2014 Housing Innovation Award Winner: BPC Green Builders
/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/17CarolStreet-front-edited.jpg 2014 Housing Innovation Award Winner: BPC Green Builders U.S. Department of Energy Challenge Home Case Study This Department of Energy case study about a Passive House built by BPC Green …
2013 Housing Innovation Award Winner: BPC Green Builders
2013 Housing Innovation Award Winner: BPC Green Builders U.S. Department of Energy Challenge Home Case Study As this case study says: “A difficult decision to tear down a 60-year old lakeside …
A Personal Journey: Building My Own Passive House (part 2)
The Cottage Everything but the foundation shown here will be torn down and rebuilt The cottage I bought for this project had a concrete block foundation that sits partially on …
A Personal Journey: Building My Own Passive House (part 1)
Introduction to This Series Passive House Institute US offers a certification program developed in Europe to assist home building professionals seeking to build highly energy efficient homes (www.phaus.org for more …
Low-Impact Luxury
Low-Impact Luxury GreenBuilder, June 2013 An energy consultant and a HERS Index certifier helped this custom home in New Canaan, Conn., achieve both luxury and efficiency. NATE AND ETTA KANTOR …
2013 Zero Energy Challenge Award
Passive House Cottage in the Woods Certifications: Passive House Certified Zero Energy Ready Home Certified Indoor Air Quality Plus Certified WaterSense Certified Energy Star Certified Visit Project Photo Gallery and …
Green Building Means Healthy Housing
As green builders, we talk a lot about the energy savings and the environmental value of our sustainable, high-performance approach. Now, homeowners are increasingly interested in another aspect of our …
Passive Houses: High Style with Low Costs
As with many green trends, momentum for the Passivhaus movement began with homeowners willing to invest a little more upfront to build sustainably and create durable, healthy homes that would …
How Sustainable Building Takes Preservation to the Next Level
When most people think about sustainability, they usually think a “sustainable builder” has to specialize in building new, modern-looking homes. What’s interesting is that sustainability has long been a core …
Could Building a Green Custom Home Lower Your Mortgage
As a custom green builder, I know for a fact that the savings of living in a green custom home can be considerable. Just how considerable was pointed out in …
Certifiably Green
by Brita Belli Green Home 2013 Homeowners looking to build green have plenty of certification programs to choose from, but they all revolve around one key principle – saving energy. …
Healthy Homeowners
Healthy Homeowners By Dan Briody Green Home 2012 Annual Issue Etta Kantor still remembers the reaction she got from her builder when she described the type of house she wanted …
