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Passive House 2021+ Now Offers a Streamlined Prescriptive Path to Certification
A quick-and-dirty outline of alternative measures for reaching PH standards
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Smart High-Performance Homes Start With Good Design
Keep the mechanicals out of the attic and the plumbing runs short
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Trade Contractors: Trust but Verify
Understanding and inspecting subcontractors' work can head off future problems
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“Blueprint for Greening Affordable Housing”
While the original holds up well, we’re lucky to have a new edition of Walker Wells and Kimberly Vermeer's 2007 book
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Are We Comfortable Yet?
Expecting people with poorly built homes, who don't understand comfort, to be more reasonable with their thermostat settings is wishful thinking
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男朋友的100种叫法东北男朋友的100种叫法东北,草莓社区2019地址入口草莓社区2019地址入口,18成人快乐用英语怎么说18成人快乐用英语怎么说Greenwashing Patrol: Product Retrospective (Part 3)
Carl and Michael take another look at green building materials from linked-OSB plates for curved walls to mushroom-based insulation
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Modular Construction is on the Move
Reflections from a visit to the World of Modular, the annual convention of the Modular Building Institute
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Construction in the Pandemic Age
A green building consultant explains his company's approach to safely continuing to work through this crisis
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Why Are People Still Using Open-Combustion Water Heaters?
With backdrafting concerns and better options for tight houses, the author makes an argument for phasing out atmospherically-vented appliances
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The Green Police: Product Retrospective (volume 2)
More reflections from Carl Seville and Michael Anschel on some of the emerging green building products of the early 2000s
