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Sustainability Thursday: High Performance Residential Program

By Rusty | Published: March 3, 2011

In the buzzword filled world of green building, it can be hard for a client to filter through the greenwashing and find building professionals with a commitment to the performance of their product long after their involvement. For this very reason, I’m intentionally cautious about throwing around words like ‘green’ or ‘eco-friendly’. With that in […]

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Sustainability Thursday: Passive House

By Rusty | Published: January 20, 2011

You may or may not have heard of the Passive House Institute, but by the end of 2011, I expect it will be as household a name as Energy Star or even LEED. Builder magazine agrees, calling it one of the top ten building trends for 2011. In a nutshell, the concept is to create […]

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Sustainability Thursday: New Products to get Excited about

By Rusty | Published: December 30, 2010

All the big sustainability blogs have their ‘Best of 2010’ and the like. Here are four favorites I’ve come across this year: IdeaPaint: Both the dad, and the designer in me love this one. Non toxic, and it lets the little ones ‘color-color’ on the walls. (Note: potential drawback, both dads and kids may assume […]

Posted in Sustainability | Also tagged Bosch, duo-gard, ideapaint, richlite | Comments closed