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Our Custom Green Built Home

January 20, 2012 By 1 Comment
Building a Home

I am back doing my favorite thing – designing a house, this time for my partner and me. I swore I’d never build again after building one house new and extensively remodeling another. I guess the trauma has worn off, and I’m ready to tackle another project! It’s so much fun to design for myself again! The final product will be the result of our needs and wants. We have talked about this extensively, and I am clear on how to satisfy our needs. Our own green built custom home - thinking … [Read more...]

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Five Visions of Sustainable Low-Impact Homes

November 4, 2011 By 3 Comments
photo: Redesign Day (http://www.redesign-day.com)

Eco-homes literally come in all shapes, sizes and price ranges. Some are fantastically conceived and high-concept. Others are modest, and  certainly could be considered practical during our current era of shifting values when it comes to consumption. In this special guest post, writer Alex Levin expands upon five home designs that have sought to minimize the impact of a carbon footprint. Some of them are kind of wacky.  With every "wacky" idea, comes the potential for the future. Do you see … [Read more...]

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