Your Home’s Thermal Envelope: Most Important Element for an Energy Efficient Home
“To Build it Right You Must Build it Tight” Michael Trolle, Principal and Cofounder of BPC Green Builders Your Home’s “Building Envelope” is arguably the most important aspect of making …
Utility Scale Good Green News: Better Batteries and Increased Renewable Energy Can Save Consumers Money
Even Utilities are starting to go green and that’s good for everyone. According to a recent article in Green Building Advisor called Big Batteries, Not New Power Plants, since 2014 …
First Confirmed Mammal Extinction Cause by Climate Change
Rising Sea-levels, Flooding and More Extreme Storms Caused by Climate Change and Failure to Mitigate Problems Blamed Scientific American reported on March 21, 2019, that the Australian government announced the …
Greenland’s Ice Loss 2002 – 2016
The mass of the Greenland ice sheet has rapidly declined in the last several years due to surface melting and iceberg calving. Research based on observations from the NASA/German Aerospace …
What Happens in the Arctic, Doesn’t Stay in the Arctic
Photo by Kristoffer Brink Jonsson from Pexels Temperatures in the Arctic are rising faster than other places on earth. But as explained in an article called “The Arctic Is Changing. …
BPC Green Builders Win’s 2019 Top Green Business Award from TownVibe Media
/wp-content/uploads/TownVibe-Green-Awards-logo.jpg On March 12, 2019, BPC Green Builders was honored for significantly incorporating green practices into their culture and operations at TownVibe’s Sixth Annual Green Awards’ ceremony in Ridgefield, CT. …
How This New Canaan, Connecticut Dream Home Earned its LEED Platinum Certification
LEED for Homes certification involves earning points in the eight categories listed below for a wide variety of green features. Here’s a breakdown of how this new home BPC built …
13 Best Practices for Zero Net Energy Buildings
by Marc Rosenbaum The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association With ZNEBs becoming more common in NESEA country, we can begin to codify the strategies they share. A zero net energy building …
Healthier Indoor Air, Making Every Breath Fresh and Filtered
By Cheryl Crabb The Hartford Courant, August 11, 2002 After months of renovation, Stacy Prince expects to breathe a lot easier once she and her family move back into their …
BPC Home Featured on Fine Home Building Website
The Taft School Faculty Home built by BPC Green Builders in 2014 was recently the subject of a detailed article on Fine Home Building’s website written by Kiley Jacques. The …
Greener Ways to Pack When Moving
If you are not careful about the packing materials you use, your move to a new home can be unkind to the environment. Many people buy new cardboard or plastic boxes …
PBS Newshour Video: How Climate Change is Loading the Dice for More Perilous Hurricanes
As yet another large hurricane takes aim on the US, the part climate change is playing in intensifying our weather is back again in the news. This 6-minute 14-second video is …
