So take a few minutes, or an hour, and peruse our latest issue, and our library below. With Green Builder on your bookshelf, you’re in the loop-tracking the newest HVAC systems, picking apart false claims, and building better homes than might have been possible forty years ago. Great housing doesn’t have to pollute the environment, cost a fortune to maintain, rely on fossil fuels to heat and cool, or look like every other house on the block. Over the years, we’ve peeled away many of the myths and misconceptions about building better performing, more comfortable. Product transparency has become a prerequisite for many buyers, particularly the new generation of Millennials. Internet-savvy homebuyers and would-be renovators have become vigorous researchers, investigating the eco-credentials of contractors and products before they buy. With the existential threat of Climate Change at our heels, we’ve always taken the high ground, advocating, even insisting, that builders, architects, and manufacturers do the right thing.Īnd the right thing, in most cases, also turns out to be the profitable thing. Awareness of advanced building science, including Passive House standards, net-zero construction, and green-certified homes has never been higher. Today, more than ever, our life’s work is bearing fruit.

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