Keyword: building standards
Passive Homes- Higher building standards do Green more aggressively
They are also gaining market share and national press. I ran in to this article last week about Passive Houses in USA Today and it seems worthy of passing along. A Passive Home is a new to the US building standard but long utilized in Europe that boasts reduced energy consumption of around 90% compared to homes built to today’s ...
Should Minimum Home Sizes Be Illegal?
We live in a consumption based society. We want it all, and we want it bigger, better, and faster that those who came before us. Whether you consider it the “American Dream” or simply “keeping up with the neighbors’”, new home sizes have more than doubled since 1950. Many local governments have placed regulations that require a minimum home size ...
Passive Homes- Higher building standards do Green more aggressively
They are also gaining market share and national press. I ran in to this article last week about Passive Houses in USA Today and it seems worthy of passing along. A Passive Home is a new to the US building standard but long utilized in Europe that boasts reduced energy consumption of around 90% compared to homes built to today’s ...
Should Minimum Home Sizes Be Illegal?
We live in a consumption based society. We want it all, and we want it bigger, better, and faster that those who came before us. Whether you consider it the “American Dream” or simply “keeping up with the neighbors’”, new home sizes have more than doubled since 1950. Many local governments have placed regulations that require a minimum home size ...













