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How Much Does It Cost to Build Your Own House?
An owner/builder shares the line-by-line break down of costs to design-build his high-performance home in Wisconsin
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Integration of Three Wood-Based Products
Pre-fab CLT panels, wood fiber insulation, and heat-treated ash siding combine for a high-performance building enclosure
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Affordable, High-Performance Design Built on a Microgrid
The new Fairmount Heights development in Prince George’s County offers a useful template for energy-efficient and context-driven design
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Flexible Home Design for a Lifetime of Change
The FlexPlex housing prototype demonstrates one solution to the affordable housing problem that disrupts the single-family-home model
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Concrete-Free Slab
The “slabless slab” omits the concrete of conventional foundation systems like basements and slabs on grade
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Can Mass Timber Help Solve the Housing Crisis?
Colorado’s Timber Age Systems believes so, provided it’s carried out at the local level
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Getting HVAC Right in a New, Tight Home
The trick is to balance ventilation, dehumidification, and heating/cooling
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A Roadmap for Getting to Net-Zero
An owner-builder shares her method for setting priorities to achieve optimal energy efficiency
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Designing Efficient Hot Water Systems
Hot water distribution expert Gary Klein explains five ways to reduce the time people wait for hot water to reach the faucets
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Accessory Dwelling Unit Design-Build
A low-carbon, all-electric ADU demonstrates the benefits of small-home living