Green Remodeling
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Air-to-Water Heat Pump Retrofit
A mechanical engineer shares lessons learned after replacing his propane boiler with an air-to-water heat pump to heat his home
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‘Peer Diffusion’ Can Make Better Homes a Must Have
Investments in residential energy improvements have decreased recently, but home energy contractors have new tools to turn that around
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Consumers Associate Green Building With High Quality
McGraw-Hill’s SmartMarket Report affirms the importance of energy savings and clients’ perceptions of durability and value
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A Green Remodeling Training Project
A Maryland contractor uses his own house to experiment with high-performance construction details
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A Two-Phased LEED for Homes Gut Rehab
Don’t all major home renovations span decades? Jim Newman and Sarah Slaughter bought a rather pedestrian Cambridge home in 1996 and began full renovation in 2001, recently completing the metamorphosis…
