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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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Jefferson City Deep Energy Retrofit
At face value, 802 West McCarty is nothing special, just one of 800 vacant or foreclosed homes in a distressed Jefferson City, MO urban neighborhood. But you don’t end up…
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AWARE: A Sustainable Housing Initiative in Ohio
Modeled after the Enterprise Green Communities criteria, the city of Columbus and Franklin County AWARE requirements result in quality affordable housing
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Green Renovating A Home And A Career
In 2004, Jason La Fleur and his wife Jennifer bought a classic Arts and Crafts home in Oak Park, Illinois, home to the largest single collection of buildings designed by…
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A Deep Energy Retrofit Using Nailbase Insulation Panels
Ted Clifton has been building and remodeling homes for more than 45 years. But he continues to recognize good innovations as they come along. That’s why he decided to use…
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The Colorado Chautauqua Cottages
There really is no greater remodeling challenge than green historic preservation. After a 25-year career in East-coast remodeling and then Colorado production homebuilding, Jeff Medanich is tying together all this…
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Historic Preservation – A Green Alternative: The Chael-Dover Cottage
Historic preservation meets green building at the residential scale in the addition and renovation of our cottage in South Miami. Located in the Cambridge Lawns Historic District, the cottage was…
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Gut Rehab Creates Office Space With an Apartment Above
Architect Richard Renner and his wife Janet Friskey, a graphic designer, wanted a commute in downtown Portland, Maine that involved just a flight of stairs. “We jumped at the opportunity…
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Rigid Insulation Rehabs
What type, where, and how much rigid insulation should we use to retrofit exterior above-grade walls and roofs?
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Cranking Out Green, Affordable, Gut Rehabs
Don Marx is a very busy man for a guy who is “retired.” But as Chair of Construction on the Habitat for Humanity Buffalo Board, he manages as many as…
