House Size
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Bigger Houses Mean Smaller Yards
Newly built houses occupy nearly twice the percentage of their lots as homes built in 1975
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Space as a Green Metric
The average size of a U.S. house is going up, but the number of occupants is going down
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Tiny Houses to the Rescue
A New Jersey lawmaker proposes state grants to build very small houses for low-income families
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Making Slow Progress on My Renovation
Lessons learned about construction speed, construction quality, and house size
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Why Weatherization Isn’t Enough
It’s hard to reduce residential energy consumption without paying attention to house size and plug loads
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Why Single-Family Green Homes Are Slow to Catch On
Our ‘more and bigger’ mindset is the problem
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Ramblings on Retail and Green Homes
Don’t ask me how I got here, but somehow I did
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The Business Case for ‘Smaller Is Better’
You should be able to complete several small jobs in the same time it takes to complete one large job
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Green Building Priority #5 – Build Smaller
Number 5 in my list of the top-10 green building priorities is to build smaller houses and optimize the use of materials.
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Green Homes Don’t Have To Be Durable
Living lightly on the planet doesn’t require a durable shelter