Design & Planning
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Can We Get More and Pay Less To Keep About The Same?
A last-minute redesign aims to lower construction costs
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Pondering the Sorry State of Green Building
Something new: Carl is feeling grumpy — this time, it's because clients hire him after their project has already been designed
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Passive House New England’s Fall Symposium
A one-day conference in Boston will feature Adam Cohen, Chris Corson, Jesse Thompson, Marc Rosenbaum, and Martin Holladay
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Designing Superinsulated Walls
Once they’re filled with cellulose insulation, our 14-inch-thick double-stud walls will perform at R-53
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The Pretty Good House: A Better Building Standard?
At NESEA’s annual meeting, a panel discusses the ‘pretty good house’ concept
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On Shutters and Water Management
How to tell good shutters from bad shutters — and what you can learn from water stains on siding
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Plans and Pricing for Our House in Maine
Chris Briley has drawn up our plans, and we’re trying to get a better handle on costs
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Selecting a General Contractor
We have an architect and we have preliminary plans — now we need a contractor
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Kicking the Tires on a Passivhaus Project
The first in a series of articles on planning and building a single-family Passivhaus in Maine
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A Documentary Film on the Passivhaus Movement
Charlie Hoxie's new movie can be viewed online for free