Green Remodel
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Making an Old Tract House Sunnier and More Efficient
In 1983, the Heron was one of five cookie-cutter models offered in Bay Country, a tract housing development in a suburb of Baltimore, Maryland. Perhaps a little ahead of its…
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Mission Zero House: A Net-Zero Retrofit
There really is nothing more challenging that I can think of than taking a home in a historic district and taking it to net zero energy. But it sure helps…
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Historic Preservation – A Green Alternative: The Chael-Dover Cottage
Historic preservation meets green building at the residential scale in the addition and renovation of our cottage in South Miami. Located in the Cambridge Lawns Historic District, the cottage was…
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Aiming for Passive House in Texas
A newly formed company in Austin goes for a deep energy retrofit and expansion on a ’50s-era home
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The Fruits of Labor: Gut-Rehabbing the Structure and the Lot
When Dan Cote bought this run-down property on Woodstock Avenue in Portland, he wanted to take everything he had learned about high-performance building and building science from his day job…
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Brand New Appearance and Performance for An Older Duplex
By Cador Price-Jones There are 120 million homes in America, and we need to figure out how to retrofit them for the new reality that we live in. We cannot…
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Construction Process Part Two: Contractor Selection
What makes a general or trade contractor green?
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Lead-Based Paint and Green Remodeling
The new EPA Renovation, Repair, and Painting rule takes effect April 22, 2010: are your ready?
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A Green Bath Retrofit: From Structure to Finish
Our second-floor, 50-square-foot full bathroom provides the only bathing in this 100-year-old house, so we had to make it work. We wanted to make the room feel bigger and deal…
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Combustion Safety and the Worst-Case Depressurization Test
Make sure that if all the exhaust fans in a home are running, you don't end up with dangerous exhaust inside the living space