Blogs- Page 30 of 598
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6 Lessons Learned from Living in a High-Performance Home
One builder-owner’s hindsight reveals a few design considerations to bear in mind when building new
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Low-Slope Roof Assembly Failures
A consultant for Structural Research Incorporated reports that dozens of new buildings have rotting roof sheathing
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Home Electricity Monitoring
A year's worth of data is informative for learning how you use energy, which shines the light on ways to economize. Here are some easy-to-adopt home-energy-use monitoring tools.
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Accessory Dwelling Unit Design-Build
A low-carbon, all-electric ADU demonstrates the benefits of small-home living
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Lessons in How to Decarbonize Existing Homes
Sustainability consultant and educator Marc Rosenbaum, P.E., shares an overview of the topics he covers in a new e-learning course from Fine Homebuilding magazine
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Fossil Fuel–Free Cement from Sublime Systems Receives Third-Party Validation
The MIT spinout has developed a unique electrochemical process with a verified >90% emissions reduction
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Insulating a Walkout Basement
Is it better to insulate the walls or the ceiling in a partially finished basement?
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Trickle Down Housing Isn’t a Thing
A counterpoint to the Financial Times’s recent take on housing supply and why it misses the mark on the cumulative costs of new housing
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The Easy Way to Switch to a Heat Pump
If you have an air conditioner and a furnace, you have the potential for a dual-fuel heating and cooling system
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The Problem with Making Green Hydrogen to Fuel Power Plants
A new plant in Florida will produce green hydrogen to help power the grid. But experts warn that its approach would be wasteful and ineffective if scaled up.
