Pretty Good House
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Urban Rustic: A Passive House Energy Scorecard
Eric Whetzel reviews energy performance and offers some other thoughts about his high-performance home
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The BS* + Beer Show: Designing a High-Performance House With the Pretty Good House Approach
A considered look at the criteria and process behind the PGH
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Can This Be a Pretty Good House?
An owner-builder sweats the details in a house built with insulated concrete forms
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Where Do I Put All My Extra Stuff?
In a "Pretty Good House," neither basement nor attic looks like an attractive option
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Pretty Good House 2.0
Designers and builders should pay attention to embodied carbon
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The Pretty Good House, Volume 2
A structural engineer with a flair for drawing publishes an updated guide to this popular approach to building better-than-code houses
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Relative Humidity and Makeup Air at a Tight Minnesota House
Humidity is high, and it’s going to be tricky to light the wood stove when the range hood fan is on
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How Much Insulation is Too Much?
David White, Marc Rosenbaum, and Rachel Wagner tackle a recurring question
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These Superinsulated Homes Were Delivered By Truck
Dartmouth College hires Unity Homes to assemble four single-family houses with panelized walls and prefab bathroom modules
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A Pretty Good House in Southern California
A few years into the housing bust, I started shopping around for a cabin to use as a getaway and vacation rental. I live in San Diego and I set…
