Recent Articles
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Fraudulent Green
What do you do when your competitors verify their own homes to their own made-up standards?
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Exhaust-Only Ventilation Systems
One builder’s approach to providing 7.5 CFM of fresh air per occupant
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Get Ready for a Green Building Ordinance
New rules are coming to a town near you — so why not help write them?
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Fiberglass Lath Works Better than Metal (and Won’t Rust)
Covering foam insulation on the outside of a foundation or exterior wall just got easier — and this product works for interior stucco features, too
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Green-Building Appraisal and Financing Issues
‘We’ll lend you money for the house, but not for the solar or the spray foam’
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‘I’m Sorry, My Son, You’ve Got Industrial Disease’
Those of us in leadership positions can set a relentless and hardworking example without being cavalier about safety
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The Case Against Christmas Bonuses
The best time to distribute profit sharing is well before the end of the year
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Green Building and Aging-in-Place Design
They go together like chocolate and peanut butter
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How Green Is Your Meat?
Calculating the greenhouse gas coefficient of commercial meat production
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Complexity and Contradiction at the NAHB
Is this some kind of institutional Aikido? NAHB fights 2030 challenge with one hand while embracing DOE Builders Challenge with both arms?
