Green home construction / Discussions

I plan to build in the spring of 2021 and the intention is to super insulate my solar passive house. Your video on ''build the perfect wall - top tips'' is very inspiring and I shall use many of the tips. As a slight variation to what is presented in the video, I am thinking of using 6 inches of dense-packed cellulose ...

...home and quality of life matters. That decision would  be a drop in the bucket of a house building budget, but it is what you will be looking at day in and day out, so make sure you like it. If you do finish it in a way that you find pleasing, you will be less inclined to do cosmetic renovations in the future. Just som...

We are trying to make the most cost effective eco wall for our projects here in zone 6 in Grand Traverse County, Michigan.  We are recycling buildings and reconstructing them for affordable housing.  I'm a real fan of the rainscreen wall as it really lets us be creative with the exterior cladding materials.  With the c...

...green home plans to offer sorry, but you should check out our prefab LEED and Passive House ready kit houses. Some of these manufacturers of prefab homes offer design services for a fee, so you can make modifications to suit your lifestyle. Smaller homes are more eco-friendly simply from the point of using less materia...

...homes? They seem eco-friendly with a tight building envelope. There's just not much info out there.  Hi Sasha  It seems like EPS panels that encapsulate probably double stud light frame steel construction. Light frame steel definitely sweats if left too close to the cold side, and will corrode. It seems to be acrylic-b...