A Personal Journey: Building My Own Passive House (part 3)
Looking Back at Demolition Demolition of the old cottage The project began with the demolition of the existing cottage. As a builder, I should be immune to feeling badly about …
2014 Housing Innovation Award Winner: Building Performance Cooperative
/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/17CarolStreet-front-edited.jpg 2014 Housing Innovation Award Winner: Building Performance Cooperative U.S. Department of Energy Challenge Home Case Study This Department of Energy case study about a Passive House built by Building Performance …
2013 Housing Innovation Award Winner: Building Performance Cooperative
2013 Housing Innovation Award Winner: Building Performance Cooperative U.S. Department of Energy Challenge Home Case Study As this case study says: “A difficult decision to tear down a 60-year old lakeside …
A Personal Journey: Building My Own Passive House (part 2)
The Cottage Everything but the foundation shown here will be torn down and rebuilt The cottage I bought for this project had a concrete block foundation that sits partially on …
A Personal Journey: Building My Own Passive House (part 1)
Introduction to This Series Passive House Institute US offers a certification program developed in Europe to assist home building professionals seeking to build highly energy efficient homes (www.phaus.org for more …
Low-Impact Luxury
Low-Impact Luxury GreenBuilder, June 2013 An energy consultant and a HERS Index certifier helped this custom home in New Canaan, Conn., achieve both luxury and efficiency. NATE AND ETTA KANTOR …
2013 Zero Energy Challenge Award
Passive House Cottage in the Woods Certifications: Passive House Certified Zero Energy Ready Home Certified Indoor Air Quality Plus Certified WaterSense Certified Energy Star Certified Visit Project Photo Gallery and …
Green Building Means Healthy Housing
As green builders, we talk a lot about the energy savings and the environmental value of our sustainable, high-performance approach. Now, homeowners are increasingly interested in another aspect of our …
Passive Houses: High Style with Low Costs
As with many green trends, momentum for the Passivhaus movement began with homeowners willing to invest a little more upfront to build sustainably and create durable, healthy homes that would …
How Sustainable Building Takes Preservation to the Next Level
When most people think about sustainability, they usually think a “sustainable builder” has to specialize in building new, modern-looking homes. What’s interesting is that sustainability has long been a core …
Could Building a Green Custom Home Lower Your Mortgage
As a custom green builder, I know for a fact that the savings of living in a green custom home can be considerable. Just how considerable was pointed out in …
Certifiably Green
by Brita Belli Green Home 2013 Homeowners looking to build green have plenty of certification programs to choose from, but they all revolve around one key principle – saving energy. …
