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Passivhaus on a Budget
When the time came for Jason and Stephanie Specht to find a builder, they started out with high ideals. They wanted a builder who wouldn’t skimp on the quality of…
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Farmhouse Style Meets Passive House
**By Daniel Ernst** When my family made the decision to move to Virginia, we agreed that somehow, some way, we would find a home that could comfortably accommodate seven people,…
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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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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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Green by (Interior) Design
“I had three main goals for this project when we started,” says interior designer Victoria Schomer. 1. Right-size and balance each room for its intended use. 2. Connect each room…
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Atlanta Historic Retrofit
Honoring an amazing 100-year context
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NC Home Grabs Five Green Ratings
UPDATED 2/23/2011 with floor plans, details, and an energy use graph Although I’ve been building green homes for 30 years, I joined the certification game only five years ago. I’ve…
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Historic Texas Bungalow Gets a Green Renovation
This green restoration of a 1928 bungalow in downtown Austin was the first historic project to be rated by Austin Energy Green Building. While the aspects of green building are…
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Green Renovation: Same Footprint, Twice the Space
Originally a small house on a small hill in the heart of Decatur, Georgia, this home grew to meet its owners' needs in an environmentally friendly way with an EarthCraft-certified…
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Green Remodel of a Midcentury Kitchen
After 10 years of working around the shortcomings of this 1950s kitchen, the owners felt it was time to change the room to meet their needs.
