bathroom Walls, Mold, Vapor Barriers, and Building Codes–Where’s the Love?
Is a building inspector justified in insisting the kraft paper facing be removed from fiberglass batt insulation because of mold potential, or will that actually cause moisture problems?
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The Fruits of Labor: Gut-Rehabbing the Structure and the Lot
When Dan Cote bought this run-down property on Woodstock Avenue in Portland, he wanted to take everything he had learned about high-performance building and building science from his day job…
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How to Comply with the New EPA Lead Law
Get certified, document your work, and sub out the big stuff
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Atlanta Historic Retrofit
Honoring an amazing 100-year context
