A natural builder shares tips on building an energy-efficient home. To me, the art of permaculture ... If architects can incorporate these ideas into their buildings, homeowners and businesses ...

Tom spent 20 years running his own contracting company, working as a building mechanic and ... ways that a homeowner can improve their home’s energy efficiency. Properly chosen windows can ...

Airtight and super-insulated, a passive house uses around 90% less energy. When the Canadian engineer Harold Orr and his colleagues began designing an ultra-efficient home in Saskatchewan in the ...

When it comes to energy efficiency ... energy-saving strategies they’ve adopted at home—everything from solar retrofits to low-carbon building materials to passive design approaches such ...

Clayton is building manufactured homes that meet Department of Energy Zero Energy Ready Home specifications. These homes are solar-ready and they have a lot of energy-efficient features.

“Out in the middle of nowhere” in Moore County, N.C., developer Ron Jackson said he is building what America needs — more affordable homes for the nurses, police officers and teachers ...

“Customers certainly request certain energy efficient measures more than they used to but the energy code as changed as well. After building a custom home, there are tests we do to ensure the home ...

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