Our house is a 3-bedroom ranch, with an attached 2-bedroom cottage that provides independent living space for family members. The home is designed to produce at least as much energy as it consumes on an annual basis through a combination of super-insulation, active and passive solar heating, a solar electric array, and other energy-saving strategies. […]
Using our new Thermal Imaging camera we were able to see some significant problems in the insulation of our exterior walls. The cellulose insulation was specified to be installed to a so-called “dense-pack” density, which compresses the material enough that it will not settle. But alas our contractor did not do it as specified, and […]
We chose to pursue LEED certification for our home as a way of measuring our level of green building design and construction. Leadership in Energy and EnvironmentalDesign is an internationally recognized green building certification system, providing third-party verification that a building or community was designed and built using strategies aimed at improving performance across all […]