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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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Brand New Appearance and Performance for An Older Duplex
By Cador Price-Jones There are 120 million homes in America, and we need to figure out how to retrofit them for the new reality that we live in. We cannot…
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Greening the HOME Rochester Program
How HOME Rochester works The HOME Rochester Program acquires vacant single-family homes in Rochester NY, typically foreclosures, and rehabilitates them for resale to qualifying first-time homebuyers earning less than 80%…
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Atlanta Historic Retrofit
Honoring an amazing 100-year context
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A Green Bath Retrofit: From Structure to Finish
Our second-floor, 50-square-foot full bathroom provides the only bathing in this 100-year-old house, so we had to make it work. We wanted to make the room feel bigger and deal…
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From ‘Tea House’ to Tight House
By Doug Snyder In 2008, contractor Dwight Holmes went to work with homeowner Mary Sargent on a deep energy retrofit of her 1917 “Tea House.” Nestled into a hillside apple…
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A Fast Kitchen Addition Made With SIPs
Old houses didn't need big kitchens because they weren't the central gathering spot that today's kitchens are. The 12-ft. by 12-ft. kitchen in the house my wife, Chris, and I…
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Tax Credits for Window Replacement
Why the 30-30 Requirement for Windows Isn't Very Smart
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Tax Credits for Energy Upgrades
Benefiting from the 30% federal tax credit for energy improvements
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Green Backyard Office: Repurposing a Century-Old Garage
When we purchased our circa-1896 farmhouse in 1994, one of the main attractions was the old garage. We quickly replaced its failing asphalt roof with new cedar shingles in 1995,…
