
Life Cycle Assessment of Materials and Products
We along with others involved in green building have recognized that the materials and products used in buildings make significant environmental impacts long before they are installed. The impacts include the amount[...]

Retrofits Versus Take Downs and New Builds
When we evaluate structures to either tear down and re-build or save and retrofit, our first instinct is always to save and re-use what’s existing. This is primarily due to a large[...]

Savoy Net Zero House
The master bedroom with custom made book shelves and bedside reading lights.

Some Exterior Finish Photos
Compare the before photo taken in the Spring and the photo of the sunburst taken in between.

Deep Energy Retrofit Interview Video
What is it like to live in your home (and with us, no less!) while undergoing a deep energy retrofit? Eamon Wick, the son of our client Missy Wick, just finished editing[...]

Progress Shots – the Sunburst in the West Gable
I just went in on Monday and Tuesday, and it’s more stunning then I had imagined it might be! The sunburst was conceived and carved by the homeowner, an artist, and furniture[...]

Country Passivhaus Has a -18 HERS Score
Our Residential Energy Analysis is minus 18 HERS index. A typical conventional house has a HERS rating of over 85. A well insulated home is usually has a 40 to 60 HERS[...]

February 2014 Preview Magazine “Efficiently Green” by Sarah Buttenwieser, Photos by Paul Shoul
This is the article published on Passive House “Efficiently Green” home building. Click on Efficiently-Green to read.

Demo of Old Walls
Demo existing plaster walls and remove old thin fiberglass original insulation. Time and busy animals have taken their toll on this insulation.