Green Basics
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Things You Do Not Need
And a few things you do
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Are Tankless Water Heaters a Waste of Money?
The energy savings you’ll get from a tankless water heater are usually too low to justify the high purchase price
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How to Choose Insulation
In this excerpt from their textbook, Green Building, Carl Seville and Abe Kruger discuss insulation and air sealing
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Is the Pretty Good House the Next Big Thing?
And what might one look like in a mixed-humid climate?
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Fiberglass versus Cellulose
Fiberglass batts are inexpensive and widely available, but dense-packed cellulose does a better job of reducing air leakage
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The High Cost of Deep-Energy Retrofits
A pilot project generates cost data on deep-energy retrofits of four buildings in Utica, New York
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A Santa Fe Adobe Gets a Modern Addition
Michael Grant has been building, renovating, and designing high performance homes in Santa Fe, New Mexico, for almost two decades. My wife Julia and I stumbled upon this dumpy little…
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2011 Solar Decathlon is in the Home Stretch
Winners will be announced October 1st at 2:00 pm
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Mid-Century Gem Revived in Austin
Just after World War II, Austin architect A.D. Stenger began designing and building what would amount to about 100 custom homes in the Austin area. These Eichler-esque single-story homes had…
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Job Sites in Maine, Part Three
The last two stops on my Maine tour were visits to new energy-efficient homes: a large one in Freeport and a small one in Bath
