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Flatrock Passive: Thoughts on a Winter Greenhouse
An earth-bermed greenhouse will extend the growing season and provide more fresh food
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Urban Rustic: Choosing Windows
Self-tinting glass solves a heat gain problem on the western side of the house
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Three Easy and Essential Advanced Framing Techniques
Stick-built homes that don’t use these techniques are missing an easy opportunity to save energy and cut construction costs
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LED Lights Brighten Our Nearly Completed Home
LED lighting has come a long way in a very few years and can now fully supplant incandescent and fluorescent technology
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Energy-Saving Features of the Serenbe Community
EarthCraft-certified homes at Serenbe are energy-efficient, and planned transit improvements will also help save energy
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Serenbe: a Green Town in the Making
Developer Steve Nygren is putting New Urbanist principles into practice at the Serenbe Community outside Atlanta
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Getting to Know Spider Insulation
Spray-applied fiberglass insulation offers huge benefits over fiberglass batts and even has some advantages over cellulose
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What’s Different About Unity Homes?
Panelized construction, meticulous attention to energy detailing, and a sophisticated computer design system put Unity Homes at the cutting edge of home building
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Unity Homes: Pushing the Boundaries of Home Building
Tedd Benson's latest initiative tries to reinvent home building with lower-cost panelized construction
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Flash-and-Batt Insulation Method
insulation system is becoming more common
