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Mid-Century Gem Revived in Austin
Just after World War II, Austin architect A.D. Stenger began designing and building what would amount to about 100 custom homes in the Austin area. These Eichler-esque single-story homes had…
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Building Details for a Deep-Energy Retrofit
How to upgrade windows, walls, roofs, and basements with spray foam, rigid foam, blown-in cellulose, and other insulation types 11 Detail drawings in this Deep-Energy Retrofit collection: ROOF INSULATION RETROFIT…
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Home Energy Monitoring, Part 1: Knowledge Is Power
The first step in doing something about the energy consumption of your home is to know what it consumes and how it consumes
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Maine Group Will Award $10,000 Towards a Deep-Energy Retrofit
The BrightBuilt Retrofit project hopes to encourage nonprofit organizations to improve the energy performance of their buildings
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A Leaky Old House Becomes a Net-Zero Showcase
Renovators wrap a 1970s ranch house with a new SIP shell
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Best Construction Details for Deep-Energy Retrofits
A group of energy-efficiency experts get together to share techniques for whittling home energy use to the bone
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Energy-Efficiency Retrofits: Insulation or Solar Power?
Photovoltaic arrays are already cheaper than some deep-energy retrofit measures — and PV prices are dropping
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7 Steps to an Energy-Efficient House: 2. The Roof
Superinsulate and air-seal the roof
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7 Steps to an Energy-Efficient House: 1. The Basement
Insulate and air seal the basement or crawl space to bring it inside the thermal envelope
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The History of the Chainsaw Retrofit
The first deep-energy retrofit was performed by Canadian researchers